A community art group is looking for people to join them for their next set of workshops.

The Lets Make It group and Waterside Weymouth Community forum are continuing with their Art in the Park Boards, a project which brings members of the community together to produce art for the Park District.

The scheme aims to combat anti-social behaviour graffiti in Weymouth, with some of the artwork can already in place on Ranelagh Road. 

Julie Hursthouse, community development officer for Weymouth and Portland said: "The project is very exciting as it gives local residents the opportunity of taking pride in the place where they live by creating wonderful coloured artwork which will be displayed in and around the area.

"You do not have to be an artist as we are lucky to be working with Lesley Pitney- a very talented local artist who has helped the group on numerous projects in the past."

The workshops take place on Saturday, February 10, Saturday, February 24, Saturday, March 10 and Saturday, March 24 from 10.30am until 12.30pm, with the work being put up in the early spring when the boards have been varnished.

Lets Make is run by volunteers, and was set up in 2010 to bring people of all ages together to learn new skills whilst having fun.

They previously created thousands of handmade poppies for Weymouth library, which saw £2,140 raised for the Royal British Legion.

Their knitted teddy appeal is ongoing, with more than 700 provided for Weymouth hospital so far.

The group are still asking for small knitted teddy bears, and will be using them for a new project which starts in May 2018, when Councillor Gill Taylor becomes the Mayor of Weymouth and Portland.

The bears will be sold from May onwards, with proceeds donated to the Mayor's Charities, the Lantern Trust, who support homeless people in the Borough and the Dorset Domestic Abuse Welfare Committee, who support people who are affected by domestic violence and abuse.

Lets Make It have also been approached by the Bovington Tank Museum, to create a display to commemorate the Battle of Amiens, an offensive which began on August, 8 1918, and later known at the Hundred Days Offensive, which ultimately led to the end of the First World War.

This project will be on display at the tank museum on Wednesday, August 8 and Thursday, August 9. 

For more information, or to suggest a new project, contact Julie Hursthouse, the Community Development Office on 01305 838497.