Spare hospital room could be answer to estate’s problems

ANTISOCIAL behaviour on the Chemin des Monts Estate could become be a thing of the past if a new initiative aimed at parents and children is successful.

The permanent beat officer for St Sampson’s has been drafted to the Castel estate to tackle problems highlighted by its residents.

On arrival, PC Karl Addis set about asking them what they thought needed improving in the area.

Most adults said that children on the estate needed something to do, so he set about finding a venue for a parent and toddler group and an after-school club.

He located a room within the King Edward VII Hospital and, after discussions, Health and Social Services agreed that it could be used on a 12-month rolling basis, as long as the building was still in use (from GEP)