Young offenders keep streets clean
Friday September 23, 2011
Young offenders have teamed up with Hammersmith & Fulham (H&F) Council to clean up a footpath in the north of the borough.
The path between Hythe Rd and Willesden Junction has been in a state of disrepair and the eight young offenders have been busy litter picking, removing graffiti and cutting back vegetation.
Hammersmith & Fulham Council regularly works with the Police and the London Probation Service on community payback schemes which sees offenders undertake community work as part of their punishment.
And that is just one of the reasons why the streets of the borough have recently been rated as cleaner than ever before.
Official research shows that an incredible 98 per cent of streets in the borough comply with Keep Britain Tidy cleanliness standards.
The figures represent a ten per cent increase on similar investigations that Keep Britain Tidy carried out last year and are better than any other research ever carried out in the borough.
Cllr Greg Smith, cabinet member for residents’ services, said: “Community payback is an excellent way of making criminals put something back into the community they stole from or vandalised. Schemes like this are also helping the council to keep our streets cleaner than ever before. Residents tell us time and time again how highly they value clean streets and we are delighted that this independent research has shown our streets to be so pristine.”
This project was recommended to the council by La Maison Des Sorbets Foods Ltd, which is situated very close to the street.
If you know a part of the borough that may benefit from a community payback scheme like this, contact 07894 176 943.
