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What happens if you're given a community sentence or community service. Find out about Community Payback and the rules of your community sentence.
You may get a community sentence if you’re convicted of a crime by a court…
Community Payback is unpaid work like: removing graffiti clearing…
The treatment or programmes you get are intended to help with problems…
What you can and cannot do while on a community sentence is decided by: a…
Community sentences for young people are different from those given to…
This series brings together all documents and information relating to the Place Based Social Action programme.
Find volunteering opportunities, and volunteer rights, pay, expenses, age limits, criminal record checks.
You can find volunteering opportunities on the: National Association for…
You do not have a contract of employment as a volunteer, so you do not…
Age limits There’s no upper age limit on volunteering. Some organisations’…
You are not paid for your time as a volunteer, but you may get money to…
How to find out information on our social impact activities and programmes.
This guidance aims to help organisations and groups understand how to safely and effectively involve volunteers.
The Community Life Survey is held annually to track trends and developments in areas that encourage social action and empower communities.
Reports, articles, data and analysis on how government is empowering communities to take action on the issues that matter to them.
Advice for people who commission, fund, deliver and evaluate health outreach programmes.
Nominate a Community Payback project to suggest what unpaid work offenders carry out locally; who to contact and what happens next
What to do if you claim benefits and do voluntary work.
When to tell a potential employer, university, college or insurance company about a criminal record, when it becomes 'spent' and what shows up on a DBS check.
This guidance aims to help people develop and manage communities of practice across government.
‘WorkWell’ pilots to provide tailored support for people in their local area so people can stay and progress in work.
Information on how to stay safe and healthy during travel abroad.
Volunteering boost for charities, libraries and museums for disadvantaged areas.
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