Community payback - get involved!

Community payback is a tough and visible consequence for people who have committed a crime.

Offenders can be sentenced by the courts to carry out up to 300 hours unpaid work for the community. In the Borough of Broxbourne hundreds of hours of community payback were completed in 2010.

Community payback projects can include anything from litter removal and clearing dense undergrowth to environmental projects or removing graffiti.

Offenders usually work in teams monitored by a supervisor from Hertfordshire Probation Trust. They will work all day with short breaks, although there are some opportunities for individual placements.

See the community payback projects currently being undertaken in the Borough. You can see images from completed projects by following the link in the right hand column.

We want your ideas

If you have an idea for a community payback project, we want to hear about it.

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

Nominating a project

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 contact the community safety team on 01992 785573 or email community.safety@broxbourne.gov.uk with the following details:

About you and your organisation

• your name and organisation (if applicable)
• your address, including postcode
• your telephone number and email address

The project

• project name
• location of project
• a brief description of the work you want done
• when you would like the work to start

Please confirm that the project meets the above criteria. 

Thank you for taking the time to do this.