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You can get a free TV licence if you're 75 or over and you get Pension Credit, or a discount if you're blind or in residential care - who qualifies, how to apply
Explore the local archives to help your research into family and local history at your local council
Find volunteering opportunities, and volunteer rights, pay, expenses, age limits, criminal record checks.
You usually need a licence from PPL PRS to play live or recorded music in public - includes playing background music at your business, and staging live music or theatre productions.
You have the right to see CCTV footage of yourself under the Data Protection Act.
Apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate to legally change your gender.
Find your nearest library to access services such as book loans, CD rentals and internet access
Check your local council for advice on becoming a licensed chaperone for children in the entertainment, modelling or sports
Renew your library items like books and DVDs online through your local council website
Find out if you need a licence to show films - public screenings, using film in schools, choosing a licence, penalties for breaching copyright
The library catalogue allows you to search all the titles in a public library - many councils offer online access to their library catalogue
Report treasure finds to the local coroner within 14 days - items officially defined as treasure, Portable Antiquities Scheme, inquest, valuation, rewards
You can reserve books and other items such as DVDs at your local library - contact your council for more information
Many libraries offer free internet access - book internet access at your local council library
Check whether a mobile library service visits your area
Apply to deliver match funding to encourage donations to local charities and community groups.
Rules covering how entertainment and modelling agencies work; charging fees and refunds for for finding work
Form and guidance to nominate someone in one of the DCMS sectors. This form should be returned to the DCMS Honours Team.
Tampon Tax Fund application form and guidance for applicants for the 2021-2022 round of funding.
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