CHOICES

CONNEXIONS Connexions Lancashire www.13to19-lancs.info Connexions Direct www.connexions-direct.com

GENERAL BBC Onelife www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onelife Careers www.careersa-z.co.uk Careers Portal www.trotman.co.uk Careers Northwest www.careersnorthwest.com Key Skills www.keyskills4u.com Works4Me (Equal Opportunities) www.works4me.org.uk Learn Direct www.learndirect.co.uk Need 2 know www.need2know.co.uk Next Step www.nextsteplancashire.co.uk Careersbox (For Year 11s) www.careersbox.co.uk Springboard www.springboard.co.uk Support 4 Learning www.support4learning.org.uk The Site www.thesite.org.uk Woody Webwatch www.woodyswebwatch.com

EDUCATION

CHOOSING COURSES City & Guilds www.city-and-guilds.co.uk Drama Schools www.drama.ac.uk Edexcel www.edexcel.org.uk Foundation Degree’s www.foundationdegree.org.uk Graduate Careers Service www.prospects.ac.uk/occinfo.htm HE Statistics Authority www.hesa.ac.uk Hotcourses www.hotcourses.com Learn Direct www.learndirect.co.uk Map of HE institutions www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ukinfo/ HE4me-inlancashire www.he4me-inlancashire.org.uk Push Guide www.push.co.uk UCAS www.ucas.ac.uk UK Course Finder www.ukcoursefinder.com Teaching Quality Information www.tqi.ac.uk LSC - Get set for life www.getsetforlife.org.uk

HE APPLICATIONS FE and HE Institutions www.hero.ac.uk HE Statistics Authority www.hesa.ac.uk HERO www.hero.ac.uk UCAS www.ucas.com Widening Participation www.dfes.gov.uk/aimhigher Widening Participation www.aimhigher.ac.uk

QUALIFICATIONS DFES www.dfes.gov.uk/qualifications Qualifications and Curriculum Authority www.qca.org.uk

LIFELONG LEARNING ABCC Homestudy www.homestudy.org.uk Learn Direct www.learndirect.co.uk Life Long Learning www.lifelonglearning.co.uk National Extension College www.nec.ac.uk National Open College Network www.nocn.org.uk NVQs www.dfes.gov.uk/nvq Open University www.open.ac.uk

OVERSEAS STUDY HE Opportunities in Europe www.eurochoice.org.uk Studylink www.studylink.com USA HE Course Search www.collegeboard.com USA study www.studyusa.com

STUDENT FINANCE Care2Learn www.dfes.gov.uk/caretolearn Financial Support www.dfes.gov.uk Scholarship www.scholarship-search.org.uk Student Loans Company www.slc.co.uk

STUDENT LIFE National Union of Students www.nusonline.co.uk Student UK www.studentuk.com Student Zone www.studentzone.org.uk

GAP YEAR Gap Year www.gapyear.com Gap Year www.gap.org.uk Gap Year www.gap-year.com

FREE TIME

LEISURE Community Service Volunteers www.csv.org.uk Duke of Edinburgh www.theaward.org Millennium Volunteers www.millenniumvolunteers.gov.uk National Centre for Volunteering www.volunteering.org.uk Overseas Jobs www.overseasjobs.com Princes Trust www.princes-trust.org.uk Sport England www.sportengland.org Surestart www.surestart.gov.uk/ Year Out Group www.yearoutgroup.org/ Volunteering www.worldvolunteerweb.org/ Youth Information www.youthinfomation.com SPORT/HOBBY CLUBS AND ORGANISATIONS British Canoe Union www.bcu.org.uk British Cycling Fderation www.britishcycling.org.uk British Mountaineering Council www.thebmc.co.uk British Parachute Association www.bpa.org.uk British Sub Aqua Club www.bsac.com Central Council for Physical Recreation www.ccpr.org.uk Jubilee Sailing Trust www.jst.org.uk Lonely Planet www.lonelyplanet.com National Cycling Centre www.manchestervelodrome.com Outward Bound Trust www.outwardbound-uk.org Raleigh International www.raleigh.org.uk Ramblers Association www.ramblers.org.uk Snowsport England www.snowsportengland.org.uk Sports Coach UK www.sportscoachuk.org Lancashire County Council Volunteering Service www.lancashire.gov.uk/social-services /openingdoors/ YMCA www.ymca.org.uk Army Cadets www.armycadets.com Boys Brigade www.boys-brigade.org.uk Girl Guides www.girlguiding.org.uk Scout Association www.scouts.org.uk Sea Cadets/Sea Scouts www.royal-navy.mod.uk

HEALTH

HEALTH ISSUES – Sexual/Mental/Healthy eating 4 Girls www.4girls.org At Ease www.rethink.org BBC Health www.bbc.co.uk/health Brook www.brook.org.uk Depression www.depressionalliance.org Depression www.mdf.org.uk Eating Disorders www.edauk.com Eating Disorders www.edrecovery.com Eating Disorders www.b-eat.co.uk/Home Healthy Eating - Food 4 Thought www.bhf.org.uk/food4thought Mental Health www.mentalhealth.org.uk Mental Health www.youngminds.org.uk Mind www.mind.org.uk National Asthma Campaign www.asthma.org.uk National Epilepsy Society www.epilepsynse.org.uk NHS Direct www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk Pregnancy – Emma’s Pregnancy www.emmasdiary.co.uk Sexual Health www.playingsafely.co.uk Social aspects www.mindbodysoul.gov.uk Sound Minds www.soundminds.co.uk Teenage Pregnancy www.direct.gov.uk Busy Mummy www.busymummy.co.uk ALCOHOL AND DRUGS Alcohol Concern www.alcoholconcern.org Alcoholics Anonymous www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk Talk to Frank www.talktofrank.com Drug Addiction www.drugscope.org.uk Drug Information www.release.org.uk Drugs Addiction www.addaction.org.uk/ Quit www.quit.org.uk Street Scene www.streetscene.org.uk The Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals www.fdap.org.uk Wrecked www.wrecked.co.uk

GAMBLING Gamblers Anonymous UK www.gamblersanonymous.org.uk Game Care www.gamcare.org.uk

HOUSING

HOMELESSNESS Centrepoint www.centrepoint.org.uk Foyer www.foyer.net Homeless Pages www.homelesspages.org.uk Shelter www.shelter.org.uk Shelter england.shelter.org.uk YMCA www.ymca.org.uk Homeless UK www.homelessuk.org

LAW, YOUR RIGHTS & CITIZENSHIP

EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS Adviceguide www.adviceguide.org.uk Child Benefit www.dwp.gov.uk Citizen’s Advice Bureaux www.citizensadvice.org.uk Employment Law www.emplaw.co.uk New Deal www.newdeal.gov.uk Working Families Tax Credit www.hmrc.gov.uk

LAW/CRIME APEX Trust www.apextrust.com Compact Law www.compactlaw.co.uk Crime and Offending www.nacro.org.uk Crime Concern www.crimeconcern.org.uk Freelawyer www.freelawyer.co.uk Home Office www.homeoffice.gov.uk/ Law on the Web www.lawontheweb.co.uk Law Society, The www.lawsociety.org.uk Legal Advice www.clsdirect.org.uk Liberty www.yourrights.org.uk The Criminal Justice System www.cjsonline.gov.uk Victim Support www.victimsupport.org

LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION Database of UK Companies www.thebiz.co.uk European Careers LMI www.estia.educ.goteborg.se Office for National Statistics www.statistics.gov.uk Labour Market Info www.warwick.ac.uk/ier Lancashire Profile www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/ lancashireprofile/ Careers Northwest www.careersnorthwest.com

CITIZENSHIP Citizen Card www.citizencard.net The Citizenship Foundation www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Commission for Racial Equality www.cehr.org.uk Disability Rights Commission www.drc-gb.org Equal Opportunities Commission www.eoc.org.uk Equality Direct www.equalitydirect.org.uk

ASYLUM AND REFUGEE’S Asylum Aid www.asylumaid.org.uk Asylum Support www.asylumsupport.info Refugee Action www.refugee-action.org Refugee Council www.refugeecouncil.org.uk A guide for Refugees and asylum seekers www.advice-resources.co.uk

RELIGION Cult Organisations www.cultinformation.org.uk World Religion www.re-xs.ucsm.ac.uk

MONEY

Barclays www.barclays.co.uk Education Maintenance Allowance www.dfes.gov.uk/financialhelp/ema Funder Finder www.funderfinder.org.uk Halifax www.halifax.co.uk HSBC www.hsbc.co.uk Lloyd’s TSB www.lloydstsb.com National Debt Helpline www.nationaldebtline.co.uk Student Loans Company www.slc.co.uk Uniaid – The student’s charity www.uniaid.co.uk NHS Student Bursaries and you www.nhsstudentgrants.co.uk The Educational Grants Advisory Service www.egas-online.org.uk RELATIONSHIPS

RELATIONSHIP/MISC Bereavement www.winstonswish.org.uk Bereavement www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk Brook Advisory Service www.brook.org.uk Commission for Racial Equality www.cre.gov.uk Every Generation www.everygeneration.co.uk Family Planning Association www.fpa.org.uk Friends Reunited www.friendsreunited.co.uk Gay Youth www.gayyouthuk.org.uk Lancashire Parent Partnership www.lancashireparentpartnership.org.uk One Parent Families www.oneparentfamilies.org.uk/ Parent Line www.parentlineplus.org.uk R U Thinking www.ruthinking.co.uk Relate www.relate.org.uk Young Minds www.youngminds.org.uk Leaving Care www.leavingcare.org

CHILD ISSUES NSPCC www.nspcc.org.uk Child Bereavement www.childbereavement.org.uk Child Poverty Action Group www.cpag.org.uk Childline www.childline.org.uk It’s Not Your Fault www.itsnotyourfault.org National Children’s Bureau www.ncb.org.uk

ADOPTION British Agency for Adoption/Fostering www.baaf.org.uk

BULLYING Bullying Counselling www.kidscape.org.uk Bullying www.bullying.co.uk DfES Bullying Site www.dfes.gov.uk/bullying

ONLINE Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre www.ceop.gov.uk Think you know www.thinkyouknow.co.uk

TRAVEL & TRANSPORT

TRANSPORT Airline Appointments - Contractair www.uk-aa.com Airline Recruitment and Training www.artc.co.uk Arriva Northwest www.arriva.co.uk Eurostar www.eurostar.com Manchester Airport www.manchesterairport.co.uk National Express www.nationalexpress.com Rail Details www.nationalrail.co.uk Railcard www.youngpersons-railcard.co.uk Railtrack www.railtrack.co.uk Trainline www.thetrainline.com Traveline www.traveline.org.uk

TRAVELLING Gypsy Traveller www.gypsy-traveller.org PGL Adventure www.pgl.co.uk/online/ STA Travel www.statravel.co.uk The Passport Agency www.ukpa.gov.uk

DVLA/ LEARNING TO DRIVE Driving Standards Agency www.dsa.gov.uk DVLA www.dvla.gov.uk Learner Drivers www.learners.co.uk

WHERE TO GET HELP

DIRECTORIES BT Directory Enquiries www.bt.com Directory Enquiries www.thephonebook.bt.com Internet Yellow Pages www.yell.com Lancashire at Work Directory www.lancashireatwork.com Multimap www.multimap.com Royal Mail Postcode Checker (free registration) www.royalmail.com

HELPLINES Advice Guide www.adviceguide.org.uk Childline www.childline.org.uk Citizens Advice Bureau www.citizensadvice.org.uk Connexions Direct www.connexions-direct.com Helplines www.helplines.org.uk Samaritans www.samaritans.org.uk What Now? www.whatnow.co.uk

PROFESSIONAL SITES After 16 – whats new? www.after16.org.uk AQA formerly AEB, NEAB and C&G www.aqa.org.uk Association of Colleges www.aoc.co.uk Basic Skills Agency www.basic-skills.co.uk BECTA www.becta.org.uk/ The Together Trust www.togethertrust.org.uk Crime Reduction and Young Offenders www.crimereduction.gov.uk DfES home page www.dfes.gov.uk Directgov www.direct.gov.uk Directory of Social Change http://www.dsc.org.uk/ Home Office www.homeoffice.gov.uk Kidsmart www.kidsmart.org.uk OFSTED www.ofsted.gov.uk Oxford & Cambridge & RSA www.ocr.org.uk QCA www.qca.org.uk Social Services www.lancashire.gov.uk/social-services

ADDITIONAL NEEDS Ability www.ability.co.uk Access Ability www.access-ability.co.uk Association of Youth with ME www.ayme.org.uk British Epilepsy Association www.epilepsy.org.uk Disability Action www.disabilityaction.org Disability Alliance www.disabilityalliance.org Disability and Carers Benefits Directorate www.dwp.gov.uk Disability Information Services www.diss.org.uk Disability Now www.disabilitynow.org.uk Disability Rights Commission www.drc-gb.org Disabled Living www.disabledliving.co.uk Disabled Living Foundation www.dlf.org.uk Dyslexia www.bdadyslexia.org.uk Equal Opportunities Commission www.eoc.org.uk Guardian www.education.guardian.co.uk Community Legal Service Direct www.clsdirect.org.uk MENCAP www.mencap.org.uk National Specialist Colleges www.natspec.org.uk National Youth Agency www.youthinformation.com RADAR www.radar.org.uk RNIB www.rnib.org.uk RNID www.rnid.org.uk Severe Learning Difficulties www.equals.co.uk Skill www.skill.org.uk Student UK www.studentuk.com Victim Support www.victimsupport.org.uk What Now www.whatnow.co.uk Youre Able www.youreable.com

WORK & TRAINING

CHOOSING A CAREER Career Widget www.careerwidget.com Careers Advice www.bbc.co.uk/wales/justthejob BBC Onelife www.bbc.co.uk/radio1 Careers Solutions www.careersolutions.co.uk Morrisby www.morrisby.com Springboard UK www.springboarduk.org.uk Wayahead Careers www.wayahead-careers.co.uk Careers Northwest www.careersnorthwest.com

INFO ON EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING Advice for Job Hunting www.netjobs.co.uk Info on Training and Employment www.northwestworkplace.com National Minimum Wage www.dti.gov.uk/er/nmw People Bank – The Employment Network www.peoplebank.com Young Enterprise www.young-enterprise.org.uk Health & Safety www.wiseup2work.co.uk

GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL JOBS Graduate Job Seeking Advice www.prospects.ac.uk Graduate Recruitment www.gradunet.co.uk Professional Jobs in the UK & Overseas www.topjobs.co.uk

JOB SEARCH Job Centre Plus www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk Fish4Jobs www.fish4.co.uk/iad/jobs Go Jobsite www.jobsite.co.uk Guardian jobs.guardian.co.uk Job Search www.jobsearch.co.uk Job Serve www.jobserve.com Job Shark www.jobshark.co.uk Jobs www.totaljobs.com Milk Round (Graduate Recruitment) www.milkround.co.uk Monster www.monster.co.uk Total Jobs www.totaljobs.com All about work www.prospects.co.uk/allaboutwork

EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES Planet Recruit www.planetrecuit.com Reed www.reed.co.uk Temporary Work www.tempz.com

CV GUIDANCE CV Special www.cvspecial.co.uk CVs & links www.alec.co.uk CV Builder www.advice-resources.co.uk

JOBS IN NORTHWEST Jobs in Blackpool www.jobs.blackpool.gov.uk Lancashire Opportunities www.careers-uk.com Northwest Job Vacancies & Training www.northwestworkplace.com Vacancies in the Daily Telegraph www.telegraph.co.uk

OPPORTUNITIES OVERSEAS American Institute for Foreign Study www.aifs.com Bunac www.bunac.org.uk Camp America www.campamerica.co.uk Childcare www.accueil-international.com/hten Community Service Volunteers www.csv.org.uk Eurocamp/Keycamp www.holidaybreakjobs.com Eurodesk www.eurodesk.org Eurograduate www.eurograduate.com Fruit picking in Australia, USA, Africa and EU www.pickingjobs.com Inside Careers www.insidecareers.co.uk Mark Warner www.markwarner-recruitment.co.uk Overseas Jobs www.overseasjobs.com Overseas Work www.coolworks.com PGL www.pgl.co.uk Specialist Holiday Groups www.shgjobs.co.uk Summer Jobs www.summerjobs4students.co.uk Temporary Work www.stopgap.co.uk Work and Travel USA www.workandtravelusa.net

DIFFERENT WAYS OF WORKING British Trust for Conservation Volunteer www2.btcv.org.uk Charity People www.charitypeople.co.uk Community Service Volunteers www.csv.org.uk Fundraising www.funderfinder.org.uk Princes Trust www.princes-trust.org.uk Self- Employment www.shell-livewire.org Stewards/Oxfam www.oxfam.org.uk/stewards World Service Enquiry www.wse.org.uk

UNEMPLOYMENT Benefits Calculator www.rightsnet.org.uk Department for Work & Pensions www.dss.gov.uk Job Centre Plus www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk National Debtline www.nationaldebtline.co.uk New Deal www.newdeal.gov.uk Unemployment and Youth Aid www.cesi.org.uk

OCCUPATIONAL AREAS

ADMINISTRATION, BUSINESS AND OFFICE WORK Institute of Personnel Development www.ipd.co.uk

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION Chartered Institute of Buiding www.ciob.org.uk CITB www.constructionskills.net

CATERING AND HOSPITALITY Hospitality Training Foundation www.htf.org.uk Hotel and Catering International www.hcima.org.uk Hotel and Catering Training Company www.hctc.co.uk Institute of Food Science Technology www.ifst.org

COMPUTERS AND IT British Computer Society www.bcs.org National Computing Centre www.ncc.co.uk

DESIGN, ARTS & CRAFTS Craft Council www.craftscouncil.org.uk Design Council www.design-council.org.uk Regional Arts www.arts.org.uk Skillfast-UK www.careersintextiles.co.uk

EDUCATION AND TRAINING E skills NTO www.nto.org.uk UCU - University and College Education www.ucu.org.uk

ENGINEERING Retail Motor Industry www.carterandcartergroup.com Engineering Construction Industry www.ecitb.org.uk Institute of Marine Engineering, Science www.imarest.org.uk & Technology Women’s Engineering Society www.wes.org.uk Engineering Council UK www.engc.org.uk

ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS AND PLANTS British Trust of Conservation Volunteers www2.btcv.org.uk Careers in Landbased Industries www.lantra.co.uk National Trust www.nationaltrust.org.uk Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons www.rcvs.org.uk Veterinary Nursing www.vetweb.co.uk

FINANCIAL SERVICES Charted Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy www.cipfa.org.uk Chartered Institute of Management Accountants www.cimaglobal.com Institute of Chartered Accountants www.icaew.co.uk

HEALTHCARE British Dental Association www.bda-dentistry.org.uk British Medical Association www.bma.org.uk NHS Cumbria/Lancashire www.northwest.nhs.uk Nursing and Midwifery Council www.nmc-uk.org Nursing and Midwifery Admissions www.nmas.ac.uk Careers in Health www.careersinhealth.org.uk Physiotherapy www.csphysio.com Psychnet-UK www.psychnet-uk.com NHS Careers www.nhscareers.nhs.uk Step into the NHS www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk

LANGUAGES, INFORMATION AND CULTURE International Languages www.europa-pages.com/jobs/

LEGAL & POLITICAL Institute of Legal Executives www.ilex.org.uk Law Careers www.lawcareers.net Law Careers www.lawcareers.net Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) www.soca.gov.uk

LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management www.ispal.org.uk SkillsActiveCareers www.skillsactive.com

MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTION Manufacturing www.manufacuring.monster-jobs.co.uk

MARKETING & ADVERTISING Advertising Association www.adassoc.org.uk Chartered Institute of Public Relations www.ipr.org.uk

MEDIA, PRINT AND PUBLISHING British Printing Industries Federation www.britishprint.com Careers in Broadcasting www.skillset.org Ideas Factory www.channel4.com/4talent Journalism www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk Office of Communications (Ofcom) www.ofcom.org.uk Print and Graphic Communication NTO www.printnto.org Reach for the sky www.reachforthesky.co.uk

PERFORMING ARTS Artist Placement www.artistplacement.com/acting_career /acting_career.htm Drama Schools www.drama.ac.uk

PERSONAL AND CLEANING SUPPORT SERVICES Cruise ships www.gapyear.com Hair Recruitment www.hair-recruitment.com/

RETAIL SALES AND CUSTOMER SERVICES Gap www.gapcareers.co.uk Retail Careers www.retailcareers.co.uk UK Work Search www.ukworksearch.com

SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS Chemdex www.chemdex.org Chemistry 2000 www.ch.cam.ac.uk/c2k Chemistry and Industry www.chemind.org Chemjobs www.chemjobs.net New Scientist www.newscientist.com New Scientist- jobs www.newscientistjobs.com Royal Society of Chemistry www.rsc.org

SECURITY AND ARMED FORCES Army www.army.mod.uk Fire Service www.fire.org.uk Police www.police.uk Prison Work www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk RAF www.raf.mod.uk Royal Navy www.royalnavy.mod.uk

SOCIAL WORK AND COUNSELLING SERVICES Caring About Carers www.carers.gov.uk Council for Awards in Childrens’ Care and Education www.dh.gov/en/index.htm Social Care www.communitycare.co.uk Social Care & Social Work 207.45.112.173 The General Social Care Council www.gscc.org.uk

TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS Careers in Formula One bmw.williamsf1.com British Airways www.britishairwaysjobs.com Chamber of Shipping www.british-shipping.org