Community Payback

Many offenders undertake Unpaid Work in the community as part of their punishment. As well as restricting the offender's liberty, Unpaid Work projects are designed to be physically, mentally or emotionally demanding, and provide an opportunity for the offenders to learn new skills and solve problems.

They are about making the offender pay back to the community for their crimes. We can't do this without your help. We need to know about projects you think we should be working on.

South Yorkshire Probation Area actively encourages the public, faith groups, local businesses, voluntary groups, crime reduction partners, and local authorities to contact us and nominate projects which will make a real difference to our communities.

If you have a project in mind which will fit with our health and safety standards, give offenders the chance to learn new skills and benefit the community then we will consider it, providing it doesn't take paid work away from others, and we have the skills and time to do it.

If you have any suggestions for future unpaid work projects, please download the request form for your area, or e-mail us at pr-unit@syps.org.uk:

Barnsley Request Form

Doncaster Request Form

Rotherham Request Form

Sheffield Request Form

For more information on the types of project benefiting from unpaid work by offenders in South Yorkshire, download the following case studies:

Doncaster - Bentley Pavilion

Rotherham - Pentecostal Church

Sheffield - Burton Street Gym

Sheffield - Burton Street Sensory Garden

Sheffield - General Gardens

Sheffield - Greenhill School

Sheffield - Individual Placements

Sheffield - Lunch Clubs

Sheffield - Wensley Street Gardens

For more facts and figures on the contribution of unpaid work to life in Yorkshire and the Humber, download this WOW sheet:

WOW Sheet - Unpaid Work - Yorkshire & the Humber