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Community Payback - Ealing
In September 2005 the London launch of Community Payback took place in Ealing Borough at Glade Lane in Southall.
Glade Lane, which is used by pedestrians and cyclists to get to work and school, suffered from fly tipped rubbish for several years and was hazardous and overgrown. Clive Loble, the police officer who was co-ordinating the project, overheard a couple of offenders talking at the start of work. They were clearly daunted by the task ahead, but were shocked to see a mother with two young children picking her way between piles of rubbish, waste, sharp metal and broken glass. The offenders' attitude completely changed and Clive noticed that they worked exceptionally hard on the project.
Over 100 tons of waste and overgrown vegetation was cleared by the Community Payback team, restoring the area to a usable and pleasant route for the community. In June 2006, the 100th project day took place at Girton Road in Northolt, with Community Payback removing rubbish and graffiti from alleyways on the estate.
In December 2007, Lord Hunt the Parliamentary under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, along with four members of his staff, volunteered to work on a Community Payback project in Ealing. The purpose of the visit was to give Lord Hunt and his staff the opportunity to gain a better understanding of what offenders do when they serve a community sentence. His coincided with the start of Ealing's latest Community Payback project, which involves the renovation and restoration of the 40 year old scout hut and grounds occupied by the 12th Northolt Scout Group in Laughton Road, Northolt. The work will involve clearing the hut and surrounding grounds, repainting, and general maintenance. The project will take six months to complete and provide the scouts and local people with a much improved community facility.
Lord Hunt had this to say about his visit:
"Working with offenders at the Community Payback project highlighted the physical work involved for the offenders but also the tremendous benefits the work has on the community. Community Punishments are hard work, restrict liberty, but crucially encourage rehabilitation and reduce re-offending. Last year there were 55,514 completions of unpaid work across England and Wales, providing 7 million hours of free labour for communities. In 2006-07 NPS had its best performance year with the highest ever rates of enforcement, record numbers of offenders completed accredited programmes and unpaid work, and more offenders starting and completed drug rehabilitation than in any previous year."
In September 2005 the London launch of Community Payback took place in Ealing Borough at Glade Lane in Southall.
Glade Lane, which is used by pedestrians and cyclists to get to work and school, suffered from fly tipped rubbish for several years and was hazardous and overgrown. Clive Loble, the police officer who was co-ordinating the project, overheard a couple of offenders talking at the start of work. They were clearly daunted by the task ahead, but were shocked to see a mother with two young children picking her way between piles of rubbish, waste, sharp metal and broken glass. The offenders' attitude completely changed and Clive noticed that they worked exceptionally hard on the project.
Over 100 tons of waste and overgrown vegetation was cleared by the Community Payback team, restoring the area to a usable and pleasant route for the community. In June 2006, the 100th project day took place at Girton Road in Northolt, with Community Payback removing rubbish and graffiti from alleyways on the estate.
In December 2007, Lord Hunt the Parliamentary under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, along with four members of his staff, volunteered to work on a Community Payback project in Ealing. The purpose of the visit was to give Lord Hunt and his staff the opportunity to gain a better understanding of what offenders do when they serve a community sentence. His coincided with the start of Ealing's latest Community Payback project, which involves the renovation and restoration of the 40 year old scout hut and grounds occupied by the 12th Northolt Scout Group in Laughton Road, Northolt. The work will involve clearing the hut and surrounding grounds, repainting, and general maintenance. The project will take six months to complete and provide the scouts and local people with a much improved community facility.
Lord Hunt had this to say about his visit:
"Working with offenders at the Community Payback project highlighted the physical work involved for the offenders but also the tremendous benefits the work has on the community. Community Punishments are hard work, restrict liberty, but crucially encourage rehabilitation and reduce re-offending. Last year there were 55,514 completions of unpaid work across England and Wales, providing 7 million hours of free labour for communities. In 2006-07 NPS had its best performance year with the highest ever rates of enforcement, record numbers of offenders completed accredited programmes and unpaid work, and more offenders starting and completed drug rehabilitation than in any previous year."