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Indoor Community Payback project nominations
28th December 2011
Community Payback projects in Cumbria typically include graffitti removal, brining derelict areas and buildings back into public use, clearing community areas, repairing park benches and playground equipment. A lot of work also gets undertaken on environmental projects, primarily in the spring and summer months.

Mayor and Mayoress of Barrow visit Probation
23rd November 2011
The Mayor of Barrow, Councillor John Murphy and his wife Eleanor visited Barrow Probation Office today to meet the staff and find out more about the work of Probation in South Cumbria.

MP Tony Cunningham visit to West Cumbria Probation Office
11th November 2011
Tony Cunningham, MP for Workington visited Cumbria Probation Trust's new office in West Cumbria today.

Our Chief Exec will be taking questions tonight!
28th October 2011
Chief Executive, Annette Hennessy will be part of the panel at an 'Any Questions?' event at the Village Hall, Great Salkeld tonight.

Open day - Contracting Opportunities now available
18th October 2011
Contracting opportunities are now available for Education, Training or Employment agencies to work with Cumbria Probation Trust delivering employability services to Offenders. Achieve North West will be holding a provider briefing event at CREA (Cumbria Rural Enterprise Agency), Redhills, Penrith, Cumbria on 10th November 2011 to describe the project in more detail and outline how to apply to become a sub contractor/ partner.

Inspection of Offender Management in Cumbria
5th July 2011
The latest inspection report on adult offending work in England and Wales was published today.

Click on the links below to access the inspection reports for Cumbria from HM Inspectorate of Probation and Ofsted.

Annual Staff Awards
28th June 2011
The Annual Staff Awards were presented at Cumbria Probation Trust's 'Changing Lives' Staff Conference held at Rheged Discovery Centre today.

Pictured (left to right): Employee of the Year, Peter Schollick receives his award from Trust Board Chair, Richard Rhodes.

Community Payback - Do You Have A Suggestion?
1st June 2011
With offenders doing Community Payback in various locations around the community, we are interested in hearing from you with suggestions of what they could be doing to clean up your area.

Carlisle MP visits Community Payback Project
27th May 2011
John Stevenson, Conservative MP for Carlisle visited a project today to see offenders making reparation for their crimes through the Community Payback Scheme.

Official opening of West Cumbria Probation Office
23rd May 2011
The West Cumbria Probation Office was officially opened today.

Pictured (from left to right) are: Iona Frost-Pennington DL (High Sheriff of Cumbria), Richard Rhodes (Cumbria Probation Trust Board Chair), and Annette Hennessy (Chief Executive of Cumbria Probation Trust)

Butler Trust Commendation awarded to CROPT Chair
28th March 2011
The Reverend Canon Dr. David Peacock, former Chair of Cumbria Probation Board has received a Butler Trust Commendation for his role in setting up Cumbria Reducing Offending Partnership Trust (CROPT).

Official Opening of the North Cumbria Senior Attendance Centre
20th November 2010
The High Sheriff of Cumbria, Mr James Carr had great pleasure in officially opening the North Cumbria Senior Attendance Centre at an open event this afternoon.

Photograph shows from Left to Right: Mr Barry Kirkbride (Officer in Charge), Mr James Carr (High Sheriff of Cumbria), Annette Hennessy (Chief Executive of Cumbria Probation Trust), Mr Michael Page (Regional Manager for Attendance Centres)

Recent Community Payback projects
1st October 2010
Cumbria Probation Trust is involved in many Community Payback projects around the county. Here's an update on some of the projects that have recently been undertaken.

Offenders help to transform Kendal underpass
1st October 2010
In July and August 2010 Kendal offenders undertook 520 hours of unpaid work on a very unique project. They worked with the artist Shane Johnstone to transform the graffiti daubed, litter strewn underpass in Kendal into a world class piece of public art, which undoubtedly will become a tourist attraction for future generations.

Pictured from left to right are:
Jenny Draper (CDRP), Peter Charnley (Community Payback supervisor), Di Johnston (CDRP)