HUNDREDS of pupils at St Gregory's High School have backed a campaign to stop child sexual exploitation following a national awareness day.

Both staff and students at the school on Cromwell Avenue have taken part in an art project to raise awareness of the issue and promote a zero-tolerance attitude to these type of offences.

Each of the six form groups have made their mark by placing their hand print on a canvas using paint.

Cover supervisor, Helen McSorley, who organised the campaign along with Maria Small, said: "It was about making the pupils aware for their own safety and so they can help others."