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England: Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
Wales: Student Finance Wales
Scotland: Student Award Agency for Scotland (SAAS)
Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Education and Library Boards (NIELB)
Healthcare students (England and Wales): National Health Service (NHS)
Social Work students: General Social Care Council (GSCC). Information about social work bursaries. Site gives contact details for the care councils in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Educational Grants Advisory Service: Offers guidance and advice on funding for those studying in post-16 education in the UK.
Learndirect: Provides advice about courses and funding in the UK.
National Union of Students (NUS): Student membership association.
www.studentfunds.co.uk
Support 4 Learning: Site signposting relevant organisations and resources.
4Children: Promotes joined up support for children and families in every community.
Childcare Link: Information and guidance for parents on everything from maternity leave to immunisation by region.
Child Poverty Action Group: Campaigns for the abolition of poverty among children and young people in the UK and for the improvement of the lives of low-income families.
Daycare Trust: National childcare campaign.
Gingerbread: Support organisation for lone parents and their children throughout England and Wales.
National Childminders’ Association (NCMA): Promotes quality home-based childcare.
National Children’s Bureau: Promotes the voices, interests and well-being of all children and young people across every aspect of their lives.
National Day Nurseries’ Association (NDNA): A national charity aiming to enhance the development and education of children in their early years, through the provision of support services to members.
Parentline Plus: Works to offer help and support through an innovative range of free, flexible, responsive services - shaped by parents for parents.
Pre-school Learning Alliance: Supports the work of community pre-schools.
One Parent Families: Works to build a fairer society for all families, in which lone parents and their children are not disadvantaged.
Carers UK: Supports carers.
Contact a Family: Supports families with disabled children.
Dial UK: A network of Disability Information and Advice Line services (DIALs) run by and for disabled people.
Disability Alliance: Site provides regularly updated information about benefits, tax credits and community care as well as disability related campaigns and parliamentary news.
Family Fund: champions an inclusive society where families with disabled or seriously ill children have choices and the opportunity to enjoy family life.
MENCAP: Organisation working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers.
MIND: Mental health charity, England and Wales.
National Autistic Society: Champions the rights and interests of all people with autism and Asperger Syndrome to ensure that they and their families receive quality services appropriate to their needs.
Princess Royal Trust for Carers: Largest provider of comprehensive carers’ support services in the UK.
Scope: Advice and support for people with cerebral palsy, their families and carers.
Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA): Organisation that helps refugees with academic backgrounds to re-establish their careers in the UK.
Immigration Advisory Service: Provides confidential advice and representation in immigration, asylum and nationality law
Refugee Council: Gives help and support to asylum seekers and refugees and works to ensure their needs and concerns are addressed.
RETAS: Facilitates the access of refugees and asylum seekers to education, employment and training opportunities.
Last Updated Mon, 10 September 2007