# Unpaid Work in North Wales

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Ministry of Justice](/buyers/ministry-of-justice/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Crest Co-operative
- Award value: £129,000
- Tender value: £129,000
- Award date: 6 September 2022
- Published: 7 October 2022
- Contract start: 26 October 2022
- Contract end: 26 October 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f184bf6e-1611-497c-a7a5-ad004164f710-578870
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-91d8a304-7cb5-49f2-a4f3-45c41c7ae563

## Description

The overall ambition is to provide a Service that benefits the wider community through the delivery of high-quality work placements within the local area and further volunteering/employment opportunities upon placement completion\. Therefore, the ambition for Unpaid Work is to have a sufficient number of quality placements that improve the availability of educational and training opportunities\. There is national evidence available which indicates that where People on Probation recognise the benefit of the work they are doing, then they are more likely to gain rehabilitative insights from the sentence\. Thereby supporting longer positive outcomes that aid desistance\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f184bf6e-1611-497c-a7a5-ad004164f710-578870)