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How is it for free if it pays for accommodation, food, clothing?
Assuming these things cost £800 per month and they are only asked to work enough hours for charity to cover these £800, at whatever wage per hour this charity usually pays, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
It doesn't pay for anything. No-one is paying them.
It's voluntary roles in a charity. They usually pay a wage of £0.
It does pay. It is adding value worth of £x and £x should be roughly equal to the cost of essentials.
Charities have both voluntary and paid roles.
Right, but the entire premise of the discussion is that these are voluntary roles. That's what the article is about.
Not really in the context. It is about people working out the costs of their own maintenance. And there is nothing wrong with that.