When you're out of work or facing redundancy, it's easy to feel like you're 'out there' on your own. However, there are lots of fantastic organisations that will be over joyed to receive a call from you and help you out.

1. Want2get on? is a unique career coaching service that offers 1:1 support for those who
want to draw upon their Christian faith and apply it in a practical way to their job situation.
www.want2geton.co.uk Tel: 07503 177126 charles@want2geton.co.uk
Useful Organisations to contact
Where To Get Help If Going Through Redundancy
• The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) offers free, confidential and
impartial advice on all employment rights issues. You can call the Acas helpline on
08457 47 47 47 from 8.00 am to 6.00 pm Monday to Friday.
www.acas.org.uk
• The Labour Relations Agency (LRA) offers free, confidential and impartial advice on all
gency
employment rights issues for residents of Northern Ireland. You can contact the LRA
on 028 9032 1442 from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm Monday to Friday.
http://www.lra.org.uk/
• Your local Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) can provide free and impartial advice. You
can find your local CAB office in the phone book or online.
www.citizensadvice.org.uk/
• If you are a member of a trade union, you can get help, advice and support from them.
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• The Department for Business and Enterprise and Regulatory Reform have produced a
guide to redundancy at: http://www.berr.gov.uk/files
http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file47510.pdf
Business Start Agencies
• www.businesslink.gov.uk (Also includes business start up advice for disabled people)
start-up
• http://www.start.biz/home.htm
• www.startups.co.uk
• www.fredericksfoundation.org (Business start-up advice for disabled people. Covers
up
most of Southern England)
• www.adp.org.uk (The Association of disabled Professionals)
• www.fsb.org.uk (Federation of Small Businesses)
• www.smarta.com Start-up business advice from Entrepreneurs
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Careers Advisory Services
• National Careers Service – Tel: 0800 100 900
https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/aboutus/contactus/Pages/contact4.aspx
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2. This is a telephone-based careers advice line, which offers a source of impartial advice for
adults and young people on courses, careers, funding and childcare. Call free and talk in
confidence to a trained adviser.
• Apply to Uni
http://www.applytouni.com/
A service that helps people to consider the steps necessary to enter Higher Education
(HE). The website offers links to information on HE courses around the country, how to
apply to university, financing studies, student life and how HE can drive forward your
career.
Miscellaneous
• Jobcentre Plus advertise job vacancies on public display boards. If you identify a job
that you are interested in, a Jobcentre Plus adviser can provide more details and make
appointments for interview. Visit https://www.gov.uk/browse/working/finding-job for
more details. To make a new claim for benefit call 0800 0 55 66 88
General job / vocational information to help you develop job ideas
• www.notgoingtouni.co.uk/
• www.bestcourse4me.com/
• www.icould.com
• www.totalprofessions.com/home
• www.prospects.ac.uk
• www.bbc.co.uk/learning/
• http://growingambitions.tes.co.uk/jobs
• www.apprenticeships.org.uk/
Want2get on? is a unique career coaching service that offers 1:1 support for those who want
to draw upon their Christian faith and apply it in a practical way to their job situation.
www.want2geton.co.uk Tel: 07503 177126 charles@want2geton.co.uk
This material is copyright to Charles Humphreys