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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Turnaround is a youth early intervention programme led by the Ministry of Justice.
Tax credits for children aged 16 or over - approved education, approved training and when Child Tax Credit stops or continues.
Information and advice about what career choices are available for teenagers and young adults in England - National Careers Service
Resources to help keep children healthy and well from preconception to adulthood.
We’re responsible for handling appeals against local authority decisions regarding special educational needs, including a refusal to: assess a child or young person’s educational, health and care (EHC) needs reassess their EHC needs issue an EHC plan change what’s in...
Your local council may have details of organisations in your community that can give families and young people help and support
New age ratings to be introduced on Relationships, Sex and Health Education content in schools to ensure it is appropriately and sensitively taught.
Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
These include lesson plans for teachers, other resources for the classroom as well as exercises and activities for home learning for both children and adults.
Apply through your local council for short-term ('respite') care for your sick or disabled child to enable you to have a break from caring
You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences.
Form to apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK if you are a child under the age of 18.
Free transport from your local council - eligibility, rules for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), how to apply
What happens when a child is taken into care - who is responsible for what, care proceedings, care orders, going to court and the role of Cafcass
Low Newton is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Brasside, near Durham, for women aged 18 and over.
The law does not say an age when you can leave a child on their own, but it's an offence to leave a child alone if it puts them at risk
How to claim Child Benefit if your child is continuing in further education after their GCSEs.
Form to register a child under 18 as a British overseas territories citizen: form MN2.
Resources and training to learn English.
Use our guide to plan ways you can safely rediscover summer with your family.
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