A GROUP of teenagers are to perform their award-winning pregnancy awareness drama at a national conference in London.
Over the past year, the group from King James I Community College, Bishop Auckland, has performed at more than 30 schools and conferences.
The success of the project, which highlights the problems faced by pregnant teenagers and their families and friends, could also see the group make a video and resource pack for use in schools throughout the country. Today, Iysha Sutherland, 16; Charlotte Hornsby, 15; Daniel Wales, 16; Craig Pye, 15; Lindsay Coglan, 18; Matthew Saunders, 18; Jonathan Millward, 17 and Mark Ross, 16, have been invited to perform at the National Conference for Teen Pregnancy, being held at the Mermaid Theatre, London.
Stephen Elliott, drama teacher at the college, said: "The group deserves this opportunity for all the time and commitment they have put into raising the profile of teen pregnancy.''
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