CHILDREN from across East Lancashire joined a Rossendale girl band at a concert to launch their single, which aims to combat intolerance and hate crime.
Alder Grange pupils Emily Bamford, Nadia Lisowski and Olivia Turner, who make up band FairPlay, are releasing their single Seeing Stars tomorrow.
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The Rawtenstall school pupils’ single, which is now available to order on iTunes, has been written in memory of Rossendale teenager Sophie Lancaster, who was killed in an attack in Bacup in 2007.
A portion of the profits made by single will go to the Sophie Lancaster Foundation set up in her memory.
Sophie’s mum Sylvia was a guest of honour at the launch event at King George’s Hall in Blackburn, where schools and groups, including Helmshore Primary School, Stagecoach Blackburn, Valley Aloud, VIC Singing Group and Waterfoot Primary School, joined FairPlay to perform.
FairPlay band member Emily Bamford said: “We are very excited to finally be releasing our debut single. Seeing Stars is particularly important to us because it was written in memory of Sophie Lancaster. We really hope that people will get behind us and buy the single.”
The foundation plans on using the funds raised to recruit more police forces to respond to hate crime reports and training teachers at Alder Grange with educational resources to enhance school safety.
The single is available on pre-release on iTunes and available to download from Friday, July 8, on iTunes, Amazon and Googleplay. Tickets for the launch are available from all the schools involved and from Ticketmaster, cost £5 adults, £4 children.
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