Here’s an update on my post from last week about the CREATE report. We had a good meeting with the Minister for Work, Stephen Timms, and his team yesterday. We are continuing to work towards piloting the Community Allowance later in the year. If you are interested in become a pilot partner then please do contact us.
This week the Society Guardian “Joe Public” blog carried an article by CREATE campaign co-ordinator Naomi Alexander. Please can I encourage you to take a moment to have a look and add a comment on the Guardian blog?
It would be great if we could include comments from people with personal experience of this issue. The press monitor these sites and the more comments on the blog we get, the more likely it is to be picked up by other media.
Can you also please forward the link to any contacts you think might be interested and encourage them to comment?
Does the benefits system stop your organisation from paying people to do bits of work in your community?