SEnine
COMMUNITY
SEnine
Just what is your health worth?
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Behind bars with a can of paint
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month, Brian Cherek, order off ence, shoplifting, crimi- pervisor, David Quay found this 21
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Last Greenwich Super- nal damage or drink driving. The the most challenging and inter-
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intendent for Safer Neighbour- number of hours varies between esting project he has led in his 20
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hoods mentioned the “Payback 40 and 300 and is normally com- years as it required many diff erent
Direct Health 2000 Ltd (dh2) is a private primary healthcare group, offering
Scheme“ while talking to SEnine pleted within 12 months. The un- skills from decorating to plumb-
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affordable, accessible, effi cient care, through its clinics and healthcare outreaches.
about “a knife of crime.” paid work is compulsory and is ing, tiling to bricklaying. Besides
Community Payback is a joint supervised by London Probation supervising the team on work
At dh2 we understand that your healthcare is important.
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operation between the Metropol- staff and police offi cers. Off enders days, David teaches the required
We treat you as an individual
itan Police Service, London Proba- work one day a week for at least 7 skills to participants.
tion Service and local authorities. hours until their sentence is spent. The current project in Eltham,
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Our medical services revolve around your needs and preferences.
It forms part of the Safer Neigh- They perform 5 million hours of put forward by Greenwich's Park
Your healthcare needs are treated promptly and effi ciently.
bourhoods Programme and is a such work each year. The scheme and Open Spaces Department,
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new approach to both punish also aims to provide off end- involves painting the railings
and rehabilitate off enders ers with essential life skills around Sutcliff e Park. This is some 33
 Walk in General Practice
serving community or- to prevent them from undertaking as SEnine estimates
 Allergy Screening
ders. becoming involved in this must be at least 8,000 sepa-
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 Complementary Therapy
While Community any further off ences. rate railings! A team of 6-8 has
Service was launched Typically, projects been painting away for some
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Corporate health care plans over 30 years ago, Com- address quality-of-life weeks as you might imagine. One
 Facial rejuvenation
munity Payback, piloted issues which aff ect the team member, who has worked
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in 2004, is now running in daily lives and feelings of solely on this project, said she had
 Health Assessments
all 32 London Boroughs with security of the community. Of- nearly completed her time and
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approximately 80 projects run- ten the projects are those which didn’t intend getting into trouble
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Hypnosis
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ning each week across London. would not receive funding from again as she couldn’t face com-
Minor Surgery
What is diff erent now is that local local authorities, schools or chari- ing back! Another had worked on
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 Paediatric healthcare people have a say in the work of- ties and so would not be done. several projects involving deco-
 Sexual Health Care
fenders carry out by nominating Examples are clearing rubbish, rating inside and out. He felt con-
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projects, seeing them completed cleaning graffi ti and cutting back fi dent that the skills learnt would
 Women’s healthcare
and knowing that off enders have trees and shrubs to improve vis- be useful to him in future, even if 47
Eltham Clinic
 Vaccination
done something to repay the lo- ibility, making footpaths safer for only to ‘do up’ his own place.
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cal community for their crimes. pedestrians. Ιn this way, local facil- So next time you are passing
Travel Vaccines
5 St. Mary’s Place, London SE9 1BL
Generally, a Community Pay- ities are rendered fi t for use again. Sutcliff e Park, admire the newly
back sentence is given for of- One such project in SE9 was painted railings and remember
in the centre of the town’s shopping area.
fences committed against the the renovation of Middle Park who painted them and why.
0870 2000 999
www.dh2.co.uk
community. It could be a public Community Centre. Project su- Jacqui Crowe
Your Community, Your Voice...
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