Improving skills you already have or learning new ones could help you find a new job or help you to earn more in your current job.
There may be opportunities at your local job centre, like there was for Hayley Firth.
How YH can help you to make yourself more employable:
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If you think that moving home would be the right thing for you, mutual exchange could be an option. Contact your Neighbourhood Officer who will be able to advise you on your choices or register to take part in an exchange online.
Saving small amounts here and there can add up to big amounts.
Are you paying off lots of different loans with lots of different interest rates? You may be able to consolidate them. Contact your Benefits & Money Advisor for advice.
Are you getting all the benefits that you’re entitled to? Visit http://www.turn2us.org.uk/ and use their calculator [...]
To budget successfully you should work out what you can afford and try to plan ahead for the future by saving
DLA is being phased out from June 2013. It will be replaced by a new benefit called ‘Personal Independence Payment’ (PIP).
Turn2us is running a campaign to highlight the issue of fuel poverty in the UK.
You can use their calculator to help work out if you are in fuel poverty.
Your results will be added to their fuel poverty map which shows how different areas are affected by fuel poverty.
Turn2us also have lots of practical advice for [...]