Mayor presented with plaque to mark end of mayoral project
Suffolk Probation presented last year's Mayor of Ipswich with a plaque when she paid a visit to see a fishing platform built by offenders in a special mayoral project.
Over 50 offenders sentenced to unpaid work built a fishing platform for disabled anglers on the River Gipping for the first ever mayoral project, which was selected by last year's Mayor of Ipswich, Inga Lockington.
The platform is now complete - after 567 hours of unpaid work - and Mrs Lockington has been presented with a plaque by Ipswich Unpaid Work Quality Assurance Manager Kevin Morrison and Will Baddeley, who supervised the offenders carrying out the work.
Ipswich Borough Council provided all materials for the project.
Mrs Lockington, who visited the site a couple of times while offenders were working on the project, said: "I'm looking forward to seeing the platform when it's being used by people. It's lovely to see when probation puts good work back into the community."
She added: "As last year's mayor I was very proud to be involved in the first mayoral project."
Suffolk Probation Area Chief Officer John Budd said: "I am delighted that the mayoral project was such a success.
"This is visible evidence of community sentences working for the community. I hope that anglers in Ipswich spend many happy hours catching fish from this platform."
Mr Badderley said: "The offenders got a good sense of pride from this. Projects like this are very important."
