Useful Links for Sixth Formers

Below are links to online support, agencies and charities. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content of the websites.

GeneralAdmissions TestsAccountancyApprenticeships & School Leaver Schemes
UCAS – Student Finance
UCAS.tv
Which? University
Pure Potential
Real Uni – The alternative university guide
What Uni?
UCAS
Admissions Testing Service
UKCAT – UK Clinical Aptitude Test
LNAT – National Admission Test for Law
AAT – The professional body for accounting technicians
ICAEW – Careers
Inside Careers – Chartered Accountancy
Top 100 employers of school leavers
Not going to uni
All about school leavers
Careers AdviceChoosing CourcesGap YearGraduate Destinations
Higher Ideas
National Careers Service
plotr
Apprenticeships
Princes Trust
Monster Careers
Prospects
Which? University
Push
Hot Courses
Guardian – university guide
Whatuni
Prospects
Unifrog
Gap Year
Prospects
Prospects
InterviewsLawMedicine, Midwifery and NursingOpen Days
Pure Potential
The Complete University Guide
Junior Lawyers – Law Society
Law Careers
Medical Careers
Medical Schools Council
UKCAT – UK Clinical Aptitude Test
NHS Careers
NHS Career – Midwifery
Nursing Careers
Open Days
What Uni.com
OxbridgePersonal StatementsStudying AbroadStudent Finance
Oxbridge applications & advice
Alternative guide to Oxford
Alternative guide to Cambridge
Pure Potential Personal Statements
UCAS – Personal Statement
studential.com
What uni
British Council – ERASMUS Scheme
Fulbright – studying in the USA
Top world universities & country guides
UCAS – Student  Finance
Direct.gov
Money Saving Expert Plain English guide
Students Guides/FormsStudent LifeScience, Technology, Engineering and MathsOther Careers Resources
The Student Room
Studento.com
NUS  – Student life
Leeds City Guide
The Big Choice
Durham Student
Whatuni.com 
Futuremorph.org
Maths Careers
Tomorrows engineers
Calligraphy Careers
Creative Careers
Digital Careers

Relationships & Sexual Health

Being Girl
Gay youth support

Bully Online
Bullying and related issues

Support and advice

The BUZZ
Practical teenage confidence builder

ChildLine
Are you in lurve?! Will a relationship work?

Dr ANN
Dr Ann’s virtual surgery

DRUGS
Tackling drugs

EDA – Eating Disorders Association
Info/ help on eating disorders

Embarrasing Problems
Health problems shared

ETC. Magazine
Life… and the rest

Family Planning Agency
Sexual health on the agenda

FRANK
Free confidential drugs information

Gone Too Soon
Memorial websites for deceased relatives or friends

Mind Body and Soul
Health lowdown for 14- 16 yr olds

Need to Know
Covering life’s questions

Playing Safely
STD and contraception advice

Pregnancy Help
Advice on all aspects of pregnancy

R U Thinking About It
Advice on sex and relationships

runawayhelpline
Confidential support and advice

S-Cool
News on school life and exam hints

Samaritans
Confidential emotional support and rescue

Sex Education Forum
Sex and relationship issues

Talk Adoption
Helpline

Teenage Health Freak
Zillions of health questions and Q and As

The Hide Out
Defeating domestic violence

Think You Know
Online safety

Winstons Wish
Supporting bereaved children/ young people

youth2youth
Run by young people for the young

Youth Health Talk
Health concerns covered

youthinformation
National Youth Agency info toolkit

Work (Academic) & Revision

CHANNEL4LEARNING
Channel 4 education resources

AQA
Examination specifications

BBC REVISION
A helping hand through AS level

gcse
Physics revision mainly

BITESIZE
Revision that’s easier to digest

HOMEWORK HIGH
Revision tools

KEVINS PLAY ROOM
Education resource for all

OCR
Examination specifications

Charities & Advisory Groups

ABOUT MY VOTE
Electoral Commission campaign

ADDACTION
Support and info for drug users

ADDICTION GUIDE
Support and info for all addictions

ALCOHOLICS ANNONYMOUS
Help with drink problems

AMNESTY
Working to protect human rights worldwide

ASH
Action on smoking and health

ASYLUM AID
Assisting refugees in the UK

AVERT
International HIV and AIDS charity

BANK SAFE ONLINE
How to… guide

BEAT BULLYING
Creating a world where bullying is unacceptable

I AM COLOURFUL
A bridge across races

BLISS
Premature baby charity

BOBBY MOORE FUND
Raising money for bowel cancer

BREAST CANCER
Information and support

CANCER RESEARCH
Extensive information about cancer

CARDIOMYOPATHY ASSOCIATION
Support and advice for those affected

CHARITY PORTAL
Database of all UK charities

CHECK EM LADS
Testicular Cancer awareness

CRE
Commission for Racial Equality

CRY
Cardiac risk in the young

DRINK DETECTIVE
Helping against drink spiking

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Finding work for people with disabilities

ENCAMS
Keep Britain Tidy

EOC
Equal Opportunities Commission

ETHICAL CONSUMER
The companies behind the brands!

FAIR TRADE
Products, suppliers, resources

WRITE TO YOUR MP
Register your views with your MP

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
Save the environment

GAME CARE
Gambling addiction

GINGERBREAD
Lone parent families support

GIVE BLOOD
National blood service

SMOKE FREE
Quitting help

HANSARD SOCIETY
Promoting parliamentary democracy

HOUSEMATE
Housing options and issues

IMMOBOLISE
Immobilise phone crime

JEANS FOR GENES
Raising awareness of genetic disorders

KICK IT OUT
Kick racism out from football

LANDMINES
Clear a path for a safer world

LAUGHTER YOGA
Smiling your way through life

LIVE 8
Highlighting global poverty gig

MAKE POVERTY HISTORY
Seeking world improvement

OXFAM – MAKE TRADE FAIR
Urging global fair trading

MANKIND
Challenging domestic violence towards men

MARTIN LUTHER KING
Preserving the dream of peace ‘n’ equality

MOTHERS AGAINST GUNS
Contesting gun culture

NATIONAL AUTISM SOCIETY
Support for those with autism

NSPCC
Child protection

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
Information, advice and support

OVACOME
Ovarian cancer support

PARENT LINE PLUS
Children come without instructions!

PEOPLE PLANET
UK students campaigning for people/planet

POPPY PROJECT
Fighting human trafficking

PROSTATE CANCER
Raising awareness and support

RECYCLE NOW
Recycling possibilities

REFUGE
Supporting women/ children experiencing domestic violence

RNID
Royal National Institution for the Deaf

SALT
Salt and your health

THE SEA HORSE TRUST
Conservation of seahorses worldwide

SENSE
UK Deadfblind charity

SHELTER
Helping people in housing need

SUNSMART
Skin cancer prevention

TEEN CANCER
Support for sufferers and carers

TERENCE HIGGINS TRUST
Support for AIDS and HIV

THINK ROAD SAFETY
Safer driving

TREE FOR ALL
Allowing every child a chance to plant a tree

WARCHILD
Taking war out of the child

WATCHDOG
Consumer cares

WATERAID
Safe domestic water, sanitation & hygiene

WOMENS AID
A safe world for women & children

WDCS
Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society

WE ARE WHAT WE DO
Change the world by your actions

WEAR IT PINK
Breast Cancer research appeal

YOUNG MINDS
Improving young people’s mental health