Every year, across the country, local communities benefit from over five million hours of compulsory unpaid work carried out by offenders under the supervision of the National Probation Service.

Faith groups, businesses, voluntary groups and local authorities are being encouraged to nominate projects they would like to see the Probation Service get involved with. If the project is accepted and when the work is complete, it will be branded with the "Community Payback" logo to show where offenders have contributed positively to improving the neighbourhood.

We can't do this without your help! We need to know about projects you think we could work on.

Projects 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 worthwhile, constructive and give offenders new skills.
• Offenders must be seen to be putting something back into the local community.

You can email us at the address below:
info@durhamprobation.gov.uk

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