Dizzee Rascal Music Photos: West Berkshire Council - Graffiti .

Graffiti project 'Dizzee' with success A new West Berkshire man who has bagged an audition with rapper Dizzee Rascal's agent, says a graffiti course run by West Berkshire Council's Youth Service gave him the confidence he needed to make the approach

Released on 2 November 2010

Andy Scott, a pupil at Willink School, volunteered to hold place in the project, based on graffiti art.

The new people chose the graffiti art they wanted to create and put a plan together, worked out costs and put in a bid to the Youth Opportunity Fund. Following the successful bid, the team then decided on a composition and contacted an artist to go with to get the artwork.

When it proved difficult to get a suitable location for the artwork, the team, Andy, Jason Smith, Rossi Merri and Scott Roberts improvised by decorating a trailer used by the Youth Service Team for their mobile skate park and chose the theme 'Paint not Blood' to render the dangers of knife crime.

Andy Scott said,"The project really helped me gain confidence in my own force and as a moment I have an audition with the agent for Dizzee Rascal this month and if I'm successful it could be the office of a music career. I would not have had the authority to do this if I had not been on the project. I really enjoyed the project. The young workers who ran it actually helped us and I intend to go to support the Youth Service with any future projects."

Graham Pask, Chairman of West Berkshire Council presented the team with certificates at a special presentation last month. He said, "The aim of the image was for new mass to seek a medium they felt comfortable with and use this to increase confidence and practical skills that would help them in the man of employment. This seems to have been very successful."

He added, "The new people worked hard on all aspects of the project. The results are great and will be seen wherever the skatepark goes."