A FILM made by three Bridgeton women about gang violence, bigotry and isolation has been honoured at a national awards ceremony in the city.

Judge for Yourself by Nessie Howard, 66, Nancy Humphries, 76 and Mary Alice McLellan, 39. delivers a message in a humorous way that their local community is unfairly labelled in ways that are damaging to its reputation.

The idea for the film came from Nancy and and the initial funding was put together by Community Safety Glasgow and East End regeneration agency Clyde Gateway.

It was premiered in front of a 150 strong local audience in July last year.

At the time Nancy said: "Like Nessie and Mary Alice, I have lived in Bridgeton all my life so know the reality of what it is like living in the area and it is a far cry from what people and the media often make it out to be.

"I was fed up with all the negativity I kept hearing about my neighbourhood, from the Orange Order to youth brutality - it is disproportionate and it is not fair.

"We have a fantastic, close-knit community here which looks after its residents."

The film picked up the Innovative Media Campaign category at the Safer Communities Awards 2015 at a prestigious ceremony held at the Grand Central Hotel.

George Redmond, vice chairman of Clyde Gateway, said: "This national award for Judge for Yourself is well earned and I want to pass on my congratulations to Nancy, Nessie, Mary Alice and the entire team involved.

"I would also like to thank them as it was they who felt so strongly about so many false things being said and written about the Bridgeton community that they wanted to tackle things head-on.

"They did so in a very clever and entertaining way and it is tremendous their efforts have received this acknowledgement and accolade."

The two minute film, together with a short feature highlighting in detail how and where the film was conceived and shot is available to view on line.

To see Judge for Yourself go to http://vimeo.com/97715198 and to learn more about the making of the film go to http://vimeo.com/98536472