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====Insurance====
====Insurance====


Freegle centrally has an Employers and Public Liability Insurance (PLI) policy to cover Volunteers when they are engaged in Freegle activities.  But please don't assume that everything you do is covered by this insurance!  Check out [[Insurance]] for more details.
Check out [[Insurance]] for more details.


====Resources for volunteers====
====Resources for volunteers====

Latest revision as of 13:58, 23 July 2024

Claiming Job Seekers Allowance?

Current rules (Sept 2013) on volunteering whilst claiming JSA, P14 (Section R4073:

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/admr4.pdf suggests that claimants can do as much voluntary work as they want, but must not spend less than 50% of expected work hours looking for work, (e.g. if it is agreed a claimant is looking for work of 35 hours per week, they have to spend at least 17.5 hours looking for work, regardless of how much volunteering they are doing.)

Insurance

Check out Insurance for more details.

Resources for volunteers

http://www.volunteering.org.uk/ has lots of information and links for volunteers.



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