Community Service Order

A Community Service Order requires you to do unpaid work in the community. It can be given to someone aged 16 or over convicted of an imprisonable offence if the offender consents and may be between forty (40) and two hundred & forty (240) hours duration. Probation Officers organise what work is to be done and ensure offenders attend and work to standards. The range of work carried out by the offender is varied, for example; assisting at social clubs for older people or people with disabilities, painting and decorating work, gardening and landscaping etc.