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How to offer help to people arriving in the UK from Afghanistan: helping them settle in or get careers advice and jobs.

• Ways you can help

  You or your organisation can help people arriving in the UK from…

• Work

  You can offer work or job advice to people arriving from Afghanistan if…

• Helping people to settle in the UK

  Community Sponsorship The Community Sponsorship scheme allows groups of…

Youth crime prevention programmes - how young people are put on a programme, what they're like, mentoring and involving parents and families.

• Overview

  There are various prevention programmes that work to keep young people…

• How young people are put on a programme

  Young people are usually sent - or ‘referred’ - to one of these programmes…

• What these programmes are and how they work

  Youth crime prevention programmes have different names and do different…

• Mentoring

  A mentor is a specially trained volunteer who spends time helping someone.…

• Involving parents and families

  Usually, parents and families will be involved in helping a young person…

Support from Jobcentre Plus if you're recruiting - including work trials, recruitment advice, Youth Contract and other employment schemes

• Overview

  Jobcentre Plus has a range of recruitment services that can help you as an…

• Recruitment advice and support

  Contact the Employer Services Line for advice about recruiting for your…

• Work trials

  A work trial is a short period in work you can offer to a jobseeker on…

• Work experience and apprenticeships

  Work experience Work experience is available to: all 16 to 24 year olds…

Guidance on the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklisting) Regulations 2010.

• Updated: 2 March 2010

Register as a ‘trusted helper’ to manage tax online for a friend or relative, or call HMRC for someone else

Get help at work, including an Access to Work grant, if you have a disability or health condition - eligibility, how to apply.

Get help with savings if you're on a low income (Help to Save) - how it works, what you'll get, eligibility, how it affects your benefits and how to apply online.

Your council must help if you’re legally homeless or will become homeless within 8 weeks. Help may include advice, emergency housing or longer-term housing.

Draft guidance on how local planning authorities can get the information they need from prescribed public bodies to assist with local plan-making.

• Updated: 22 April 2026

Get help and advice from your local council if you're homeless or about to lose your home.