Welcome to the Virtual Connexions Library
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Choices – introduces the main choices you will face as you progress through learning and work and provides resources to help with important decisions. | |
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Education – helps you with choosing courses at school, and in further education (FE) and higher education (HE), as well as providing information about qualifications, funding for study, gap years and studying abroad. | |
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Free Time – provides advice on how to put your spare time to good use, including advice on local groups, volunteering, sport and other personal development activities. | |
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Health – covers everything to do with keeping you healthy, including healthy eating, sexual health, drugs and alcohol. | |
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Housing – your right to be housed, covers issues around leaving home and where to go if you are homeless. | |
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Law, Your Rights and Citizenship – provides all kinds of information about the law, including your rights and responsibilities as a consumer as well as a citizen. | |
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Money – provides information to help you with budgeting your money, opening a bank account, finding information about benefits and all the financial aspects of going into education, work or training such as tax and national insurance. | |
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Relationships – provides information on building and maintaining good relationships with friends, family and others. | |
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Travel and Transport – provides details about local transport and how to get about, including learning to drive and how to apply for your driving test | |
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Where to get help – main providers of advice and information, locally and nationally | |
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Sites for the Gifted and Talented – We have researched websites that support special gifts and talents. Choose from the sections displayed on the next page to find a range of sites suited to the topics of interest to you. Happy surfing! | |