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Find out about help you can get moving from benefits to work - work trials, programmes and clubs, New Enterprise Allowance, help with drug or alcohol problems, carer support
Get support from Jobcentre Plus to help you prepare for, find and stay in…
Your Jobcentre Plus work coach can give you more information about…
Contact Jobcentre Plus to find out about opportunities that can improve…
You can get help to: start your own business develop your business, if…
Your Jobcentre Plus work coach can tell you about support you can get to…
You may be able to get extra support if you have drug or alcohol problems…
Going back to work does not mean giving up all your benefits. Some…
Healthy Start is an NHS scheme that helps women who are pregnant or have young children and are receiving benefits, buy foods such as milk or fruit.
Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints.
If you live in England contact your local council to find: state-funded…
All schools have admission criteria to decide which children get places.…
Most children start reception full-time in September after their fourth…
Follow your local council’s application process to: apply for a primary…
If your child does not have a place, contact your local council for…
You’ll be sent a letter with the decision about your child’s school. If…
You can complain about the way the appeal was carried out, but you can not…
Includes self-employment and starting a business
This programme aims to join up and enhance services delivered through transformed family hubs in local authority areas, ensuring all families can access the support they need.
Apply for a Start-up visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, switch to this visa, bring your family.
Find out about being 'active', trading and non-trading, and being dormant if you’re a new or existing company or organisation.
Find out about market opportunities, trade partnership agreements, support from the UK government, and export regulations and taxes in African countries.
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