Offenders notch up 12,593 hours of Community Payback

Community Payback is a scheme which sees criminals completing work to benefit  neighbourhood's including removing graffiti, picking up litter or clearing an overgrown public area, as part of their punishment. 

In St. Helens, just some of the locations nominated by members of the public for a clean up in June 2010 included;

High Parr Street (Parr);

Crank Caverns (Crank);

Elephant Lane (Thatto Heath);

Skitters Grove (Billinge);

Crow Lane (Earlestown);

Howards Lane (Eccleston);

Shaw Street (Town Centre);

Cedar Crescent (Newton Le Willows);

Waterdale Crescent (Sutton); and;

Church Road (Haydock).

Says Councillor Susan Murphy, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, Safer Communities and Youth:  “This is an ideal example of people who have committed a crime paying something back into the community for the benefit of residents.  By putting something back into the community can help to restore their self esteem and give them a feeling of belonging to areas where they live.”

For more information about how community payback can benefit your community, please contact your local Probation Service on 0151 920 9201 or visit www.direct.gov.uk/communitypayback.