Children around Borehamwood are joining the fight against vandalism in a scheme being run by the borough council.

The Adopt-a-Bus Shelter scheme, relaunched earlier this week at Parkside Primary School, gives children a chance to report damaged and vandalised shelters.

Under the scheme, children at all of Borehamwood's primary schools have been given pre-paid postcards to send to the county council, on which they can report vandalised bus shelters.

A competition will be held in which pupils can design a poster with an anti-vandalism theme, and the winning poster may be displayed at bus shelters around Borehamwood.

The headteacher at Parkside School, Jon O'Conner, said his pupils had welcomed the scheme, because they were as tired of vandalism as everyone else in Borehamwood. "I think the really good thing to come out of this is that the children were happy to help.

"They made comments about how fed up they get with petty vandalism and nuisance behaviour, and they remember the school's nursery and playhouse being smashed up. They want to show that not all kids are like that."

The scheme is being run by Hertsmere Borough Council's community safety officer, Val Kane. She said the postcards would be available until December 1, and that she hoped the scheme would help future generations to realise how pointless vandalism was.