The young people, all on an Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme (ISSP), took part in a series of woodwork classes designed to combine learning skills with community reparation.
Noel Pickering, ISSP project worker at Wakefield Youth Offending Team, said: "The programme is an indirect form of reparation. It is a three-day course and the young people do everything themselves. They have made furniture including bird tables, benches and toy boxes that were then sold and the proceeds given to the Candlelighters children's charity."
The items were sold by word of mouth and some were donated to local pensioners.
Pickering said: "We wanted them to have a good experience and get skills from the course, rather than just picking up litter. It gives the young people pride to build something of a high standard."
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