FIFTEEN young people from Wiltshire have completed the final stage of their Millennium Volunteers programme.

The volunteers, aged between 16 and 24, completed the programme with a three day residential course at Cotswold Water Park.

During the project, run by Devizes-based Youth Action Wiltshire, participants carried out social or environmental work.

Organiser Steve Crawley said: "People have achieved things that we never dreamed possible.

"They have organised events, activities and groups for others, regenerated areas through art and nature gardens and received recognition for their commitment to their communities."

Since the programme began in 2002, 324 young people have been involved in Youth Action Wiltshire.