Desta Hall, a youth worker at the Lighthouse Centre in Birmingham's Newtown, was one of the first people to take part in the project after meeting a teenager who broke a window at the centre.

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As a result, Hughes is likely to to be in the market for a new centre-back during January's transfer window.

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The Championship side also had to fend off offers in the January transfer window for a number of players, with Ledley and centre back Roger Johnson high on Premier League sides' shopping lists.

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