Footballers support Danielle fund

Danielle was shot while returning from a local fair

Football stars including West Ham's Marlon Harewood are helping launch a trust in memory of murdered Nottingham teenager Danielle Beccan.

Harewood along with Forest legend Nigel Clough will appear at Notts County's Meadow Lane ground on Thursday.

The Danielle Beccan Memorial Trust was set up after she was killed in a shooting in St Ann's in October 2004.

Danielle's friends and family want to raise £500,000 to create a new centre for performing arts based in St Ann's.

More than £20,000 has already been raised.

Tribute CD

Danielle's mother Paula Platt said: "It's not about raising money for a building in Danielle's name. It's about providing a facility that unites young people across Nottingham."

The financial management of the trust is to be looked after by Nottinghamshire Community Foundation.

The trust website said the group is aiming to build a city-wide campaign to help tackle gun crime and other violent crime.

A tribute CD entitled Danielle, which was compiled by her friends, has already been issued to raise funds for the centre.

Two men, Junior Andrews and Mark Kelly, were found guilty and sentenced to life for Danielle's murder.