Criminal Justice Community Payback Team donate to Highland Hospice shop

Community Payback Supervisor Bob Miller is pictured with some of the houses which have been made in the workshop at their Wick Office.

The Wick Criminal Justice Community Payback Team have been busy constructing ornamental wooden houses which are to go on sale in the Highland Hospice shop in Wick in the New Year.

The miniature houses have been made in the workshop at the Highland Council’s Community Payback Team department at Wick Airport Industrial Estate. All proceeds from their sale will go to the Highland Hospice.

Community Payback Officer for Caithness Steve MacDonald said: “Clients who have been given a Community Payback Order by Wick Sheriff Court with an Unpaid work Requirement are effectively sentenced to give something back to the Community that they have offended against. Throughout the year we have carried out numerous outdoor projects across Caithness however, during times of inclement weather we are more restricted to our workshop where we encourage clients to be creative and to learn new skills which benefits both themselves and the community. Our Community Payback Supervisor Bob Miller has been instructing clients on designing and constructing the houses which will hopefully raise money for a very worthy charity.”