ACAS
Advice and training for employers
Web: http://www.acas.org.uk
Ambassador Recruitment LTD
Ambassador have specialist divisions covering Accountancy, Commercial, Call Centres, Industrial, Technical and IT.
Tel: 01793 514 466
Web: http://www.ambassadorrecruitment.co.uk
AnSer House
Independent leading authority on the development of good diversity / equal opportunity management and practice in the UK.
Tel: 01628 481 581
Web: http://www.anserhouse.co.uk
Basic Skills Agency
The national development organisation for literacy and numeracy in England and Wales
Tel: 020 7405 4017
Web: http://www.basic-skills.co.uk
Cascaid
Find out about careers, training and employment issues
Tel: 01509 383 390
Web: http://www.cascaid.co.uk
Department for Work and Pensions Age Positive campaign
Practical help, information and good practice case studies in the recruitment and retention of older workers
Web: http://www.agepositive.org.uk
Digital Unite
Digital Unite offers home-visit training for ordinary, everyday people - and in particular older people - who want to learn how IT could be useful, exciting and empowering on a daily basis
Tel: 0870 241 5091
Web: http://www.hairnet.org
Dinosaurs Unlimited
A recruitment agency specialising in over 45 year olds
Tel: 0121 733 3330
Web: http://www.dinosaursunlimited.co.uk
DHP Southern
DHP Southern exists to combine commercial realism with social understanding in the creation, support and growth of business and enterprise on a local, regional, national and global level
Tel: 020 8665 5944
Web: http://www.dpsouthern.co.uk
Equality
40+ is an agency specialising in the placement of the more mature applicants
Tel: 01869 241 254
Web: http://www.40plus.co.uk
Executives Recycled
This is a new and different kind of recruitment agency, specialising in older, more experienced people in the 45+ age group.
Web: http://www.executives-recycled.co.uk
Experience Works
For people over the age of 45, who work and want to work, Experience Works provides a mature and supportive learning environment especially for those who have had no recent formal learning experience
Tel: 01509 618 315
Web: http://www.experienceworks.org.uk
Fifty On
The aim of Fifty On is to champion the work and work life balance issues of the over fifties
Tel: 020 7451 0231
Web: http://www.fiftyon.co.uk
Heyday
Heyday offers advice and information and includes forums and campaigns on issues including retirement, finances and wellbeing for the older generation.
Tel: 0845 888 2222
Web: http://www.heyday.org.uk
Jobcentre Plus
The service for people of working age
Web: http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk
Jobseeker Direct
Jobseeker Direct is a quick and easy phone service which keeps you in touch with the latest job vacancies.
Tel: 0845 606 0234
Web: http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
one of the largest social policy research and development charities in the UK . that seeks to better understand the causes of social difficulties and explore ways of overcoming them.
Tel: 01904 629241
Web: http://www.jrf.org.uk/
mature@eu
Mature@eu is a European project which has been researching age diversity in the ICT sector.
Tel: 02079 115000
Web: www.mature-project.eu/downloads.htm
Maturity Works
The first UK site of its kind for the older and more experienced worker (and if you're over 35 that includes you!)
Tel: 020 8667 0175
Web: http://www.maturityworks.co.uk
Monster UK
The world's leading career network
Web: http://www.monster.co.uk
Learndirect
National learning advice
Tel: 0800 100 900
Web: http://www.learndirect.co.uk
Lifelong Learning
The leading website for the encouragement, promotion and development of lifelong learning
Web: http://www.lifelonglearning.co.uk
MaP>IT
Free IT training to mature employers of the country's small to medium-sized companies
Tel: 020 8231 2210
Web: http://www.tvu.ac.uk/mapit/index.html
National Grid for Learning
The National Grid for Learning, the gateway to educational resources on the Internet
Web: http://www.ngfl.org.uk
NIACE
The leading non-governmental organisation for adult learning in England and Wales
Tel: 0116 204 4200
Web: http://www.niace.org.uk
Older and Bolder
As part of NIACE's website, the Older and Bolder section offers current news, reviews, events, projects and discussion forums.
Web: http://www.niace.org.uk/research/older_bolder/default.htm
Second Chances
A national guide to adult education and training opportunities
Web: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/secondchances
T Magazine
Linking training, education and employment
Tel: 01637 830 828
Web: http://www.tmag.co.uk
Third Age Foundation
Third Age is helping disadvantaged people (40+) find a new direction, upskill them in up-to-date computer technology, including personal development and an action plan in an innovative holistic way.
Tel: 020 8748 9898
Web: http://www.thirdage.org.uk
UK Online
The easy way to government information and services online
Web: http://www.direct.gov.uk/Homepage/fs/en
University of the Third Age
Its main purpose is to encourage lifelong learning for those no longer in full-time gainful employment.
Tel: 020 7837 8838
Web: http://www.u3a.org.uk
Work Foundation
The Work Foundation's purpose is to improve working life
Tel: 0870 165 6700
Web: http://www.workfoundation.com
Age Positive
A team working in the Department for Work and Pensions in Sheffield and London , Government Agency responsible for strategy and policies to support people making decisions about working and retirement.
Email: agepositive@geronimocommunications.com
Web: http://www.agepositive.gov.uk/
Equality South West
We work through Our Networks in the South Working in the West of England to promote equality for all. work against discrimination by providing people with practical information to use in cases of discrimination.
Tel: 01823 250833
Web: http://www.equalitysouthwest.org.uk
New Deal
New Deal is a key part of the Government's Welfare to Work strategy
Web: http://www.newdeal.gov.uk
Pre Retirement Association
The PRA works to enable people to manage change from mid-life onwards
Tel: 01483 301170
Web: http://www.pra.uk.com
Still Useful Group
Their mission is to create the appropriate strategy to create many openings for the mature individual
Tel: 07000 101 202
Web: http://www.stilluseful.org
The Age and Employment Network
The Age and Employment Network is committed to better opportunities for mature people to continue to learn, work and earn
Tel: 020 7843 1590
Web: http://www.taen.org.uk
Thinkwell
Thinkwell is the leading recruitment company for people aged 45 and over
Tel 01273 560 440
Web: http://www.thinkwell.com
TOP Tax Help for Older People
TaxHelp for Older People is a service provided by Tax Volunteers, an independent organisation, to make free professional advice on personal tax available to older people who could not otherwise afford to pay for it.
Web: http://www.taxvol.org.uk/
Wise Owls
The web network for those over 45.
Tel: 020 7923 7771
Web: http://www.wiseowls.co.uk
Women Returners
Women Returners is a charity which works to help women who want to return to work after a career break.
Web: http://www.women-returners.co.uk
Worktrain
The National Jobs and Learning Site
Web: http://www.worktrain.gov.uk
Wrinklies Direct
Wrinklies Direct is dedicated to finding employment for women and men of advancing years
Tel: 0845 260 1116 / 1117
Web: http://www.wrinklies.org
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