BERR - Minimum Wage

Find out what kind of pay you are legally entitled to as an employee in the UK in the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform site.

 

Carers UK

If you are a carer, click on this link to find out more information on benefits, support, contacting other carers and training.

 

Child Support Agency

The Child Support Agency is responsible for running the child support system. It assesses, collects and pays child support maintenance, making sure that parents who live apart meet their financial responsibilities to their children

 

Citizen's Advice Bureau - Benefits

Run by the Citizen's Advice Bureau, this site has helpful explanations of all the main benefits available to you.

 

Citizen's Advice Bureau - Benefits for parents

Use this site to get details of what support and care is available to you as a new parent.

 

Department for Work and Pensions

This web site will help you find Job Centre Plus and Benefits Agency offices, which will be able to help with applications for social fund payments to help with advance rent.

 

Department for Work and Pensions - Family

Click here for a guide to all things family related, including benefits and services.

 

Directgov - Beginner's guide to benefits

Work out if you're able to get any benefits and find out what's out there to help.

 

Directgov - Benefits and financial support

This site lists and explains each benefit available from the government.

 

Directgov - Extra help with study costs if you're over 16

If you decide to continue your education after 16, you can get help with the cost of your studies in a number of ways. Find out more here.

 

Directgov - Jobseeker's Allowance

This site tells you all you need to know about claiming Jobseeker's Allowance if you're unemployed.

 

Directgov - What benefits can you claim?

This site for young people tells you what you can claim and how you can get it.

 

Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)

Basically, EMA is cash in your hands to help you carry on learning. If you’re 16, 17 or 18 and have left, or are about to leave, compulsory education, then it could be for you. EMA spells fewer money worries with up to £30 a week during term time – leaving you to get on with your studies.

 

Entitled to

You could be entitled to benefits or another types of support with your money. Check here to find out more.

 

Money Money Money - Claiming state benefits

This easy to use site gives no-nonsense info on whether you are entitled to claim benefits and how to claim.

 

One Parent Families

If you're a lone parent, this site has relevant news and information on things like Tax Credits.

 

Prince's Trust - Start up in business

If you're between the ages of 14 and 30, have a good business idea but can't seem to raise the cash, take a look at this site. If you're eligible, you could get marketing support, a free legal helpline and the chance to get a low interest business loan of up to £5,000.

 

SureStart

Would you like to enroll on a course of some kind, but worried about the costs? This site will help you find out if you might be entitled to some funding.

 

SureStart - Parents

If you're a parent and hoping to get back into education, click here for information on help with living and learning costs.