[Vicky.]

I do not see why anyone should be expected to do a job that would otherwise be paid, for free. Nor can I think of any reason ANYONE (bar employers looking to get slave labour) would be for it? In a day where jobs are very scarce, this obsession with getting people to work for nothing is pretty insane really.

Also even cleaning play areas and such...if people weren't doing it for free, councils would need to pay someone to do it. So even these seemingly innocent community placements are taking away real jobs :/

Litter picking and such tends to be done by people on community service also. So not sure why this would need to be a 'wider public' thing tbh