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Find out about help you can get moving from benefits to work - training, work trials, starting your own business, help with drug or alcohol problems, carer support

• Overview

  Get support from Jobcentre Plus to help you prepare for, find and stay in…

• Job search and training

  Your Jobcentre Plus work coach can give you information about training and…

• Work experience and trials

  Contact Jobcentre Plus to find out about opportunities that can improve…

• Starting or running your own business

  You can get help to: start your own business develop your business, if…

• Help for parents and carers

  Your Jobcentre Plus work coach can tell you about support you can get to…

• Help with drug and alcohol problems

  You may be able to get extra support if you have drug or alcohol problems…

• Support when you start working

  Going back to work does not mean giving up all your benefits. Some…

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

• What Access to Work is

  Access to Work can help you get or stay in work if you have a physical or…

• Eligibility

  As part of Access to Work, you may be eligible for: a grant to help pay…

• Apply for an Access to Work grant

  Check you’re eligible before you apply. If you’re a civil servant, your…

• After you apply for the grant

  Someone from Access to Work will contact you to talk about your…

• Claiming money from your grant

  You can claim money from your grant online or by post. To claim money from…

• Renew your grant

  You’ll need to renew your Access to Work grant before it ends if you use…

Tool to help employers to work out the costs of poor employee health to their organisation and create a business case for taking action.

• Updated: 8 July 2013

Evidence, research and policy papers related to the health, work and wellbeing initiative

• Updated: 20 January 2014

Consultations launched on key Make Work Pay measures including protections for pregnant women and new mothers at work, bereavement leave and trade union reforms

• Updated: 23 October 2025

Guidance on using the tax system to offer gym memberships and sports facilities to staff.

• Updated: 8 May 2018

Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) was the FCDO-funded women’s economic empowerment programme from 2017 to 2025.

• Updated: 1 October 2025

Grievances and disciplinary action at work can be solved by informal discussions, formal procedures, mediation, conciliation or arbitration.

Resources for employers, local government and commissioners on workplace health.

• Updated: 16 July 2020

Public health principles for reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace.

• Updated: 10 June 2022