Dozens of young people volunteered to help spruce up a city while raising money to combat malaria.

Some 25 bags of litter were picked up in Evington at The Big Multi Faith Tidy Up.

The 60 young people, faith leaders and councillors who took part also collected £500 in donations from businesses and the Tony Blair Faith Foundation for Malaria No More.

It was organised by the Leicester Inter-Faith Youth Hub along with the city council's street wardens team.

One of the organisers of Saturday's event, Michael Tweed, said: "This £500 raised by young people in Leicester will buy 100 bed nets for people in Africa. This will help protect 100 African families from malaria, for five years.

"Young people in Leicester have shown that faiths really can act together."