Community Payback
Nominate a ‘Community Payback’ Project for Offenders Ordered to Carry Out Unpaid Work
Unpaid Work is one of a possible twelve requirements which make up a community sentence imposed by the courts. Each year in Lincolnshire alone, over 50,000 hours of unpaid work are carried out on community projects by offenders – equivalent to twenty-six working years for one man! (Or, at a minimum rate of £5.40 per hour this would equate to approximately £270,000 of labour for organisations which would not otherwise be able to afford the work.)
To qualify for this free labour, the placement provider must be either a charitable body, voluntary organisation, local authority, or in some cases a private business – just as long as the project is for the benefit of the community. Examples of work carried out over the last twelve months include the painting and decorating of schools, churches and community centres, the clearing and landscaping of churchyards and cemeteries, forestry work, furniture recycling, plus many other projects.
The Unpaid Work Unit of the National Probation Service, Lincolnshire is always looking for potential Community Payback projects. If you have an idea in mind, please contact either Lincoln (01522 780767) or Boston (01205 312907) or click on the link to ‘Nominate a Project’ on the home page of www.communitypayback.co.uk