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General advice
The following sites give helpful advice for disabled job seekers.
www.lifelonglearning.co.uk
A Career Development Loan allows you to borrow anything from £300 to £8,000. This will help fund up to two years of learning plus up to one year's practical work experience, where it forms part of the course
www.creatingcareers.net
Creating Careers - Free on line tutorials including "Finding your Dream Job" and "Smart Steps to Career Success"
www.newdeal.gov.uk
New Deal is a Government programme that aims to give unemployed people the help and support they need to get into work.
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk
Advice and support including benefit entitlements.
www.skill.org.uk
Skill - National Bureau for Students with Disabilities - is a national charity promoting opportunities for young people and adults with any kind of disability in post-16 education, training and employment across the UK.
www.opportunities.org.uk
Employment Opportunities. Their vision is "to achieve a society where the full potential of people with disabilities is recognised in every workplace".
www.leonard-cheshire.org
Leonard Cheshire. "Our Workability scheme is giving younger disabled people the computer equipment and skills they need to find a job".
www.nrec.org.uk
EmployAbility "Career Management Resources for Disabled Students and Graduates"
