Volunteer

Do you enjoy helping others and have time to spare? But you are unemployed and receiving benefits? You may be able to volunteer while receiving benefits. Ask the municipality what the possibilities are for you.

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Call: 045-5604343 

Approach

First check with the municipality to see if you can do volunteer work with benefits. We will then look together at what you need in terms of social contacts, structure or work experience. Together with Buurtteams Heerlen we will then find a suitable solution for you. And after building up the social contacts and experience, the municipality can possibly help you with mediation to work.

Description

Volunteering is work for which you do not receive money. If you have spare time and enjoy helping others, you can volunteer. Are you long-term unemployed? Then you can even do so while still receiving benefits. The municipality supports and encourages this work. Because it gives you more social contacts, structure and work experience, it reduces the distance to a job.

The municipality works with the Buurtteams Heerlen to find suitable volunteer work for you. If you would like to know what is currently on offer, please already check the website of Heerlenonline

Insurance for volunteers and family caregivers

Volunteering is important, but it also comes with risks. Do you cause harm while working as a volunteer or caregiver? Or has an accident occurred? Then you are automatically insured through the municipality. You do not have to apply for the insurance.

If something has happened, first try to claim the damage from your own insurance or the insurance of the organization where you are volunteering. Is there no other insurance that will pay for the damage? Then contact the municipality to report the damage.

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