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Monday Aug 07, 2006
Join right to reasonable lunch expenses campaign
As mentioned previously in this blog, the Department of Work and Pensions has recently published a booklet for volunteers who receive benefits, which states that they can't claim lunch expenses as they're already receiving money for food. You're in paid work, you get your sandwich paid for; you're on benefits, no can do. This is conflict with previously published guidelines and doesn't sit well with a more inclusionary approach to volunteering the government is advocating.
As you can imagine, the volunteering sector is none too pleased with this news. Volunteering England is continuing with its campaign to withdraw this guidance, and has announced a Protest Week starting 14 August. What can you do as a volunteer or volunteer-involving organisation? Post your lunch receipt, along with a note, to the Secretary of State The Rt. Hon. John Hutton MP at the Department for Work and Pensions. More details.
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