Community Payback

What is Community Payback

Community Payback is a national scheme offered by the National Probation Service, delivered at a local level. It gives the people of Warwickshire a chance to play a part in how offenders pay back and you can have a say on what work takes place in your local area and how this will benefit your community.

Download Public Purse Payback Leaflet (1MB PDF)

Community Payback - How to get involved

In Warwickshire over 63,000 hours of Community Payback are completed every year by Offenders on a community sentence.  This equates to approximately £360,990 of free labour provided to local communities as Offenders payback 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 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

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 nomination form. Alternatively telephone 024 76482822

View photographs of completed projects

To find out more about Community Payback Nationally, visit http://communitypayback.direct.gov.uk/

For further information, please email warwickshire.admin@warwickshire.probation.gsi.gov.uk