Workers and Temporary Workers: guidance for sponsors: sponsor a Charity Worker
Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Charity Worker.
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This document provides information for charitable organisations on how to sponsor a worker on the Charity Worker (Temporary Worker) route.
The Charity Worker route is for voluntary workers who wish to come to the UK to do unpaid work for a charitable organisation for a maximum period of 12 months.
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Last updated
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The guidance has been updated to reflect changes to the Immigration Rules that came into force on 12 April 2023. A full list of the changes is in the document.
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Updated guidance for sponsoring a Charity Worker for use on or after 11 April 2022.
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Guidance updated to reflect the ending of the fee concession for CESC nationals.
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Updated to reflect the immigration rules changes on 11 October 2021. Read the full list of changes in the 'Changes from last version of this guidance' section of the document.
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Update history
2025-04-09 00:01
The guidance has been updated to reflect a change to the Immigration Rules coming into force on 9 April 2025, more details can be found within the guidance.
2023-04-12 00:15
The guidance has been updated to reflect changes to the Immigration Rules that came into force on 12 April 2023. A full list of the changes is in the document.
2022-04-11 09:00
Updated guidance for sponsoring a Charity Worker for use on or after 11 April 2022.