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Originally Posted by Less
Indeed it is.
One odd thing though, when I was claiming the dole once, the advisor told me that if I wanted to volunteer to help a charity this wouldn't be held against me and I could still claim full benefits, he seemed a little put out when I said no chance, so far as I'm concerned voluntary work is done on top of a full time job not instead of and until I was working charities could and probably would survive without me.
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bet that your only experiance on the dole was similar to mine. be on your case a lot more than the scruffy unwashed brigade with a couple of kids and a partner of a similar breed stood outside waiting for em. these used to be in seconds whilst i in my late 50,s got the fortnightly 3rd degree.