Community Probation & Psychological Services (CPPS) staff work on worthwhile projects in the community everyday.
We provide work parties of offenders on community work sentences and this contribution can make a real difference in how successful the projects are.
When you do it every day you can lose sight of how much good work we are doing, and how much the additional labour can mean to a not-for-profit organisation.
In the last issue of Community Works you read about the support that was being provided to people with cancer on the West Coast. Following this article the Southern Cancer Network contacted us to see if we might be able to expand this support to other parts
of the South Island.
Another organisation that benefits from CPPS providing work parties is Riding for the Disabled. In this issue of Community Works we take you to different places in the Central and Southern region where Riding for the Disabled is active.
Quite a few children with disabilities would be missing out on the chance to ride a horse if CPPS wasn’t helping out.
The above are just a few examples of the support CPPS provides to agencies in the community. If you know of projects in your area where community work parties could play a part, we would love to hear from you.
For more information please talk to staff at your nearest Probation Service Centre. Contact details can be found in the White Pages under the Department of Corrections (See C under the blue government department pages).
Katrina Casey
General Manager
Community Probation
& Psychological Services
Got a story for Community Works or want to request the print edition?
Email commdesk@corrections.govt.nz or phone (04) 460 3365.
Community Works is published quarterly by the Department of Corrections. Contact details for Community Probation & Psychological Services can be found here or by looking under C for Corrections in the Government listings of the Telecom White Pages.
ISSN 1178-1327