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PAYING BACK BY CLEANING UP!
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Today (15th October), six young offenders on community orders will be repaying part of their debt to society by helping in a clean-up at a number of litter hotspots in the Babergh district.
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Today (15th October), six young offenders on community orders will be repaying part of their debt to society by helping in a clean-up at a number of litter hotspots in the Babergh district.
Organised and supervised by the Babergh Community Safety Partnership in conjunction with The Safer Neighbourhood Teams and Suffolk Probation's Unpaid Work Unit, the adults will be picking up letter along the A14 underpass, along the A12 dual carriage way and around the Copdock Interchange. All sites have been previously risk-assessed to ensure the safety of all the participants.
According to Ann Scott, Babergh District Council’s Community Safety Officer, “community work of this type, which can be summed up as ‘paying back by cleaning up’, offers a double benefit to society. Firstly, it provides the young people involved with a sense of achievement in doing a good job as part of a team. Secondly, it benefits the community and the environment by helping to target litter-strewn areas at no extra costs to the Council Taxpayer”.
During the day across the district, the Community Safety Officer and various PCSOs will be handing out leaflets to residents about how to report litter problems in their area.
Babergh District Council also runs a hotline (0845 606 6045) for reporting littering and fly-tipping problems.
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Last updated on: 16 October 2008 | Date of next review: 16 October 2009
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