Links

Business

Business in the Community
A unique movement of over 700 of the UK’s top companies committed to improving their positive impact on society.

Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Working to create the conditions for business success and help the UK respond to the challenge of globalisation.

Kent and Medway Corporate Relocation Services
Locate in Kent is able to provide a free, comprehensive and confidential relocation service to help businesses benefit from the area's unique locational advantages.

Kent Economic Board
The economic partnership for Kent and Medway.

Community Engagement

Government Office for the South East
GOSE works with organisations across the South East to deliver the Government’s policies and programmes in the region.

Planning and Regeneration News
News about planning, regeneration and renewal.

Regional Action and Involvement South East
RAISE exists to champion the thrid sectors unique contribution to making the South East of England socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable.

Crime

Crime Reduction
Provides information and resources for people working to reduce crime in their local area.

Crime Reduction Techniques
Information about the police.

Home Office
The government department responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Offers justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development world-wide.

Culture

Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Aims to improve the quality of life for all through cultural and sporting activities, to support the pursuit of excellence and to champion the tourism, creative and leisure industries.

Education

Connexions Gateway
Information and advice on a wide range of issues for young people.

Department for Children Schools and Families
Official information on education and skills.

Kent Works
Kent's countywide education business links brokerage service that enhances the work related learning agenda.

Learning and Skills Council
The LSC exists to make England better skilled and more competitive.

Lifelong Learning
Information on all aspects of learning.

Sure Start
Brings together, early education, childcare, health and family support.

The National Institute of Adults Continuing Education
Aims to promote the study and general advancement of adults’ continuing education.

Employment

Job Centre Plus
This website provides help for finding jobs and information about benefits training and how to apply for a job. For employers there is information on placing a vacancy and the services that are available to them. For organisations there is information on current Tendering Exercises and services.

Health

Department of Health
Providing health and social care policy, guidance and publications.

Home Office Drugs Website
This website provides drugs professionals with the latest news and guidance from government about the Drugs Strategy.

National Primary and Care Trust Development Programme
A site for PCTs to grow by sharing information, experiences, and achievements.

South East Public Health Observatory
Provide access to public health information in the region and publish a range of reports and toolkits. They support and monitor local action to improve public health.

Housing

Homes and Communities Agency (HCA)
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is the national housing and regeneration agency for England.

Housing Corporation
The Housing Corporation ceased operation on 30 November 2008. Please refer to the Tenant Services Authority (TSA) and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). (Their role was to fund and regulate housing associations in England.)

Tenant Services Authority (TSA)
The Tenant Services Authority (TSA) is a new watchdog for social tenants that will regulate social housing landlords, setting high standards of management across housing association and at a later date local authority social homes.

Rural

Campaign to Protect Rural England
Aims to protect and enhance the countryside for the benefit of the public.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Information about the environment, rural matters, farming and food production.

English Heritage
Exists to protect and promote England’s spectacular historic environment and ensure that its past is researched and understood.

Environment Agency
The leading public body for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales.

Kent Environment Strategy
Contains the Kent Environment Strategy paper and information about the environment, the countryside and the environmental services.

Natural England
Natural England is the government’s advisor on the natural environment with their remit being to ensure sustainable stewardship of the land and sea so that people and nature can thrive.

Sustainable Development

South East England Regional Assembly
The Assembly has responsibilities in the three key areas of advocacy, accountability and regional planning.

Transport

Department for Transport
The website contains material for local government, the transport sector, passengers and motorists.

Voluntary and Community

Communities and Local Government
Information about sustainable communities.

Development Trusts Association
The national body for development trusts.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation
One of the largest social policy research and development charities in the UK, spending about £7 million a year on a research and development programme that seeks to better understand the causes of social difficulties and explore ways of overcoming them.

Kent CAN
The county level leadership body which supports the voluntary and community sector.

National Association for Voluntary and Community Action.
The national voice of local third sector infrastructure.

National Council for Voluntary Organisations
NCVO aims to support a vibrant voluntary and community sector.

Southern Association of Voluntary Action Groups for Europe
They offer impartial and independent advice and technical support for all voluntary and community organisations seeking European Social Fund (ESF) funding.

Urban Forum Online
An umbrella body for community and voluntary groups with interests in urban and regional policy, especially regeneration.