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This guidance aims to help people develop and manage communities of practice across government.

• Updated: 13 August 2014

The Community Life Survey is held annually to track trends and developments in areas that encourage social action and empower communities.

• Updated: 20 July 2016

What happens if you're given a community sentence or community service. Find out about Community Payback and the rules of your community sentence.

• Overview

  You may get a community sentence if you’re convicted of a crime by a court…

• Community Payback

  Community Payback is unpaid work like: removing graffiti clearing…

• Treatment and programmes

  The treatment or programmes you get are intended to help with problems…

• What you can and cannot do while on a community sentence

  What you can and cannot do while on a community sentence is decided by: a…

• Community sentences if you are under 18

  Community sentences for young people are different from those given to…

Connect with practitioners across government to share best practice, discuss challenges and support each other.

• Updated: 21 March 2025

This publication reports information from the CSDS. This is a patient-level dataset providing information relating to NHS-funded community services. These services can include health centers, schools and mental health trusts. The data collected includes personal and demographic information, diagnoses...

• Updated: 10 September 2020

This series brings together all the releases of the Community Life Survey.

• Updated: 4 December 2024

Additional Information relevant to the Community Life Survey 2020/21

• Updated: 29 July 2021

• Updated: 28 February 2018

• Updated: 1 January 2007

Reports, articles, data and analysis on how government is empowering communities to take action on the issues that matter to them.

• Updated: 20 March 2017