Connexions

General
http://www.personal-adviser.com
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk
http://www.volunteering.org.uk
http://www.learndirect.co.uk
http://www.ufa.org.uk
http://www.birminghamirish.co.uk



Employment

http://www.connexions-direct.com/jobs4u

http://www.worktrain.gov.uk

http://www.connexions-bs.co.uk
http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/jobs
http://www.icnetwork.co.uk/
http://www.connexu.co.uk/corporate/careers.htm http://www.shldirect.com
http://www.open.gov.uk/dfee/ntnet2.htm
http://www.morrisby.co.uk
http://www.open.gov.uk/dfee/mapintro.htm
http://www.careersoft.co.uk/
http://www.vso.org.uk
http://www.volunteering.org.uk
http://www.csv.org.uk/
http://www.shell-livewire.org
http://www.topjobs.co.uk/
http://www.monster.co.uk
http://www.prospects.csu.ac.uk

http://www.reed.co.uk
http://www.overseasjobs.com
http://www.lifestyle.co.uk
http://www.lgjobs.com
http://www.jobhunter.co.uk
http://www.jobsfront.com
http://www.cec.org.uk
http://www.employmentservice.gov.uk
http://www.jobs.edufind.com
http://www.jobsincharities.co.uk

Training
http://www.youthtrain.org.uk

http://www.worktrain.gov.uk

Education
http://www.qca.org.uk
http://www.learn.co.uk
http://learning.channel4.com
http://www.educationextra.org.uk
http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/bei/



http://www.education-otherwise.org.uk
http://www.fairbridge.org.uk
http://www.homeworkhigh.com
http://www.include.org.uk
http://www.lefthand-education.co.uk
http://www.ucas.com

http://www.happychild.org.uk

http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com


http://www.bcftcs.ac.uk

http://www.uce.ac.uk/faculties/biadhome.htm
http://www.cadcol.ac.uk
http://www.bournville.ac.uk
http://www.kingshurst.ac.uk
http://www.dudley.ac.uk
http://www.ebham.ac.uk
http://www.halesowen.ac.uk
http://www.handsworth.ac.uk
http://www.jcc.ac.uk
http://www.jmc.ac.uk
http://www.matthew-boulton.ac.uk
http://www.northbham.ac.uk
http://www.ne-worcs.ac.uk
http://www.pershore.ac.uk
http://www.qac.ac.uk
http://www.rodbaston.ac.uk
http://www.sandwell.ac.uk
http://www.solihull.ac.uk
http://www.solihullsfc.ac.uk
http://www.sbirmc.ac.uk

Skills
http://www.motorprojects.org.uk/

http://www.basic-skills.co.uk
http://www.myila.com

 

Mental Health Promotion
http://www.mindout.org.uk/

http://www.mentality.org.uk/


http://www.youngminds.org.uk/


http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/

http://www.mhmedia.com


http://www.rethink.org

http://www.mind.org.uk

http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/info/mhgu/

http://www.samaritans.org
http://www.tsa.uk.com/


- For information about being a personal adviser
- OFSTED web-site, including many inspection reports.
- All about volunteering, where to do it and how to it.
- Web site for learn direct
- Site for the University of the First Age in Birmingham.
- Web-site aimed at the Irish population of Birmingham, includes links to LEAP,
the Irish Community Forum and the Irish Welfare & Information centre.

- A site to provide search facilities to get ideas on the kind of career you want, search on subjects, qualifications, salary info and interests.
- DfEE site with job vacancies and training opportunities.
- Careers information for young people. Linked to Connexions.
- Birmingham City Council jobs
- Birmingham Evening Mail (vacancies from the Evening Mail)
- CEBP Job Search web page
- Saville & Holdsworth (aptitude tests)
- National Traineeships
- Morrisby Organisation (psychometric tests)
- Modern Apprenticeships
- Careersoft (careers gateway site)
- Voluntary Service Overseas
- National Centre for Volunteering
- Community Service Volunteers
- Helps 16 to 30 year olds to start and develop their own business
- Topjobs
- The Monster Board (employment agency)
- The Careers Service Unit (provides information on what you can do with your degree or HND and has graduate vacancy details)
- Reed: (employment agency)
- Overseas Jobs Express
- Lifestyle UK (provides links to vacancies)
- Local Government Jobs (national job vacancies)
- Job Hunter (vacancies from the UK's regional press)
- Jobsfront: (Jobs in the West Midlands)
- European Commission
- Employment Service (jobcentre vacancies)
- ELT Job Vacancies (English Language teaching)
- Jobs with charities


- OCN accredited training for young people volunteering on youth clubs etc.
- Website for jobs and learning.


- Web-site of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.
- Homework site for young people by The Guardian.
- Learning site for young people by channel 4.
- Network supporting out of school hours learning.
- An encyclopedia of history information and school homework help. Includes an interactive section which is quite young person friendly.
- The British Education Index office in Leeds University Library provides a number of information services relevant to the work of researchers, policy makers and practitioners in the fields of education and training.
- Support for families who wish to educate outside school
- Alternative education for socially excluded young people.
- The Channel 4 homework site.
- Education services for excluded young people.
- Information, training and materials for teaching left handed children.
- Universities and Colleges admissions for any young people thinking of going into higher education.
- Educational resources and links, linking children all over the world. Worth spending time checking it out.
- Really useful site (and fun) for printing off puzzles, creating your own puzzles, sections for parents, professionals, and students, thousands of links. American bias, but a good site.
- Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies.
- Birmingham Institute of Art & Design.
- Cadbury College.
- Bournville College.
- City Technology College (Solihull)
- Dudley College of Technology
- East Birmingham College
- Halesowen College
- Handsworth College
- Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College
- Josiah Mason College
- Matthew Boulton College
- North Birmingham College
- North East Worcestershire College
- Pershore & Hindlip College
- Queen Alexandra College
- Rodbaston College
- Sandwell College
- Solihull College
- Solihull Sixth Form College
- South Birmingham College


- Site about projects that use work with cars for youth work, and work with young offenders.
- The web-site of the basic-skills body.
- Information on Individual Learning Accounts. £150 discount for first million who access learning. There is also 20% and 80% discounts on learning costs available.


- Website working to bring about positive shifts in attitudes and behaviour surrounding mental health.
- Website working with public and private sectors, user and survivor groups and voluntary agencies to promote the mental health of individuals, families, organisations and communities.
- National charity committed to improving the mental health of all children and young people. Website includes details of CAMHS innovation Projects.
- Leading UK chairty working in mental health and learning difficulties.
- Promotes the voice of mental health service users through video and multimedia production.
- New operating name for National Schizophrenia Fellowship and offers resources for young people on mental health issues.
- Website of one of the leading mental health charities in England and Wales.
- Website entitled Mental Health and Growing Up.
- Information and publications about emotional support.
- Aims to improve understanding about adolescence and young adulthood.