THE plight of homeless young people inspired a Kidderminster College student to design a poster promoting a temporary accommodation service.

Sadie May Dyas's design has been turned into posters displayed throughout schools and colleges for Wyre Forest Nightstop, which provides safe, emergency accommodation for homeless young people aged 16 to 25.

They are housed in the homes of trained and approved volunteer hosts.

The college's poster competition was run among students attending the Entry to Employment - E2E - course.

Nightstop's Wyre Forest co-ordinator, Sally Perks, talked about homelessness to students before inviting them to enter the poster design competition.

Sadie, who won £50 of store vouchers, said: "I think being homeless must be really scary. Some of my friends have been through it and they stayed with Nightstop and it really helped.

"I was glad to support the scheme and help out by designing the poster."

Karen Purdy, who chairs Wyre Forest Nightstop, said: "We selected Sadie's design because we thought that young people would find it eye-catching."

More than 70 people attended an official launch at Kidderminster Town Hall for the district branch of Nightstop.

The event was held to mark the service's first six months of operation and thank individuals and organisations that had helped in setting it up.

Guests included Wyre Forest MP, Dr Richard Taylor and Greg Thomson, chief executive of Nightstop UK.