North Wales clubs, groups, and schools have the chance to win up to £750 in a new competition.

North Wales Police, in partnership with PACT (Police & Communities Trust) and North Wales Fire and Rescue Service, have launched the #OpBangChallenge.

This initiative invites children and young people aged between five and 18 to complete a project to improve their community.

The competition is timed to coincide with Halloween and Bonfire Night, with the aim of ensuring safe and enjoyable celebrations for all.

Suggested project themes include promoting road safety for young people walking to and from school during the winter months, creating initiatives to tackle anti-social behaviour, raising awareness of the dangers of fireworks, and improving neglected areas to help prevent fires.

PC Melanie Cartledge-Davies, North Wales Police's youth engagement and intervention officer, said: "This is all about looking at ways at how something could be improved in your communities.

"This time of the year is traditionally busy for all emergency services across Wales, with a small minority of people using Halloween and Bonfire Night to commit anti-social behaviour, placing themselves and others at risk of injury.

"By launching #OpBangChallenge we are hoping that children and young people will be inspired to think of ways on how to make a difference in their communities and is also an opportunity to increase the amount of positive contact between the police and young people.

"This is a great opportunity for them to get together with their friends and help in their local area.

"The projects must help make a difference to the lives of other people so we look forward to seeing what creative ideas the teams will come up with and the impact that they’ll have on their communities."

Kelsey Reed, PACT manager at North Wales Police, said: "PACT are delighted once again to be involved in the Op Bang Challenge working together in partnership with North Wales Police and North Wales Fire and Rescue Service.

"It is a great initiative giving young people a chance to give back to their community and be in with a chance of winning some fantastic prizes for themselves or their club."

Kevin Jones, head of prevention for North Wales Fire and Rescue Service, said: "We’re proud to support the work of #OpBang to help keep our communities safe.

"We want people to enjoy celebrating safely - the number of incidents involving fireworks and bonfires we attend has reduced dramatically as the public have listened to our plea to attend organised displays rather than setting off their own fireworks at home."

The first prize is £750, the second prize is £500, and the third prize is £250, with further cash prizes also available.

Registration opened on October 14, and the competition closes on November 11.

To be eligible, teams must be part of an established club, class, or school, and can consist of any number of people aged between five and 18.

Each group must have at least one adult supervisor who is part of the team and aged 18 or over.

More than one team project may be entered into the competition.

For additional information about the challenge, email youthengagementofficer@northwales.police.uk.