Justice project looks for volunteers

Householders in Barrowcliff, Eastfield and Scarborough’s Castle Ward are invited to get involved in the project.

Volunteers are wanted to become “restorative justice facilitators”, working with victims of crime and the wider community to give them a say in how an offender should be dealt with and also helping to resolve disputes between neighbours.

The project also gives offenders the chance to explain their actions and to make reparations for the harm they cause.

Scarborough Borough Council Community Health and Safeguarding Officer, Sandra Rees, said: “Restorative Justice is a tried and tested approach which has proved a huge benefit to victims who have valued the opportunity to inform the offender how they felt and how the crime impacted on them and those around them.

“As part of this new project, trained restorative justice facilitators will work with victims, offenders and people involved in neighbour disputes in a safe environment.”