Pennywell - My Life
This section of the site contains
information and links aimed at you, your life and your family.
It brings together both local information and information from
the Internet.
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Teenagers and Young Adults
Your Choices at 16+
Leaving school and choosing a career is an important time for young
people. These sites provide lots of information to help you make a
choice about what career you might like.
Course Finder
Course Finder is the North East's most comprehensive service for
finding training courses. Easy to use and containing over 75,000 courses
it's a good place to start looking for the particular subject or course
you want to do.
Your
choices at 16+, Connexions, Gap
Year, Youth
link, It's
your choice, Aim
Higher
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Local Help
Once you have decided what you would like to do on
leaving school, there are lots of local organisations that can help
with advice and good
quality Modern Apprenticeships, training and work placement. |
Job
Linkage
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University of Sunderland
You may think that the University
is not for you but the range of flexible, part and full time courses
at the University means they can
often offer places on many courses without prior qualifications. |
University |
Youth Parliament
The Youth Parliament helps young people aged
11-18 in Sunderland to have their say. |
Youth
Parliament |
Entertainment
These sites have some entertaining, aimed at teenagers
and young adults. |
BBC
Entertainment
The Site |
Health
This site has some interesting stuff about your health. |
Health |
Learning to Drive
Some excellent information here on
what to do to get your licence. |
Learning
to Drive |
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Parents
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Parents - General Information
This site contains
lots of information about things that affect parents, grandparents,
foster parents like child safety in the home,
truancy etc. |
Parent
line Plus |
New Parents
This site covers all aspects of having a baby from dealing with
pregnancy to registering the birth to your child's early years. |
Having
a Baby
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Maternity and Paternity Leave
These sites cover the law on maternity and paternity rights if you
are working.
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Paternity and
Maternity Leave - the Law
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Carers
Parents are often the main carers in the family but often carers can
look after older people or disabled people. This list covers all of the issues. |
Carers |
Single Parents
This is a site for single parents with lots of tips to help you cope
with bringing up a child alone. |
One
Parent Families |
Choosing a School or Nursery
Parents often require information about their local schools in order
to choose the one that they feel is best for their children.
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Choosing
a School |
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Rights and Benefits
Ford and Pennywell Advice Centre
Ford and Pennywell
Advice Centre located at the bottom of Hylton Road can advise you on
legal and debt related problems. |
An A-Z Guide to State Benefits
This is a very useful site for getting fast advice on all state
benefits. |
A-Z
Benefits Guide |
Citizen's Advice
This easy to use site contains information and advice on your rights
as a citizen of the UK.
Your nearest Citizens Advice Bureau is the Money Advice Centre in St
Ignatius Close in Hendon. (Tel No 0191 5655135) |
Citizens Advice |
Consumer Advice
This site from the Council offers
lots of good advice on consumer rights (in other words what to do if
you want to take something back to
a shop or complain about the service you have had from someone). |
Consumer
Rights |
Legal Rights and Legal Advice
This easy to use site
gives very clear advice on your rights under current UK law and can
answer lots of legal questions like can you get
Legal Aid. The site also tell you where your nearest free legal adviser
is based. |
Justask |
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