A community payback supervisor has scooped a justice award for his work with offenders.
Richard Ward from Avon and Somerset Probation Trust supervises offenders working on projects such as graffiti removal and fly-tipping clearance, amounting to over 5,000 hours of work a year.
He won the award for commitment and enthusiasm towards Community Payback, and for leading projects such as creating a Mobile Welfare Trailer, which allows offenders to use hot and cold running water and a toilet whilst working around Bristol.
Richard says: 'From my point of view this is the bread and butter work that you should be doing, which is responding to the public.'
Not a 'soft' option
After 10 years working with offenders, Richard stresses that the projects he oversees are far from a 'soft' option: 'I don't think anyone would say handling buckets of people's filth, rubbish and rotten food for seven hours a day is easy work.
'Some of the places we clean up are absolutely disgusting.
'But seeing the difference they can make helps instill a sense of moral responsibility in the offenders.
'And the feedback from the public is fantastic – we're amassing quite a collection of thank you letters.'
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