Community Payback

Community Payback, also known as unpaid work, is undertaken by offenders all year round and in all weathers, safety permitting.  In Derbyshire, we supervised some 197,850 hours of unpaid work by offenders on 345 projects around the county and Derby City in 2010.  This was worth over £1.1 million to those projects. 

Whilst some projects are very short-lived, we currently have around 100 ongoing projects, some of which we have been involved with for several years.

Work has included clearing church yards and other community areas, projects for schools, litter removal, community safety projects such as clearing pathways and alleys of overgrown foliage and removing graffiti, renovating allotments and managing plots and redecorating community centres.  Offenders are working to make your community a better place to live.

If you would like to nominate a project or scheme, please read the project requirements detailed on the Project information page before completing the nomination form.

Justice Seen, Justice Done is a campaign by government to raise awareness of the vast amount of work undertaken across England and Wales by offenders given an Unpaid Work requirement by the courts.

Since December 2008, offenders have been required to wear orange high visibility vests whilst doing unpaid work - subject to agreement by the project recipients.  This is not a part of the punishment, but is a way of showing you, the public, that reparation to local communities is an important part of community sentencing.

Our first (2010) Community Payback Annual Report can be viewed [here] or can be found on our Information page under 'Annual Reports'  

For further information, please download the CP information leaflet or contact us using the nomination form.