Unpaid work team available for community projects
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PEOPLE completing unpaid work orders in Aberdeenshire are available for projects in the community.
The Aberdeenshire Unpaid Work Service has been clearing up in areas affected by the floods in December and January.
Chairman of Aberdeenshire Council’s social work and housing committee, Councillor Anne Allan, said: “The unpaid work team can offer valuable assistance and I encourage people to get in touch if they have a project the team can work on.”
Aberdeenshire Unpaid Work Service regularly undertakes tasks across the area and a total of 41,500 hours of unpaid work took place in 2014
Unpaid work is one of the requirements that can make up a Community Payback Order. The orders are tailored specifically to each offender, based on the nature of the offence and any underlying issues they might have such as drug or alcohol misuse.
Orders are normally imposed to run for between three months and three years.
Any required unpaid work should be completed within six months of sentence where more than 100 hours are imposed, or three months where it is less than 100 hours.
As the number of orders increases, the service is always keen to hear about more local projects that could benefit from the help of people undertaking Community Payback Orders.
Anyone who has a community project with which they would like help should contact Aberdeenshire Council’s Unpaid Work Service as follows: team manager joe.walsh@aberdeenshire.gov.uk or projects officer gillian.christie@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
