By Aaron Barbour
Does the benefits system stop your organisation from paying people to do bits of work in your community?
Are you on benefits and had your claim thrown into chaos for months when you declared part time, or sessional community work?
LinksUK is a co-founder of the CREATE Consortium, who have launched a new campaign to establish the Community Allowance within the UK benefits system. This would enable community organisations to pay people who work to strengthen their communities, without it affecting any of their benefits.
The five minute film, Benefits Rule, about how benefits regulations stop people from getting paid work in their community can be viewed online here – on the new CREATE website, or via YouTube .
The CREATE report outlining the proposal in full is available to Download.
CREATE is in discussion with Stephen Timms MP, Minister for Work about running Community Allowance pilots across the country – help make it happen by letting your MP know what you think. If you feel the situation needs changing, please take a couple of minutes to email your MP.
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