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Anti-bigot group has good work honoured

Anti-bigotry group Nil by Mouth has been honoured by Gordon Brown at a Downing Street reception. The Glasgow-based charity, set up in 1999 following the sectarian murder of 16-year-old Mark Scott, was named a leading campaign organisation for its work trying to stamp out sectarianism.

Judges of the Sheila McKechnie Awards, which honour groups fighting for social justice, singled out Nil by Mouth for its work in "resolving conflict".

The Chancellor, who is patron of the awards, met campaign director Richard Benjamin at a special event for the finalists in London.

The awards were set up in memory of Dame Sheila McKechnie, a director of the Consumers Association, who died of cancer aged 55.

Judges, including Terry Waite and broadcaster Jon Snow, met the finalists at 11 Downing Street.

Nil By Mouth works alongside Scotland's two main churches, as well as Glasgow City Council and Rangers and Celtic on educational campaigns.

Full story at the Evening Times, Glasgow.