• Fact and Fiction: BBC One’s probation drama ‘Public Enemies’

Probation staff review the drama

 

  • Community Payback Scheme gives town centre a boost -  9 May 2011

 

Coverage from Sutton Council website

 

  • London Farmers' Markets and city farms gain popularity - 7 May 2011

 

Coverage from the BBC news website

 

  • Offenders scrub Hyde Park Corner subway tunnels in preparation for royal wedding

 

Media coverage from The Express - 5 April 2011

- Media coverage from The Independent - 6 April 2011 

- Media coverage from The Yorkshire Post - 15 March 2011

 

  • Leciester Exchange Event 23 March 2011

 

Should we punish or reform offenders? - LEx Live Debate - opens YouTube

 

Punish or Reform - LEx Debate - Heather Munro - opens YouTube

 

  • Wimbledon Guardian article on Community Payback - 17 February 2011 

    Criminals turned carpenters to help school pupils.


Offenders made picnic benches for schools as part of a community payback scheme organised by the Wimbledonbranch of the London Probation Trust.  The benches were produced at the trust's workshop in High Path with reclaimed timber donated by Sutton company MJC. 

One of the first benches was presented to Merton Abbey Primary School last Thursday. 

 

 

  • Sutton Guardian article on Community Payback - 24 February 2011 

    Painting rails: Cheam residents are delighted to see that the railings outside Waitrose have been repainted as part of the community payback scheme. 

    The work started on Friday, February 11, and was supervised by London Probation Trust and officers from the Cheam safer neighbourhood team (SNT).

 

 

  • The East London Advertiser article on community payback - 27 January 2011

    A journalist from the newspaper shadowed a community payback team from Tower Hamlets to find out about the work offenders do in the community.

    Media coverage from the East London Advertiser