Our Immediate Justice Team were busy last week facilitating 40 hours of reparative work in community spaces across the county.
Nine people aged between 15-50 who have committed low-level crimes in Northamptonshire spent between four and eight hours each repairing the harm they caused to communities in three locations:
- Three adults spent four hours each painting play equipment at Walgrave Village Hall Play Park, which was well worn and is now refreshed and looking its best for children to play on
- One adult spent four hours, and another adult spent eight hours helping at the Wollaston Daylight Veggie Patch, an allotment that provides food for the food bank at the Daylight Centre in Wellingborough
- Four young people spent four hours each helping with some building work at the John Lowther Scout Centre in Kettering, after they took part in anti-social behaviour there
Nearly two hundred and fifty people have taken part in the programme, which has so far delivered over 1200 hours of reparative work that has included litter picking, graffiti removal, gardening, and repairs across parks and community spaces all over Northamptonshire.
Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Danielle Stone continued to fund Immediate Justice, which was initially a pilot project, for at least the next year, so that important work to improve our communities and help prevent reoffending can continue.
Danielle said: “I am glad to be able to fund this programme so this work can continue. Community Justice has been able to give many offenders a chance to make a positive contribution to our county and members of the public can see justice being done.”
