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Last week, one of Kids Counts board members Lhamea Lall attended Camden Town, London to perform at the Round House Theatre to once again support the anti gun and knife campaign. Lhamea performed her anti gun and knife crime song “Street Lights” and one of her songs, which states to young people of the music industry and how to achieve your goals “MIBI”. Lhamea is one of many young campaigners who attends an extensive amount of conferences and showcase events to make the streets of Britain safer. In the past Lhamea has attended event campaigns organised by Heidi Watson of the Damilola Taylor Trust held at the Barbican Centre ( Damilola Taylor’s 5th Memorial ) and the Ministry Of Sound’s campaign “Respect Your Life, Not A Knife.” As well as performing in Walthamstow’s Town Hall and City Hall to name a few. Lhamea said “There is a lot of work being done to make our streets safer and its nice to see that other young people are backing this campaign against gun and knife culture but we all need to stand as one to stamp it out for good. To all those trying to make a difference, keep up the positive work.” Lhamea is set to attend memorials early next year for those who sadly passed away due to gun and knife crime.
Raising Achievements of Primary School PupilsInspiring Careers Event Aston Villa Football Ground Wednesday 12th July 2006 On the 12th July 2006 The Heartlands High School held a careers event for five and six of the local Primary Schools. The aims of the event were • To inspire and motivate 300 pupils from year 5 and 6 by providing information about career opportunities, challenging their perceptions of specific professions and careers, and answering their questions in small group situations. and rewarding they can be
She discussed her experiences of being bullied herself in her first secondary school and how she used her music to overcome a traumatic time. Then she let the children ask her question about what happened to her and what she wants to achieve in the near future. Lhamea said it was a brilliant day and all the children that attended her in workshops were really inspired by asking so many questions, and receiving all there goodies. She also was inspired herself as she explains that one individual who was so polite had their fair share of problems too.
Another reason the event was held was to give pupils more awareness of the opportunities, which may lie ahead. At secondary school, these early experiences will be extended and developed in a range of ways which will enable pupils to access the widest possible range of careers information, determining choices made at 14, 16 and 19 years of age. We hope that, by encouraging pupils to focus at an early stage on career possibilities, they will be more motivated to maximise their potential as they progress through to higher education Many thanks.
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The Heartlands High School wanted to give these pupils of the future a better insight into the range of opportunities, which will face them later on in school. This was done by inviting in lots of people from the local business community to come and do workshops showing what their jobs were all about. We wanted to provide opportunities and encouragement for our primary school pupils to find out as much as possible, as early as possible. The types of professionals that attended were musicians, nurses, midwife, trading standards, marketers, retailers, police officers, architects to name just a few. One exceptional professional was ex-pupil
Lhamea Lall she is a singer, songwriter, producer, performer and most of all Campaigner. Lhamea who entertained pupils with a lovely opening performance with one of her own compositions, her anti bullying song “Hardest of All” and captured their full attention with the 10 workshops she organised. 
Lhamea said, “I’d like to thank all the children for being such good listeners, and the Heartlands High school mentors and most of all Heartlands High for organising this wonderful event. Well Done!”
