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Community Payback Brightens Altrincham FC's Ground
15th July 2010
OFFENDERS have helped Altrincham FC’s ground score a new lick of paint so that the Robins will be well and truly in the red for the new season.
The Moss Lane outfit enlisted the help of Trafford’s Community Payback to get the job done.
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Offenders Visit Employment & Training Event Hosted by GMPT
19th May 2010
MORE than a hundred offenders have visited an employment and training event hosted by Greater Manchester Probation Trust.
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Community Payback Improves Church Hall
22nd April 2010
OFFENDERS have refurbished a popular community centre in Mottram, breathing new life into the grade two listed building.
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Prolific Offenders Helped into Employment
15th April 2010
FIVE former prolific offenders have been helped into full time employment through a scheme which is achieving excellent results.
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Rubbish Clearance Impresses the Public
22nd March 2010
OFFENDERS have cleared a popular park of rubbish, just days after being asked to do the job by a member of the public.
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Community Payback Raises Money for Victims of Crime
23rd February 2010
Offenders carrying out Community Payback have raised £800 for a charity dedicated to helping victims of crime.
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Offenders Refurbish Popular Community Centre
23rd February 2010
Offenders have refurbished a popular community centre in Mottram, breathing new life into the grade two listed building.
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Comnmunity Payback Offers “Lifeline” to Elderly in Bolton
11th January 2010
OFFENDERS carrying out Community Payback have been clearing snow and ice from around the perimeter of a Bolton care home.

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Offenders Offer Help to Elderly in Rochdale
11th January 2010
OFFENDERS carrying out Community Payback have been clearing snow and ice from the homes of the elderly in Heywood.
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Offenders spruce up charity premises
11th January 2010
Offenders carrying out Community Payback have been helping to decorate a charity’s premises.
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Community Payback helps clear snow for Trafford schools
8th January 2010
Roads outside every school in Trafford are to be ploughed and gritted over the weekend, as Trafford Council prepares schools for re-opening following the heavy snowfall and subsequent icy conditions this week.
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A Royal Visitor for Tameside Probation
27th November 2009
HRH the Princess Royal visited Ashton Probation Office, Tameside on Friday 27th November.

The Princess Royal had expressed her interest in the work of the probation service and was keen to visit a probation office to observe practice and meet with staff.
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Home of Disabled Boy Refurbished by Offenders
9th November 2009
THE bungalow brave Harley Slack and his family will be moving into is being refurbished by offenders carrying out Community Payback.
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Women Win Awards in National Arts Competition
3rd November 2009
REBECCA Davies and Kelly Brady have both won awards in a prestigious national scheme that recognises artwork created by offenders.
Both of the women are supervised by the Greater Manchester Probation Trust (GMPT) in Bolton.
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A recipe for better lives
5th October 2009
FORMER Wigan Rugby League great Andy Gregory handed out certificates to offenders who have completed educational courses.

The scrum half, who made 26 appearances for Great Britain, played for the town from 1989 until 1992.

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Celebrity Gardener Works With Offenders
13th August 2009
CELEBRITY Chris Collins has led a team of offenders in a project to create a beautiful garden for children to enjoy.

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Women's Centre Raise Money for Charity
28th July 2009
WOMEN offenders from Bolton have raised £500 for two charities based in the town after running a successful coffee morning and raffle.
Bolton's Probation Service, which is part of the Greater Manchester Probation Trust, re-launched its Women's Supervision Centre last October.
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Offenders Blossom at RHS
24th July 2009
OFFENDERS have come up smelling of roses after winning two top gongs at the Royal Horticultural Society Show.
Greater Manchester Probation Trust's Community Payback Unit has helped plant two award-winning displays at this year's floral extravaganza, which is taking place at Tatton Park.

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Offenders Help Oldham's Scope Charity
16th July 2009
OFFENDERS have won glowing praise after creating a garden at a care centre for the disabled.
Heathside Cottage is home to six people who have cerebral palsy, or similar conditions, and is run by the charity Scope.
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Drink Causing Major Trouble in Bury
6th July 2009
ALMOST half of the offenders committing crime in Bury have alcohol problems.
Annual statistics published by the Greater Manchester Probation Trust highlight the damage drink causes across the borough.
More than 45 per cent of male and 42 per cent of female offenders in Bury experience alcohol difficulties which are in some ways linked to their offending.
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Bury Probation Reducing Crime
15th June 2009
BURY Probation's district manager Mohammed Farooq has praised his staff after the borough was last year's most successful Greater Manchester district.
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Nursery A Blooming Success
9th June 2009
A site visit is being hosted at a nursery that is back in blooming health thanks to work carried out by offenders.
Woodbank Nursery, in Woodbank Memorial Park, Stockport, was ripped apart by storms in 2006.
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Offenders Tidy Alleyways in Victoria Park
5th June 2009
TEAMS of offenders have tackled an overgrown series of alleyways in Longsight.
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Residents at Approved Premises Raise Cash for Charity
20th May 2009
RESIDENTS at two approved premises run by the Greater Manchester Probation Trust (GMPT) have raised cash for local charities.
Women based at a hostel in Rochdale together with male residents at a probation hostel in Salford have raised more than £270.
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"GOBOT" PROJECT - GETTING OFFENDERS BACK TO WORK
11th May 2009
'GOBOT' - getting offenders back on track - is an innovative project for ex-offenders on probation supervision in Oldham, which helps get them back into work.
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Garden Project Unearths Treasures for Charity
23rd April 2009
A GARDENING scheme launched by Greater Manchester Probation Trust (GMPT) has come up smelling of roses by helping produce food for the elderly.
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Offenders Clean-up in Blackley to Gain Respect
23rd April 2009
TEAMS of offenders have cleared skip loads of rubbish from a brook that flows through a small valley in Blackley.
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GMPT Helps Riding School After Theft
16th April 2009
CASH raised by offenders carrying out Community Payback is being donated to Bolton's Riding School for the Disabled.
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Offenders Clean-up On Broadway
15th April 2009
RESIDENTS and shop owners on Broadway, Moston are benefiting from clean-up work carried out by offenders.
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JUSTICE MINISTER RECOGNISES EXCELLENCE IN GREATER MANCHESTER PROBATION
1st April 2009
Greater Manchester Probation was recognised as one of the highest performing probation areas in the country when it was formally awarded Trust status on 1 April.
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CHOOSE CHANGE PROJECT - HELPING SHORT TERM PRISONERS TO REFORM ON RELEASE
23rd March 2009
"Choose Change" is an innovative project which aims to work with short term prisoners from Manchester and Salford, to assist with their rehabilitation on release.

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Probation Helps Lee Reform
3rd March 2009
TRAINEE mechanic Lee McGwynn has got his life back in gear after years spent in and out of jail.
The father-of-one was expelled from secondary school in his early teens, and began stealing cars when he was just 15.
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Offenders Restore Memorial Gardens
25th February 2009
OFFENDERS have restored a garden planted to commemorate the lives of three local residents after 'mindless idiots' drove quad bikes over it.

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Offenders Spruce Up Animal Centre
18th February 2009
OFFENDERS are redecorating the RSPCA's ROCH Valley Animal Centre in Rochdale as part of an on-going project to support the charity.
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Probation Service Digs in for Tindall Allotments
27th August 2008
DIGNATORIES donned wellies on a visit to Tindall Allotments to see first hand the work completed by offenders at the site.
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