The following sententce only applies to those young people who commited an offence before 30 November 2009. It has been replaced by, and is now part of, the Youth Rehabilitation Order.
This sentence is only available to courts for young people aged 16-17. It requires a young person to complete unpaid community work for a period of 40-240 hours. Examples of the type of activities involved are:
- carpentry
- conservation
- decorating
- working with the elderly or vulnerable.
The sentence is supervised by the Probation Service Community Service Team.