The bigger picture
National resources that can help you get the most out of your life.
Employment and volunteering
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Job Centre Plus
If you are interested in undertaking some paid work, this website can help you get a job.
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Do-It
If you are interested in undertaking some unpaid work, this website can help you find volunteering opportunities.
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Volunteering England
Volunteering England is committed to supporting, enabling and celebrating volunteering in all its diversity. Their work links policy, research, innovation, good practice and programme management in the involvement of volunteers.
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Gov.uk: Finding a job
If you are interested in undertaking some paid work, this website gives advice on how to find a job.
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National Careers Service
This website contains advice about careers.
Financial and legal services
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Money Advice Service (Ask MA)
An independent service, set up by government to help people make the most of their money. They give free, unbiased money advice to everyone across the UK - online, over the phone and face to face.
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Gov.uk: Benefits
This website contains information about benefits, tax credits, eligibility and appeals.
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Disability Grants
Do you have a Disability?
Are you a parent or carer of a Disabled child or adult?
If so, use this website to save time finding Disability Grants.
Staying healthier and active
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NHS Choices
NHS Choices is the online 'front door' to the NHS. It is the country's biggest health website and gives all the information you need to make choices about your health.
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Sport England
Sport England is focused on helping people and communities across the country create a sporting habit for life. This website can help you find local ways of getting involved.
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Patient Opinion
An independent site about your experiences of UK health services, good or bad.
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Change 4 Life
This website has loads of ideas, recipes and games to help you or yoyur family be healthier and happier.
Resources for people with mental health needs
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NHS Choices: Mental Health
This section of the NHS Choices website contains tips, tools and support for people worried about mental health issues.
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The Mental Health Foundation
The Mental Health Foundation are committed to reducing the suffering caused by mental ill health and to help everyone lead mentally healthier lives.
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Mind
The Mind website is full of information, advice and support for people worried about mental health.
Resources for disabled people
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Gov.uk: Disabilities
This website contains information about rights and benefits for disabled people and carers.
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Disability Alliance
Disability Rights UK works to create a society where everyone with lived experience of disability or health conditions can participate equally as full citizens.
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NHS Choices: Disability and Social Care
This section of the NHS Choices website contains tips, tools and support for people affected by disability.
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BBC Ouch
Ouch! is a blog and internet talk show which goes beyond the headlines to reflect disability life.
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Gov.uk: Disability Benefits
This website contains information about the different allowances and benefits available to disabled people and carers.
Resources for children and young people
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Action For Children
Action for Children supports and speaks out for the UK's most vulnerable and neglected children and young people.
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National Association of Child Contact Centres
Information about child contact centres, which are neutral places where children of separated families can enjoy contact with their non-resident parents and sometimes other family members, in a comfortable and safe.
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ChildLine
This website contains information about how Childline can provide information and support to young people.
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Department for Education: Children and Young People
Information about early education and support for parents, children and young people.
Resources for older people
Resources for carers
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NHS Choices
This section of the NHS Choices website contains tips, tools and support for carers.
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Carers Trust
This website contains information for carers and what support they can access.
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Carers UK
This website contains information for carers and what support they can access.
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Gov.uk Carers Benefits
This website contains information about the different allowances and benefits available to disabled people and carers.
Accessing the internet
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UK Online Centres
There are 8 million people in the UK who don't use the internet, and are missing out on all sorts of benefits and conveniences as a result.
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Learn My Way
This website is provided by UK online centres to give new internet users and tutors in computer centres a range of easy courses and useful resources.
Adult Social Care and Personalisation
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CQC
You can use this website to check whether hospitals.
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Self Direct
The members of self direct work together to share and create new and radical ideas to put the ethical principles of Self-Directed Support into action.
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Think Local Act Personal
TLAP is a national, cross sector leadership partnership focused on driving forward work with personalisation, community-based social care.
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In Control
In Control is a national charity, with a mission to create a fairer society where everyone needing additional support has the right, responsibility and freedom to control that support. The website contains lots of help for people interested in personalisation.
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NHS Choices
This section of the NHS Choices website contains tips, tools and support for arranging care and support.
Broader Information and Advice Resources
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Citizens Advice
This website contains information about what Citizens Advice can help with and how to contact them.
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Gov.uk
This one-stop website is the best place to find government services and information.
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The Samaritans
This website contains information about how Samaritans can help with and how to contact them.
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The Charity Commission
The Charity Commission registers and regulates charities in England and Wales.
- Employment and volunteering
- Financial and legal services
- Staying healthier and active
- Resources for people with mental health needs
- Resources for disabled people
- Resources for children and young people
- Resources for older people
- Resources for carers
- Accessing the internet
- Adult Social Care and Personalisation
- Broader Information and Advice Resources