20-01-2015 - Oaxaca, Mexico - A man mops the floor at San Agustin Catholic church. © Jim West

10-07-2013 - City workers get their shoes shined. London. © Jess Hurd

08-05-2013 - Kathleen, watching politicians on TV in her council flat in Ladywood, Birmingham. She was asked to pay bedroom tax for one room, which would take her into debt. She has lived in the flat for 13 years,... © Timm Sonnenschein

10-08-2011 - Manchester City Council Operational Services staff hand out gloves, brooms and sacks to volunteers who gathered the morning after riots in the city, to help clean up. © Paul Herrmann

10-08-2011 - Manchester City Council Operational Services staff hand out gloves, brooms and sacks to volunteers who gathered the morning after riots in the city, to help clean up. © Paul Herrmann

10-08-2011 - Two young men in a street in the Northern quarter of Manchester help clean up after the riots of the previous night © Paul Herrmann

22-01-2011 - An internally displaced indigenous man working as a cleaner in a modern supermarket after having spent his entire life in the jungle. Villavicencio, Colombia. © Boris Heger

15-05-2010 - A volunteer participates in the annual Project Playground effort to clean up an inner city playground. © Jim West

15-05-2010 - A volunteer participates in the annual Project Playground effort to clean up an inner city playground. © Jim West

15-05-2010 - A volunteer participates in the annual Project Playground effort to clean up an inner city playground. © Jim West

28-09-2009 - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Angel Housekeeping talking to a client. © Christopher Thomond

28-09-2009 - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Angel Housekeeping talking to a client. © Christopher Thomond

03-08-2009 - Selwood Housing maintenance man repairing a broken. Selwood manage and maintain quality affordable housing and provide support services for people in housing need © Paul Box

03-08-2009 - Selwood Housing maintenance man. Selwood manage and maintain quality affordable housing and provide support services for people in housing need © Paul Box

03-08-2009 - Selwood Housing maintenance man. Selwood manage and maintain quality affordable housing and provide support services for people in housing need © Paul Box

03-08-2009 - Selwood Housing maintenance man. Selwood manage and maintain quality affordable housing and provide support services for people in housing need © Paul Box

03-08-2009 - Selwood Housing maintenance man. Selwood manage and maintain quality affordable housing and provide support services for people in housing need © Paul Box

03-08-2009 - Selwood Housing maintenance man. Selwood manage and maintain quality affordable housing and provide support services for people in housing need © Paul Box

09-04-2008 - Maxine Steinberg whos a mother, housewife and has a part time job, is given some help by her young son to do some of the house work, seen sweeping up the kitchen floor. © David Mansell

02-03-2008 - St Andrews park, Bristol. A council worker from Bristol Parks Playground Inspector team cleans graffiti and tagging off playground equipment. © Paul Box

02-03-2008 - St Andrews park, Bristol. A toilet block vandalised with tagging after the council commissioned a piece of graffiti that was disliked but rival graffiti artists. © Paul Box

10-04-2007 - Graffiti is removed in Leytonstone where 14-year-old Paul Erhahon was stabbed to death in a gang dispute. Paul, ake MC Hell Razor was a keen local rapper. Newham, East London. © Jess Hurd

10-04-2007 - Graffiti is removed in Leytonstone where 14-year-old Paul Erhahon was stabbed to death in a gang dispute. Paul, ake MC Hell Razor was a keen local rapper. Newham, East London. © Jess Hurd

10-04-2007 - Graffiti is removed in Leytonstone where 14-year-old Paul Erhahon was stabbed to death in a gang dispute. Paul, ake MC Hell Razor was a keen local rapper. Newham, East London. © Jess Hurd

20-03-2004 - A boy washes a car © Paul Box

20-03-2004 - A boy washes a car © Paul Box

01-12-2003 - Charity shop , a volunteer prepares clothes for sale, Bristol © Paul Box

07-08-2003 - Cambodia This young girl lives with her mother and father who as farmers are the poorest of the poor, her father was tricked by local traffickers who promised they could find his daughter work in the... © Nick Rain

26-07-2002 - New anti-grafitti initiative is launched by Haringey Council, the High Road Tottenham, LondonA cleanup kit is available for use by Tenants Associations and community groups. © Joanne O'Brien

26-07-2002 - New anti-grafitti initiative is launched by Haringey Council, the High Road Tottenham, LondonA cleanup kit is available for use by Tenants Associations and community groups. © Joanne O'Brien

26-07-2002 - New anti-grafitti initiative is launched by Haringey Council, the High Road Tottenham, LondonA cleanup kit is available for use by Tenants Associations and community groups. © Joanne O'Brien

26-07-2002 - New anti-grafitti initiative is launched by Haringey Council, the High Road Tottenham, LondonA cleanup kit is available for use by Tenants Associations and community groups. © Joanne O'Brien

26-07-2002 - New anti-grafitti initiative is launched by Haringey Council, the High Road Tottenham, LondonA cleanup kit is available for use by Tenants Associations and community groups. © Joanne O'Brien

25-11-2000 - Woman watches Hackney residents march against the cuts from the door of Age Concern which has also faces a funding crisis. © Jess Hurd

10-05-1991 - Home help care assistant helping disabled Birmingham © John Harris