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Opportunities & Weblinks

A list of useful websites and areas of interest.

Jobs & Carers

Start Profile

www.startprofile.com

A free national website that covers all the stages of career planning - explore your skills & interests, see suggested careers and find relevant courses, apprenticeships and jobs close to where you live.

hero.startprofile.com

3-minute videos from people in different careers, talking about what the job entails.

National Careers Website

https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk

This site includes a range of job profiles, employability tools and careers advice.

Apprenticeships

www.getingofar.gov.uk

www.kendal.ac.uk/apprenticeships

Earn while you learn with an apprenticeship.

Inspira (Cumbria)

www.inspira.org.uk/ 01539 730045

Formerly Connexions, Inspira offers independent advice and guidance to young people & adults.

YPS (Lancashire)

www.lancashire.gov.uk/youthzone.aspx

Careers advice & support for young people.

Self-Employment

www.greatbusiness.gov.uk

www.gov.uk/starting-up-a-business

www.fsb.org.uk (Federation of Small Businesses)

www.cumbriachamber.co.uk (Cumbria)

www.investinsouthlakeland.co.uk/business-support (South Lakes)

www.wnychamber.co.uk (North Yorkshire)

www.lancschamber.co.uk (Lancashire)

University

General

www.direct.gov.uk

Information on how to apply and student finance.

Applications

www.ucas.com

The organisation that processes applications, it also includes a course search and budgeting tools.

Work Experience through Volunteering

Volunteering

www.do-it.org

A national search engine.

Cumbria Volunteering

www.cumbriacvs.org.uk

Matching you with opportunities in Cumbria.

CLIP

01539 742612/ clip2@tcv.org.uk

www.facebook.com/CLIP2yourfuture

Based in Kendal, supporting 16-24 year olds to access volunteering opportunities.

Lancashire Volunteering

www.lancastercvs.org.uk

Matching you with opportunities in Lancashire.

Contact employers directly

For jobs & volunteering opportunities

70% of opportunities are not advertised!

Speak to someone in person if you can. Give them your CV & a covering letter, explaining your relevant skills & why you’d like to work for them.

Courses

There are full-time and part-time courses run by libraries, colleges, schools. Online courses:

www.coursera.org           www.edx.org

Gap Years & Work Abroad

Gap Years

www.yearoutgroup.org

Paid Work Abroad

www.gapwork.com

International Citizen Service

www.volunteerics.org

Volunteer placements abroad for 18-25 year olds and Team Leader placements for 23-35 year olds

Useful all-round websites:

www.themix.org.uk

www.big-careers.co.uk

Money:

www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk

www.thepiggybank.org.uk