Fearless launches new campaign to keep teens safe, and encourage them to make positive choices, this autumn

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Fearless, the youth service of Crimestoppers, has launched a new campaign to keep teenagers across Lanarkshire safe - and encourage them to make positive choices - this autumn.Focusing on Halloween and Bonfire Night, the charity is encouraging youngsters to remember that ‘communities work best when they work together’ and that they have an important role to play in that.Designed in partnership with young people at Craigroyston Community High School in Edinburgh, the campaign is running across Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android The initiative aims to get young people thinking about not just about the impact fireworks misuse and deliberate fire-raising has on the communities they live in, but how they can take positive action.This may include attending their local youth centres to do activities, volunteering or donating food or clothes they’ve outgrown to help others in their area.The charity is urging youths to not feel forced into silence for fear of stigma or reprisal, but to speak up with information about fireworks misuse, deliberate fire-raising and other crimes happening in their local area at fearless.org.This dedicated website is for young people to pass on information 100 per cent anonymously.This means that their IP address won’t be tracked and nobody will