Monday 6th February 2012 | 8:28:am
| Community Payback - Nominate a Project! |
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Community Payback is a tough and visible consequence for people who have committed a crime. Offenders can be sentenced by the courts to carry out up to 300 hours unpaid work for the community and in Bedfordshire, more than 100,000 hours of Community Payback are completed every year by offenders on a community sentence. This equates to approximately £500,000 of free labour (based on minimum wage) provided to local communities, as offenders pay back for the crimes they have committed. Community Payback projects range from litter-removal to clearing dense undergrowth and environmental projects through repairing and redecorating community centres to removing graffiti. Offenders usually work as part of a team, monitored by a supervisor, and will work all day with short breaks, although there are some opportunities for individual placements.
Bedfordshire Probation's Community Payback team assess project ideas submitted by the public and other organisations for suitability and for health and safety implications. Once the work has been completed, a plaque will be displayed with the Community Payback logo, if appropriate. This will indicate where offenders have positively contributed to improving a neighbourhood. Find out more about the type of work offenders may do on our Project of the Month page. Do you have an idea for a project? How to make a nomination |
