#HelpToWork @NAVCA & @Childrenengland speak out against #compulsory #volunteering @Number10gov @DWPgovuk. Navca is one of a number of #charities to state its opposition to 10 Downing Street-sanctioned Community Work Placements which began Monday. Alongside Oxfam GB and umbrella body Children England, Navca has pledged its support for the Keep Volunteering Voluntary campaign. The charities and organisations that have pledged their support against #workfare and to the Keep Volunteering Voluntary campaign have agreed to not participate in government workfare schemes, believing that forcing unemployed people to carry out unpaid work or face #BenefitSanctions can cause “#hardship and #destitution”. Justin Davis Smith, at NCVO, said: “NCVO sought and received assurances from Department for Work and Pensions - DWP last year that mandated Community Work Placements, and any other sanctions-backed placements, will not be conflated with volunteering. Nevertheless, we have suggested that charities consider carefully whether to be involved. “Our report on volunteering and employment earlier this year identified a number of issues with the existing knowledge of JobCentre Plus staff regarding volunteering and benefits and we have highlighted these to the DWP”
Posted on: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 23:50:25 +0000
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