Young people in Sea Mills can have their say with the introduction of their own community newspaper.

The first edition of Your Voice has just been printed and will be dropping through letterboxes this week.

The paper has been set-up to give young people in Sea Mills the chance to discuss the issues that matter to them.

It is being distributed alongside the 2,500 free issues of The Community Voice this autumn.

Future editions will be left at collection points in areas where youngsters are likely to have easy access to them.

Much of the first edition of Your Voice has been written by 15-year-old Alma Rahman, who has lived in Sea Mills for 10 years.

In the first edition, The Gordano School pupil has focused on what youngsters can do in the area, focusing on some of the groups that are available but also looking at the lack of places for young people to spend time together.

Miss Rahman spotted an advert calling for contributors to Your Voice while flicking through a copy of The Community Voice and thought she would give it a go.

She said: "I used to like writing when I was younger but I don't really write anymore so I thought it would be good to get back into it.

"It wasn't as hard as I expected it to be and it was quite cool seeing my name printed, especially as most of it was mine."

"I am interested in writing about more serious issues and things that affect most teenagers.

"There is not a lot for teenagers to do in Sea Mills and there is not a strong community for teenagers, especially if you don't go to the same school.

"It would be good if some more people joined us. Hopefully they will when they see Your Voice coming through the post. It's much more useful than just watching TV. People should try it out."

The three-strong team at The Community Voice joined forces with the youth group at St Edyth'scorr Church and Oasis Academy Brightstowe in Shirehampton to produce the first edition of Your Voice.

The paper that started out as a newsletter for the now defunct Sea Mills and Coombe Dingle Community Project has been going for 10 years and is distributed to homes three times a year.

Tim Wallis, 71, of The Community Voice, has been living in Sea Mills since the 60s.

He said: "I am very glad this has happened and has some news in it.

"It gives us the chance for us to show people the truths and ideas about what kids want to see in the area if it comes from the people concerned rather than me.

"We will be able to use it next time we go along to neighbourhood partnership meetings."

Lauren Grist, 23, a youth worker at St Edyth's said: "This has been a good project and it is good to be able to show the young people who I work with that this has been done by a teenager and that they could do the same.

"A lot of them may not be interested in writing big articles, but we might be able to get them to pick their top 10 singles, or something like that."

Oasis Academy Brightstowe has provided a base for the youngsters to work from for the project and helped set up an email address so young people in the area can contribute their own articles.

To submit ideas or stories email yourvoicenews@gmail.com.