Back to work specialists from Leicester have helped renovate sections of a city park as part of a charity day.

The experts from Working Links, which delivers government programmes to help unemployed people get back to work in the city, joined forces with Leicester City Council's parks team to get Abbey Park into shape.

The team restored and painted park benches in one of the park's three Victorian pavilions, litter picked across the park, edged the lawns and cleaned up the flower beds.

As part of the tenth anniversary of Working Links, all its 2,000-strong staff are to give up a day of work to volunteer for charity - known as a Rainbow Day.

Ann Gambles, Performance Manager at Working Links, said: "We are a big community-focused organisation so we were delighted to help spruce up the gardens in Abbey Park."

Over the last ten years, Working Links has helped more than 12,000 people across the Midlands find work.

For more information about Working Links, please visit their website here: www.workinglinks.co.uk