TY - JOUR
AU - Corden, Anne, Ellis, Angela
AB - Abstract: The current Labour government has been keen to stress the role of volunteering and active citizenship as a means of escaping social exclusion. At the same time the government emphasises unemployment as a root cause of social exclusion, and encourages people to volunteer as a route into paid work. This article discusses the evidence for links between volunteering and employability for incapacity benefits recipients. There is mixed evidence as to whether voluntary work acts as a direct route to paid work. For some people, volunteering can increase personal assets to offer employers, such as confidence, social skills and experience gained in a work environment. However,cultural stereotypes of people who do voluntary work may limit identification of such opportunities. Disabled people may face a number of other barriers to taking part. The authors argue that focusing too much on the role of volunteering as a route to paid work for incapacity benefits recipients fails to recognise the potential value of volunteering in enhancing quality of life and human capital. References: 3 references open in new window Opening the references page in a new window requires javascript to be enabled in your browser. Articles that cite this article? Keywords: Document Type: Research Article Publication date: 2004-06-01 More about this publication? Benefits (now known as The Journal of Poverty and Social Justice ) New aims and scope Benefits ( to be known as The Journal of Poverty and Social Justice from 2010) provides a unique blend of high-quality research, policy and practice from leading authors in the field related to all aspects of poverty and social exclusion. The journal has changed its name to reflect its wider scope and has growing international coverage. 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TI - Volunteering and employability: exploring the link for incapacity benefits recipients
JF - Benefits
DA - 2004-06-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/policy-press/volunteering-and-employability-exploring-the-link-for-incapacity-LH0Wr9IQI0
SP - 112
EP - 118
VL - 12
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -