Offenders pay theirdues by helping atlocal charity office

A LONDONDERRY charity dedicated to providing services for people with various levels of mental impairment recently received help from a squad of community service workers paying their dues for the crimes they had committed.
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd May 2013, 10:56 BST

Offenders on community service, supervised by the Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI) helped out at Praxis Care at its Londonderry offices.

Caroline Moran of Praxis said: “The support of the PBNI Community Service team has made a positive difference to our staff and clients. I am very grateful for the assistance and that they will continue to help.”

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Liam Ferguson, PBNI Probation Services officer said: “Probation in the North West works in partnership with the community and voluntary sectors to provide placements for community service to enable offenders to pay back for the crimes they have committed.”

Examples of other works carried out in the area include environmental and conservation projects, painting and decorating, contributing to community clean-ups, working in animal shelters or assisting disabled people.

If you know of a project community service could work on visit website www.pbni.org.uk or email [email protected].

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