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Wednesday Aug 09, 2006
Reasonable lunch expenses campaign success
Well, they listened to us! Volunteer-involving organisational and volunteers alike protested the DPW's advice to volunteers on benefits about not claiming lunch expenses. And, they've now annnounced their withdrawal of this guidance. Justin Davis-Smith, deputy chief executive of Volunteering England, said:
This is great news as it lifts a barrier to the two million volunteers on benefits who were affected by the guidance. We're delighted that the DWP has listened to the views of so many in the volunteering movement and reverted to its original position which supports the Government's aim of opening up access to volunteering to disadvantaged groups.
I would like to thank all the volunteer-involving organisations, volunteer centres and individual volunteers who supported our campaign and were prepared to speak out against these discriminatory new rules. The response we received from our members and their networks was overwhelmingly positive and shows how a coordinated effort can create very powerful results.
Very good news.
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