Doing voluntary work can: teach you new skills build your confidence look good on your CV help a community. If your voluntary work is part of an Activity in the Community project and you're on a main benefit, you: keep your benefit get an allowance may get some money to help towards expenses. Finding voluntary work You can find your own voluntary work, or we can refer you to approved projects.
However, in most cases, if you volunteer full-time and receive an allowance from your volunteering organisation you won't usually be eligible to receive benefits. It is always best to talk about your choice of voluntary work with the office that pays your benefit - before you start. If you receive any money apart from expenses this will usually be treated as income. It will be taken into account when assessing your benefit.
If you are not sure about anything you are given above your expenses, contact the Jobs and Benefits office that pays your benefit. Tell the office that pays your benefits about any volunteering that you are planning to do before you start.
Tell them:. Contact your Jobs and Benefits office to report your volunteering. You can volunteer for as many hours as you like, as long you continue to meet the conditions of the benefit you get. You volunteer for an organisation for 20 hours a week. Your Claimant Commitment states you are to do 30 hours a week work search and work preparation activities. That means 15 hours of voluntary work will count towards your 30 hours work search requirement 50 per cent of If you have a health condition or disability, you can still volunteer.
You will still need to let Employment and Support Allowance Centre know about any volunteering you are planning to do before you start. The purpose of the WCA is to see if you have limited capability for work and, if so, whether you also have limited capability for work-related activity.
All the information and evidence you give will be assessed by a healthcare worker who will pass on their advice to a Decision Maker. You should include any type of regular activity you do including any voluntary or paid work.
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How volunteering affects your benefits - overview This advice applies to England Print. If you get Universal Credit Tell your work coach when you plan to start volunteer work - you can do this by adding a note to your online journal. If your claimant commitment says you have to search for work You can spend up to half of this time volunteering if your work coach agrees.
If you get benefits because you're sick or disabled You should tell your Jobcentre Plus office and keep any receipts for expenses. Contact Jobcentre Plus to report your volunteering. You can volunteer for as many hours as you like, as long you continue to meet the conditions of the benefit you get. You volunteer for an organisation for 20 hours a week. Your Claimant Commitment states you are to undertake 30 hours a week work search and work preparation activities.
Read about how many hours a week you can volunteer for while claiming Employment and Support Allowance. If you have a health condition or disability, you can still volunteer. You will still need to let Jobcentre Plus know about any volunteering that you are planning to do before you start. You are not paid for your time as a volunteer, but you may get money to cover reasonable expenses you incur.
These can be for things like:. Any reasonable expenses you are paid by the organisation you volunteer with will not usually affect the amount of benefit you get. Any money you are paid that is not to cover a reasonable expense may stop your benefit or reduce the amount you get.
If you choose not be paid for any work you do, this is not the same as volunteering. Any work you do which someone would normally be paid for will be classed as unpaid work, not volunteering.
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