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About: Justice Teams / East Kilbride Justice Team

(as a service user),

I have just  completed a 18 month Community Payback Order with East Kilbride Justice Team. 

During this time I had the opportunity to attend the Women's Hub and Venture Trust. Unfortunately I was not able to go the Venture Trust as they offered a trip away and I had no-one to look after my dog. 

Both supervision and the Womens Hub were helpful as I was able to get support and to vent off about things happening. It was helpful to hear about other peoples experiences at the Hub and hear how they dealt with things. 

I was supported to link in with other services - nurses who arranged appts for me, money matters. I got a 1 month gym pass and did yoga classes. 

My workers helped me to speak to housing and the anti social behaviour team when I was having appointments and finding it difficult to manage myself.

I was supported to change appointments when my mental health was bad or was away for a while to help with this. 

My order helped me to look at myself and see where i could try to get better. Being able to vent at appointments helped me to see how i could do things better. 

I cant think of anything I would change. 

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Response from Sarah Cook, Team Leader, East Kilbride Locality Justice Team, South Lanarkshire Health & Social Care Partnership 3 weeks ago
Sarah Cook
Team Leader, East Kilbride Locality Justice Team,
South Lanarkshire Health & Social Care Partnership
Submitted on 05/11/2025 at 15:06
Published on Care Opinion at 15:06


Hello Horologiumxf98,

Thank you for taking the time to tell your story and experiences. It's lovely to hear about the opportunities you had and the benefits you felt from this. It's encouraging to hear you felt supported and having this support helped you to manage and deal with difficulties in your life at that time.

I really like that you described, at times, being able to vent to someone. This is really important for people to be able to do this in a safe space and can help in managing emotions and situations.

I'm so pleased to hear about you referencing not only 'My Order' but also the self reflection to have yourself as important and making changes to benefit you.

I wish you well for the future. Thank you again for sharing your feedback.

Kind Regards

Sarah Cook

Team Leader

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