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Manage your volunteers' payments and expenses, and get approved so they can keep their student loans interest-free when they're volunteering for you overseas.

For the organisation

Volunteer payments and expenses

When to tax payments you've made to your volunteers, and when they're treated as tax-free reimbursements.

Getting interest-free student loans for your overseas volunteers

If we approve your charity, your volunteers can keep their student loans interest-free while volunteering for you overseas.

For volunteers

Volunteering overseas when you have a student loan

If you're volunteering for a charity overseas, you can apply to keep your student loan interest-free for up to 24 months.

For both

List of approved charities

People volunteering for these charities overseas can apply to keep their student loans interest-free.

Last updated: 15 Nov 2022
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