By Aaron Barbour
Over several months we have been blogging about the progress of the Community Allowance that would allow unemployed people to do paid part-time work for community groups without losing their benefits.
Today, Third Sector Magazine has published an article about CREATE: the Community Allowance. Read it here (full article requires free log-in summary available)
It would be useful to give a quick update of what’s happening with the Community Allowance:
Proposal for pilots submitted to DWP
We have submitted a Right to Bid proposal to DWP to run a pilot programme across the UK. The proposal builds on the Government’s commitment to pilot the Community Allowance for people on Employment and Support Allowance, which was in last year’s Welfare Reform White Paper and outlines what could be achieved if the Community Allowance was available to people on any benefit. You can see the bid in full on the Community Allowance website
Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Social Firms UK join CREATE
The Consortium has been joined by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Social Firms UK, who will be bringing their expertise to the work on the Community Allowance.
The CREATE Consortium is now made up of:
- Community Links
- Development Trusts Association
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- National Community Forum
- Social Firms UK.
Entering into the world of Social Media
We now have a CREATE Consortium profile and a Community Allowance page on Facebook – become a fan! We’ve also started tweeting on Twitter. under our username: CREATE_tweets. Follow us!
