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General

Adult Learners' Week – Magazine
www.niace.org.uk/alw/2004/alwmagazine04.htm
Available free, with celebrity interviews and a selection of articles, competitions and quizzes to give you the chance to 'self-diagnose' your learning needs.

Authentic Happiness
www.authentichappiness.org
Martin Seligman's Positive Psychology website, where you can answer a range of questionnaires to assess your happiness in different areas of your life. You will need to register to access some sections of the site.

Battle of the Sexes
Reveals the biology behind the clichés and delves further into the gender divide. To find out how you deal with emotion, check out the online experiment in the Gender Lab.

Brat Camp
Six unruly British teens are sent to a camp in the USA to learn some serious discipline. This website looks at how they get on and gives some excellent advice and resources on how to cope when family relationships become unbearable.

Lifecoaching Company
www.lifecoaching-company.co.uk
Working in the U.K. and internationally this leading coaching company is dedicated to transforming individuals and small businesses so they reach their full potential.

Lust4Life
Channel 4 provides a guide to looking years younger, getting the body you want, and achieving the ultimate makeover: changing your mind as well as your physique. Also has loads of links and books.

The Simple Living Network
www.simpleliving.net
Tools, examples and articles for conscious, simple, healthy and restorative living.

C4 Health

4Health – Family
Covers the whole tricky territory from divorce to sibling rivalry, from adoption to grieving – plus practical advice for coping with the day-to-day demands of family life.

4Health – Stress Gym
The Stress Gym is a step-by-step stress management programme you can work through in your own home or at your desk – in your own time.

4Health – Body
Are you too skint to get fit? Then read on for some cheap and cheerful ways to get Beyonce's backside or Beck's pecs.

Money

Money and Happiness
www.guardian.co.uk/…
Polly Toynbee discusses whether more wealth means more happiness, raising some interesting issues about the capitalist world we live in. The evidence is clear: our wellbeing depends on cooperation and the public good, not personal enrichment.

4Money
Excellent advice and loads of information on all things money oriented. There's also a Green Guide to Finance which looks at ethical banking and much more.

Motley Fool UK
www.fool.co.uk
Tons of useful information on improving your finances.

Switch with Which
www.switchwithwhich.co.uk/archive/banks.html
Which? independent consumer advice on how to take the plunge and move to a bank that's better for you.

Moneyfacts
www.moneyfacts.co.uk
Leading independent financial website with information on banking, mortgages, loans, household bills and much more.

Financial Planning in 10 Steps
www.ihatefinancialplanning.com/…
An American site which has some good tips on financial planning.

Smile
www.smile.co.uk
Voted the best UK bank by Moneywise and Which? consumers, this online ethical bank will help your conscience as well as pay you at least 3% on your current account.

Career

Adult Learners' Week
www.niace.org.uk
Find out more about adult learning from this leading non-governmental organisation.

Brilliant Careers
Get creative about your future with this site that has tons of advice, free online courses, a careers database and much more for 16-24 year olds.

Campaign for Learning
www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk
Useful information on all aspects of learning for adults.

Career Changers UK
www.career-changers.biz/pages/1/index.htm
Provides specialised career guidance online using industry standard psychometric assessments.

Connexions Direct
www.connexions-direct.com
Offers quick information and advice on issues relating to health, housing, relationships with family and friends, careers and learning options, money, as well as info on a wide range of activities. For anyone aged 13-19; e-mail and web chat also available.

Do-It!
www.do-it.org.uk
Non-profit-making national database of volunteering opportunities in the UK.

GetaLife
www.getalife.org.uk
Graduate jobs and careers in the public and voluntary sector.

The Ideas Factory
www.ideasfactory.com
For anyone keen to be part of the creative industries, this Channel 4 site gives all the best pointers.

Jobhunters Bible.com
www.jobhuntersbible.com/…
Although this is an American site, it has some good articles on career change and interviews, plus a good section on the different types of career test available.

Learndirect
www.learndirect.co.uk
Offers free advice on how to get started on courses to suit your needs.

Lifelong Learning
www.lifelonglearning.co.uk
Information on the Government's Lifelong Learning initiative. Also has a list of useful links.

Living Rooms
www.ageconcern.org.uk/…
Career change tips for life after 50.

Open University
www.open.ac.uk
Study at home for a degree, qualification or for pleasure with the Open University.

Prospects UK
www.prospects.ac.uk
Official graduate careers guide with search facility for jobs and graduate employers.

Reach for the Sky
http://rfts.sky.com
Aims to inspire teenagers to discover their talents with loads of information and top tips.

The Real Deal
The place where people with great ideas can find out about setting up their own business.

Taster courses
www.bitesizeintros.info
Information on free taster courses, from one to three hours long, in a wide range of subjects.

TimeBank
www.timebank.org.uk
A volunteering campaign which is after your time rather than your money. The website has loads of ideas about how you can help by joining up to one of their many schemes.

University of the Third Age
www.U3A.org.uk
Local courses run by and for older people.

Way to Learn
www.waytolearn.co.uk
Developed by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and partner organisations. It is intended to bring together information that will help adult and potential learners make informed decisions about taking up learning.

What Else Can I do?
http://society.guardian.co.uk/…
Archive section of the Guardian Online features over 25 articles aimed at helping people who fancy a change in their career.

Travel

4Health – Travel Bugs
In 2004 a quarter of a million British backpackers will jet off around the globe on voyages of discovery to see what the world has to offer them. This article offers some sound advice on how to stay healthy, gives out details of useful organisations, plus links to other related articles that advise on the dos and don'ts of jabs.

4Travel
Check out the best places to get away to, plus reviews, competitions and a forum.

Aviation Health Institute
www.aviation-health.org
Aims to investigate the effects of flying on the health of passengers and provide independent information on aviation health issues. This website contains information on blood clots, an informative deep vein thrombosis fact file, plus how to beat jet lag with a special diet.

Britain's Favourite Holiday
Presents Britain's top 20 favourite holiday destinations. Each place has the number of visitors who went there last year, and some suggested website links if you'd like to find out more.

Fit for Travel
www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk
NHS (Scotland) public access website providing travel health information for people travelling abroad from the UK. Features information on vaccine and malaria recommendations, jet lag, traveller's diarrhoea and sun exposure, plus information for special travellers such as children, pregnant women and the elderly.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office
www.fco.gov.uk/travel
Extensive website containing the FCO's travel advice and dos & don'ts, arranged by country. Offers a range of information material aimed at helping British travellers avoid trouble, especially threats to their personal safety arising from political unrest, lawlessness, violence, natural disasters, epidemics, anti-British demonstrations and aircraft safety.

International Travel and Health
www.who.int/ith
World Health Organisation site which contains information on health risks, protective measures, infectious diseases, vaccinations and emergency treatment. Includes a section on malaria.

Know Before You Go
www.fco.gov.uk/…
This government site gives information on how you can check whether your travel organiser has sufficient security in place if they go bust. Lists useful contact details.

Lonely Planet
www.lonelyplanet.com/health
Covers how to plan for healthy travelling, including health insurance and immunisations, plus diseases and ailments and preventative measures.

MASTA (Medical Advisory Services for Travellers Abroad)
www.masta.org
Aims to raise the awareness of health issues associated with travel. Services include up-to-date information about immunisations and anti-malarials, an online search facility to find your nearest MASTA associated travel clinic, a health library with travel advice, factsheets and news, and a chat room.

TravelHealth.co.uk
www.travelhealth.co.uk/advice/dvt.htm
Health resources and information on DVT, including how to reduce the risks.

Travelling into Trouble
Lots of links to sites for backpackers and other long distance travellers.

Vacation, Vacation, Vacation
An expert on style-oriented travel offers some excellent travel tips.