volunteering and on benefits

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rachel25
rachel25 Online Community Member Posts: 10 Listener
in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Would like to do volunteering one day a week, I am currently on PIP and ESA, would I need to tell the job centre I am volunteering as I don't want them to think I can work full time, I just want to try one day and see how I manage. Will it affect my benefits? Thank you. 

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  • Trengarnuq1
    Trengarnuq1 Online Community Member Posts: 18 Listener
    if you r in wrag group it should not affect your benifits if in support group yes it will because in support  group you r unfit to work?
  • wilko
    wilko Online Community Member Posts: 2,438 Championing
    You could ring DWP and ask or your local job Center to find out, you can work and be paid I think £120 per week but do check before what the rules are regarding being in the support group.
  • Trengarnuq1
    Trengarnuq1 Online Community Member Posts: 18 Listener
    If you r in support group you r asssesst as unable to work and you will loose it if you can work and it will tell them that your assesment was wrong so it will make it harder to get it i got it because i cannot work 
  • rachel25
    rachel25 Online Community Member Posts: 10 Listener
    trengarnuq1 yes I understand that, I am in the wrag group.
  • Trengarnuq1
    Trengarnuq1 Online Community Member Posts: 18 Listener
    i just checked and i was wrong it very limited permited work it says as long as you ask them first and you r allowed £120 a week but ask first so you do not  loose any benefit please
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    Trengarnuq1 said:
    If you r in support group you r asssesst as unable to work and you will loose it if you can work and it will tell them that your assesment was wrong so it will make it harder to get it i got it because i cannot work 
    This is not correct, sorry.
    People can do what's call permitted work, whether they're in the WRAG or Support Group and there's no time limits to how long you can do the work for.

    It won't go against you unless the work you do contradicts the reasons your claiming ESA.

    Any work you do whether it's paid or voluntary must be report to the DWP before you start the work.
    Permitted work rules here.
    https://www.entitledto.co.uk/help/Permitted-Work-Rules

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