'They don't want to give up one day a week to go and do work for free'

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When you hear the phrase 'community payback', images of big groups wearing neon-coloured bibs in the middle of a rubbish-filled field, armed with litter pickers, come to mind.

That age old dynamic could not be further from the truth, says Lorraine, an unpaid work placement coordinator based in Greater Manchester.

Instead, offenders are given meaningful work, encouraged to care for and protect their community. As a result, they change their lives for the better.

Lorraine initially worked for Lancashire Constabulary as a custody detention officer. But she always wanted to do more to help make a difference to people's lives, she told the Manchester Evening News .

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"I really want to help people and try and be that voice, that l