WIBU to do voluntary work somewhere just to keep warm

[poorandcold]

I work part time and can't afford to heat the house when I am not at work.
Would it be unreasonable to do some voluntary work somewhere when I am not working for the sole purpose of keeping warm?

As long as you do a good job when you were there I don't think anyone would mind. Lots of charities would be very glad of an extra pair of hands, whatever the motivation is.

Sounds like win-win to me!

Win win!

PS - care homes are usually pretty warm...

Thanks. I could do voluntary work somewhere that would use the skills from my paid job, I just felt a bit like I'd be taking advantage.

I volunteer in our local village shop. Keeps me warm!

Brilliant idea. Everyone is a winner. As long as you are planning to be a great volunteer. No chance of more working hours for more money though?

No, no chance at all, there are no vacancies except for already working the hours I work now. I'm going to contact a couple of places tomorrow and see if they will take me on as a volunteer.

Of course it's not taking advantage - people have lots of different motivations to volunteer (besides being a 'good person') and keeping warm is a pretty benign one!

I did some volunteering for a charity while I was a SAHM mainly because I wanted something to keep my CV up to date. I still did a good job for the charity

Most people have a reason why they volunteer: loneliness, adult company, enjoyment, etc. I don't think it can be seen as taking advantage, as long as you are actually helping rather than sat hugging a radiator.

It doesn't just have to be in a charity though! Contact your local volunteer centre, they will put you in touch with different options. For example, I am a project manager for an employability programme and we have volunteers doing buddying, job clubs, taking parents to appointments, admin, delivering Christmas presents to vulnerable families etc

I was thinking of with my DCs school really as it's linked to what I do in my paid work as my paid job is to do with children's books so I could help with reading.

School, hospital, care home - all would be snuggy warm - and I don't see how you would be taking advantage as you being there wouldn't actually increase their heating costs. As others have said it's a win:win.

Sounds good! Or we always always need people to help with adult literacy issues- helping with form filling, job applications etc.

Win, win.

I can't see anyone saying you're unreasonable to do this as long as you do what's expected a the voluntary job.