Useful links: Housing costs

Useful links: housing costs

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Buying a home
Computers and Information Technology
Home improvements
Housing and homelessness
Television licensing

Buying a home

Directgov (link opens in a new window).

Provides information on buying a home.

Computers and information technology

Abilitynet (link opens in a new window)

Helps adults and children with disabilities use computers and the internet by adapting and adjusting their technology.

BBC Webwise (link opens in a new window)

BBC website that has information and resources to help anyone who wants to learn more about using a computer, the Internet and email.

Broadband Suppliers Online - Disability Services (link opens in a new window)

A comparison website run by a commercial marketing company, which includes a section on disability services available from the different broadband suppliers.

Go On UK (link opens in a new window)

Go On UK is a partnership organisation that aims to bring the benefits of the internet to every individual, organisation and community across the UK. It replaces the Race Online 2012 initiative which set out to inspire, encourage and support more people in the UK to go online.

UK Online Centres (link opens in a new window)

Government resource that provides information, courses and tools to help get people online.

Home improvements

Home improvements

Community RePaint (link opens in a new window)

Community RePaint schemes collect unwanted, surplus paint and re-distribute it to individuals, families and communities in need, improving the well being of people and the appearance of places across the UK.

Foundations (link opens in a new window)

The national body for home improvement agencies in England, which assist vulnerable homeowners and private sector tenants who are elderly, disabled or on a low income to repair, improve, maintain or adapt their homes. You can find your local one using their home improvement agency search tool (link opens in a new window).

Housing and homelessness
Television licensing

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Housing and homelessness

The Big Issue (link opens in a new window)

Supports people who are homeless through a limited company which produces and distributes the Big Issue magazine to a network of street vendors. Also has a registered charity which exists to help those vendors gain control of their lives by addressing the issues which have contributed to their homelessness.

Crisis (link opens in a new window)

National charity supporting single homeless people through services and campaigns.

Homeless UK (link opens in a new window)

Supports people and organisations working directly with homeless people in England.

Shelter (link opens in a new window)

Charity working in all four countries of the UK supporting people affected by homelessness and bad housing.