Useful links

Department for Education and Skills

Department covering schools, universities and further education.

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Information about the newly-created department.

Disability Rights Commission

An independent body created by parliament to promote equality for disabled people. Will be folded into the Commission for Equality and Human Rights in October 2007.

Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, Northern Ireland

Responsible in Northern Ireland for arts and creativity, museums and libraries, architecture, sport, inland waterways and language diversity.

Department of Education, Northern Ireland

The department responsible for education provision in Northern Ireland.

Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland department covering environmental protection, land use planning and local government reform.

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland

The department's mission is to improve the health and social well-being of the people of Northern Ireland.

Department for Employment & Learning, Northern Ireland

Devolved department for skills, jobs, further education and higher education.

Department for Social Development, Northern Ireland

Covers urban regeneration, community and voluntary sector development, social legislation, housing, social security benefits, pensions and child support.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

Development Trusts Association

The national representative body for development trusts.

do-it

Database of volunteering opportunities in the UK. Do-it is part of the registered charity YouthNet UK.

Directory for Social Entrepreneurial Organisations

A databank for, by and about social entrepreneurs in England.