Meet the Keighley teenagers who are spinning discs to keep their classmates off the streets and out of trouble.

The boys have formed the Mad'ouse collective to stage discos on the Bracken Bank estate for youngsters.

They have applied for cash from grant-giving organisations to buy state-of-the-art DJ equipment.

And their efforts will see them gaining youth work qualifications that could help them land jobs.

The boys are involved with the South Ward Youth Project, which for several years has helped Bracken Bank youngsters organise activities.

They are Eddie Hall, Andrew Norton, Chris McGuinness, all 15, Joe Hall, 12, and Andrew Lister, who all go to Oakbank School, and Ben Ross, 14, and Sean Gavigan, 16, who go to Holy Family School.

Some of the boys became voluntary helpers with a youth club for five to 11-year-olds at the Sue Belcher Community Centre.

After playing records for the children they decided to form Mad'ouse and host discos for young people their own age.

The fortnightly Saturday evening events now attract up to 45 youngsters at a time, aged from about 13 to 16, to the Sue Belcher Centre.

Part of the aim of running the discos is to stop young people hanging around and causing trouble in the grounds of nearby Oakbank School.

Eddie said: "The discos are something for us to do, and something for our mates to do too."

Mad'ouse started with a £50 donation from the South Ward Project and pays its running costs from the 50p entry fees.

The group approached a local shop to run the tuck shop so they could concentrate on playing records and manning the door. The boys want to buy better equipment, including a CD mixer. They raised £2,000 with a sponsored abseil and have applied for cash from Keighley Area Panel and the Youth Bank.

Chris said the eventual aim was to train as proper DJs and provide discos for private parties and other clubs around the Keighley area.

The boys' efforts could gain them Youth Train 2000 accreditation and NVQ qualifications, as well as useful skills such as budgeting and organisation.

Paul McHugh, who runs the South Ward Youth Project, said the experience could help the boys land better jobs.

"It's about putting something back into the community," he added.