JUST when you may have been wondering why there isn't an England World Cup song leading up to the colossal event, one has been released by a group of local teenage actors, as part of a lottery funded feature film project.

The teenagers from the The London Bus Theatre Company in Hockley released the chant-like track - Everywhere We Go - under the band moniker The Kernow Mafia, with the hope to make it go viral.

It is available now, on all digital platforms. Any money made will go back into the theatre company's feature film projects and future social media campaigns.

Chris Turner, writer, director and composer of the film and boss of London Bus Theatre Company, said: "There has been a lot of interest on this track so far.

"The rap is a tribute to Sir Bobby Moore, the only England captain to ever have lifted the Jules Rimet trophy and one time manager of Southend United."

He added: "It came about as an adjunct to a Big Lottery funded feature film we are currently filming in Harwich, which is a follow-up film to Angels vs Bullies [also produced by The London Bus Theatre Company] that was released through Cineworld last year. The story is based around a girl's football team.

"The Big Lottery Fund encourages the youngsters involved to deploy social media in creative projects, which feed into and publicise the central project."

The young people came up with the chant in their drama classes run by The London Bus Theatre Company.

"A music track was created on laptops and a rap was created and recorded using the film equipment" explained Chris. "It was then mixed at Big Noise Studios in Rochford and Macy Levett went into the playground of her senior school and recorded the video on her phone."

Three hundred young people from Essex were used in Angels vs Bullies. The film received great reviews including three stars from Total Film.

Chris explained: "We broke even on Angels vs Bullies, which is a miracle for a small indie film. The audience was full of 14 year old girls - something about the film obviously appealed to them. Word of mouth spread, and we were selling out in cinemas, holding our own between the Hollywood blockbusters. We got a random call from Universal, who told us to come in for a chat. Even the Lottery people couldn't believe what happened.

"The British Film Industry dismissed us at first. They were a bit snotty to be honest, and said 'there is no way you will survive in multiplexes, British films don't'. When they saw the numbers they had to begrudgingly give us a little bit of cash to fund a couple of screenings. So did Starbucks fund a couple of screenings. It was a 12A, really sweet film, and it was a hit.

"This time, with the new film (the working title is Angels vs Bullies 2) we want their proper support. No one is doing teen films in this country, unless it's about rubbish robots, yet they the ones hanging around the multiplexes."

Over 300 kids will be employed over the next two and a half years, both as actors and behind the scenes production staff, on the current film, which started filming two weeks ago.

Chris explained: "Being involved gives the young people a professional introduction to the creative arts, which resonates throughout their lives in various forms, either by pursuing careers in this field or by boosting their confidence and life skills, thereby ameliorating their employment prospects. It works wonders on a CV, to have turned up on screen in a mulitiplex."