How to get involved
In Gloucestershire, over 50,000 hours of Community Payback are completed every year by offenders on a community sentence.This equates to approximately £286,000 of free labour provided to local communities as offenders pay back for the crimes they have committed.
Community Payback projects range from litter removal to clearing dense under growth, and environmental projects through repairing and redecorating community centres or 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.
To be considered your project must meet the following criteria
- It must benefit the local community
- It must not take paid work away from others
- No one must make a profit from the work
- It must be challenging and demanding
- It must be worthwhile and constructive
- Offenders must be seen to be putting something back into the community.
Potential beneficiaries shoud read the Information for Beneficiaries page for further details.
The Community Payback team will assess the project 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.
Anyone can nominate a project, so, if you are an individual, member of a club, community group, faith group or voluntary organisation and have a project that fits the criteria above, please complete the Nominate a Community Payback Project form or telephone The Gloucestershire Probation Community Payback Projects Officer on 01452 389229 or on mobile 0777 424079 and ask for Steve Hanson.
