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Apply for British citizenship if you have a British parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
You may be eligible for British citizenship if you have a British parent.…
You’re automatically a British citizen if you were born outside the UK and…
You may automatically be a British citizen if you were born before 1…
You’ll usually get a decision within 6 months - some applications can take…
Charity Commission guidance on running a village hall.
Find volunteering opportunities, and volunteer rights, pay, expenses, age limits, criminal record checks.
You can find volunteering opportunities on the: National Association for…
You do not have a contract of employment as a volunteer, so you do not…
Age limits There’s no upper age limit on volunteering. Some organisations’…
You are not paid for your time as a volunteer, but you may get money to…
Rights of way and right to roam - access rights of way, open access and permissive access land, use common lands, the Countryside Code, report problems.
Information on the change to automatic release dates for some prisoners so they leave after serving 40% of their sentence, rather than the current 50%.
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
Apply to work on non-domestic premises for some of the time.
An overview of voting in the UK, including voting in person, postal and proxy voting, and voting if you're abroad.
Some mental health medications increase sensitivity to hot weather, which is increasing in frequency and severity due to climate change, impacting wellbeing.
Check which new zero emission cars, trucks, vans and wheelchair accessible vehicles are eligible for a government grant.
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