The aims of the National Probation Service are: To protect the public. To reduce reoffending. The proper punishment of offenders in the community. Ensuring offenders awareness of the effects of crime on the victims of crime and the public. The rehabilitation of offenders. Greater Manchester Probation Areas strategic aim is to ensure offenders successful completion of their community orders and licences. The priorities for Greater Manchester Probation Area include: Achieving all national and local standards for good practice. Making sure that our efforts really do work to achieve our aims. Protecting the public and minimising risk from offenders. For 100 years we have served courts and community. 2007 was our centenary year. Probation work is highly effective in preventing crime in the community. Probation is proven value for money. It helps to reduce reoffending in a range of ways. Crime has fallen by over a third since 1997, with significant input from the Probation Service. In 2007 the Probation Service nationally worked with 200,000 offenders, providing over six million hours of unpaid work and supporting over 15,000 offenders with intensive substance misuse treatment.

Address: Manchester City Unpaid Work Unit Victoria Park Laindon Road Longsight Manchester M14 5YJ
Telephone: 0161 224 0231
Website: http://www.gm-probation.org.uk/