Community Payback in Manchester
Community Payback cleans-up Piccadilly
Community payback teams have carried out a major clean-up in
The teams are offenders serving a community order with a requirement to carry out high profile work that benefits local communities.
The work involved clearing out behind junction boxes, under and around street furniture and behind grilled or recessed parts of buildings. They also cleared out tree pits and tree guards and removed stickers, flyposting and graffiti. The work was done in
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And eventually it’s hoped that people serving community these orders will be offered training in planning and assessment and business administration skills and in some cases may be offered work placements.
Councillor Paul Andrews, Manchester City Council’s Executive Member for Neighbourhood Services said: “The community payback team will be able to carry out a thorough cleaning of Piccadilly Gardens reaching those areas which can’t routinely be cleaned.
“This is worthwhile work which will benefit everyone who visits, works or lives in the area and will provide meaningful work experience for those serving community sentences."
Gordon Reid, Chief Executive of Cityco added, “
“We are confident that the scheme will be a success, so much so that we are already considering plans to roll out the programme to other areas of the city centre.”
Caroline Edwards, Community Payback Manager, said: "A supervisor and teams of between six to eight offenders worked on the scheme, cleaning, picking up litter and removing glass from the area. Following this pilot, we will be meeting with the partnership organisations to discuss further projects."
Community payback cultivates team work in
Wythenshawe
Park
Manchester
The teams, wearing high visibility community payback vests, have been working in the glass houses. With the support of the Friends of Wythenshawe Park Horticultural Centre, they have been painting, planting, refurbishing the water features and installing an information point in the old potting sheds.
A new Environment Factory is also being created where local schoolchildren can get hands on experience of horticulture, growing plants and learning about composting and the environment.
Manchester City Council's executive member for culture and leisure, Councillor Mike Amesbury said: "The horticultural centre is an asset to the park and provides a valuable resource to local schools and the wider community. This work has made the centre even more attractive and accessible to local people."
Ian McDougal, Park Warden, says: ‘We couldn’t have done this work without the Community Payback teams and the huge contribution from the many other groups committed to improving this area of the park. We hope this will be a popular attraction for the children of Wythenshawe and further afield, encouraging them to learn about cultivation and the environment."
Caroline Edwards, Probation's Community Payback Manager in
Much of the funding for the re-vamp has been donated by the Friends of Wythenshawe Horticultural Centre either by contributing from their own funds or securing money from local cash grants.
Residents and offenders work together during Crumpsall clean-up
Residents joined forces with a community payback team to clean up the Lion Brook area of Crumpsall.
During a two-day operation, residents and offenders worked side by side to drag rubbish and waste from the brook.
The work was completed in Crumpsall as part of Manchester City Council's Proud Of Campaign and follows consultations between the council and local people.
Under the community payback scheme residents are being encouraged to nominate work they think should be carried out by offenders. To nominate work you can go to www.gm-probation.org.uk where there is a link to community payback and a nomination form, or telephone the Manchester Community Payback office on 0161 224 0231.
Manchester City Council Deputy Leader, Councillor Jim Battle said: “By working together the residents and the community payback team have made a significant improvement to this area. It shows just what can be achieved through teamwork.”
Diane Sefton, Community Payback Officer, said: “The project has gone really well, the offenders, working with residents, have made a massive difference to the area.”
Caroline Edwards, Community Payback Manager, added: “This is one of many Crime and Disorder respect project's that Manchester Community Payback teams will be working on throughout the city over the next 12 months, taking on various types of clean up projects to improve communities for Manchester's residents and visitors.”
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