Fife Council's community payback by offenders scheme has been carried out in Anstruther by refurbishing the Erskine Hall.

The Anstruther Easter Town Hall has also been refreshed under the scheme.

Starting out as a church, the Erskine Hall has been part of the local landscape for a long time and was taken over by the East Neuk Centre Trust in 1980. Since then, it has been used for a number of community activities, but due to wear and tear, the condition of the interior had become run-down.


Thanks to a makeover by the Community Payback Scheme, the facility is now looking modern, bright and fresh.

Councillor Judy Hamilton, Executive Spokesperson for Social Work and Health said: "This refurbishment work is an excellent example of the valuable and life-changing work that provides mutual benefit to communities and individuals who participate in the Community Payback scheme.

"The aim of Community Payback is to provide a variety of opportunities for participants to make reparation to their local community, and to help them learn and acquire new work and life skills. This project is providing people with an excellent chance to gain useful knowledge and experience in painting and decorating and to give something back that is of real benefit to local communities."

(JP/MH)