Local walkway gets a face lift
Date Published: 08/05/2012
Local walkway gets a face lift
Local walkway gets a face lift
Students from Bridgend Pupil Referral Unit have given a local walkway a colourful facelift as part of a scheme to raise awareness of the effects of anti-social behaviour in the community.
The painting project is part of ‘PUPIL’ (Pupils understanding Problems in their Locality), an EU-funded scheme which has been running at the Aberkenfig-based unit for a number of years.
Weekly sessions are delivered in the PRU by Matthew Nicholas of PUPIL with the support of local PCSO Chris Bowen, Aberkenfig Neighbourhood Policing Team. As part of the sessions the students and local PCSO have identified a number of projects both inside and outside of the school grounds that they feel would have a positive impact on the local environment.
Students highlighted a local tunnel as a problem area, as it was heavily vandalised by graffiti. The pupils took on the project in the hope that they could improve the environment by painting over the old graffiti.
PCSO Chris Bowen added: “I have been involved with the students at the PRU as part of the PUPIL scheme for the last two years. The scheme is successfully building positive links between the PRU and the local community. They can feel proud of the contribution they are making to improve their local community.