Team effort brings fresh look to our car parks

Edition: November 2025

Over the last few months, members of our Parking Services team have been working hard to improve the look and feel of our car parks.

After the team effort brings fresh look to our car parks

Team effort brings fresh look to our car parks

This has been helped by a significant programme of cleaning and painting across our town centre sites, undertaken in partnership with the Probation Service’s Community Payback Scheme.

Projects that make a difference

Community Payback gives people on probation the opportunity to complete unpaid work as part of a court sentence, ranging from 40 to 300 hours. Under guidance, groups of up to eight people are taken out into the community to carry out projects that make a real difference, such as painting, decorating, grounds maintenance and deep cleaning.

Through this initiative a wide range of improvements, including repairs, graffiti removal in stairwells, and fresh coats of paint have brightened up several car parks.

Supporting the work

Behind the scenes, our team have done an outstanding job keeping everything running smoothly from ensuring risk assessments were completed to cordoning off areas safely, and making sure work was carried out to the highest standard. This is a fantastic example of public organisations working together to deliver improvements while also reducing costs for the Council.

The benefits go even further: enhancing the experience of car park users, improving safety and accessibility, and helping those on probation to give back positively to their local community. Our partnership working has delivered visible improvements that benefit both the Council and the community.