Grants for Education, Training or Work
What you can get:
• Grants from £50 to £500 to help you get into education, training or employment
• Volunteer support to help set goals, make decisions and find other programmes or support
Are you eligible?
Development Awards cannot be used:
• To pay for NVQ, level 4, HNC, HND, degree post graduate courses or courses of an equivalent level
• For a gap year
• By a group or organisation
www.one-cv.com
Spend a little time on the site developing a CV
and employers will have access to your details
within a few seconds. Great if you’re looking
for work here or abroad. | www.whatsonstage.com
A massive performing arts resource that gives a
guide to what’s on, where to see it and you can
even book tickets! Excellent links to what’s on
locally. |
www.playingsafely.co.uk
Website on sexual health matters. | www.worktrain.gov.uk
Access to employment service job bank,
national and local education and training
opportunities plus over 600 occupations with
careers information. |
www.princes-trust.org.uk/
Information site about the Prince’s Trust and
what is available for young people. | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
Yorkshire Post and Evening Post - Search for
jobs and training in the region. |
www.ruthinking.co.uk
For under 18s, information for anything to do
with sex, relationships or contraception
including information on local services. | www.youthinformation.com
Youth Information Site - Information for young
people about a wide range of issues e.g. health,
employment, money, sport, leisure, legal issues etc. |
www.samaritans.org
Help when you need it most. | www.byc.org.uk/
Young Persons’ website from the
British Youth Council. |
www.s-cool.co.uk
Study guides for GCSE and A Level’s. | www.ukyouthparliament.org.uk
Find out about UK youth parliament and how
to get involved. |
www.teenagehealthfreak.com
Easy to use site with loads of information for
young people on health | www.blogger.com/start
Everything you need to know about creating
your own blog now for free - quick and easy! |
www.thefreesite.com
Full of freebies from free samples to free
software and lots more. | www.young-voice.org
Does what it says on the tin. |
www.thesite.org.uk
Survival guide for young people. | www.unicef.org.uk/youthvoice/
International young people’s site |
www.direct.gov.uk/employment
Minimum Wage - can calculate rates of pay on
screen & provide advice if you are receiving
less than the minimum wage. | |
www.ukselfhelp.info
A list of useful websites if you need help. | |
www.virgin.net
An easy to use site with lots of information
from cinema listings, train times and which club
to visit. | |
www.vtourist.com
With over 31,000 destinations detailed, this site
gives an excellent insight to your
chosen holiday or back packing spot. An
informative site which gives you bags of advice
about where you are heading. |
