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Community Sentences Cut Crime Campaign

The campaign aims to encourage public and government support for successful community sentences. The Howard League for Penal Reform believes that well resourced and well structured programmes raise public protection, bringing down the rate of offending and repay the damage done by crime in a way which custodial sentences cannot.

The campaign has three strands:

The Community Programmes Awards - An annual award for the country's most successful community programmes

Open days - We will organise local events round the country to highlight the excellent work of each winning programme and to educate local stakeholders about the successes of the schemes.

Website - A dedicated website with information about good practice in community sentencing. With a dedicated page for each awards category, practitioners from all over the country can get detailed information about what the best programmes are doing. These pages will be available after the summer.

The Howard League online

Community Sentences Cut Crime Campaign