Plans to prioritise social housing for people who do voluntary work and local people will be introduced in Maidstone.

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"It's great to recognised but to be honest, I do the voluntary work because it is such a joy to do, " he said.

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It also makes employees do an hour of voluntary work a week, helping children and adults with basic reading and arithmetic, running anti-drugs programmes and training people for call-centre work.

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As well as core subjects such as maths and languages, students can also do work experience and voluntary placements.

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They say the national industrial action is not a work-to-rule because members are being encouraged to do and are still doing voluntary activities, such as leading clubs in their own time after school.

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