Community Working with H.M.P Northumberland

For a few years we have had regular meetings with Sodexo representatives keen to see the prisoners at H. M. P. Northumberland involved  in projects to help local communities. This gives them work with a focus but also a  feeling of doing something worthwhile for society at large; it also means that our community is helped  in numerous ways. The first examples were the Coal Truck floral displays around the town but since then we have had seats refurbished and lately the wonderful picnic tables and benches for Paddlers Park. Christmas saw some beautiful banners which were displayed in the Harbour Village and the Council Offices- sadly not on the Town Square flagpoles as we had hoped. We will shortly take delivery of 2 metal seats which they have produced- relating to World War 1 and the Coal Mining Industry. We are in discussions about signs and banners for the Puffin Festival, having plants grown for our floral displays and then work on the History Trail way markers mentioned above. We have other ideas which are in their infancy but we hope this partnership will continue to flourish as working together is benefitting us all.