Advice on permitted work please

ann1957
ann1957 Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
edited April 2021 in Universal Credit (UC)
Hi
I think this forum is great btw.
Advice please....
I am 63 year old female
Live alone

I have been awarded UC Lcwra support rate of 644 and get contribution based eesa of 497 monthly for PTSD the UC includes housing benefit of 407. I have also been awarded 150 discretiinary housing support until October 2021.

There is an opportunity to do some admin work for a local charity approx 10 hours per week from home at 12.00 per hour ie 120 per week.The hours are flexible and I can do the hours whenever, fitting it around disturbed sleep and anxiety levels.

Can I please ask whether taking this role would affect any of my benefits and by how much?

Thank you.


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  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 63,129 Championing
    Hi @ann1957 welcome to the forum, 
    https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/calculate-your-benefits/
    Use that to calculate your earnings with the job, it will tell you how much you are entitled to 
  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,179 Championing
    Hi @ann1957 - & welcome to the community. As far as UC goes, as you get help with your housing, you have a work allowance of £293 a month. For every pound over that amount your UC is reduced by 63p. So, £520 - £293 = £227 x £0.63 = £143 which would be the amount your UC would be reduced by using £520 as your monthly earnings for example (£120 x 52 divided by 12 = £520).

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