The IAS is an independent charity that gives confidential advice and help and can represent people who are applying for an entry clearance for the United Kingdom:
Immigration Advisory Service
3rd Floor
County House
190 Great Dover Street
LONDON SE1 4YB

Telephone: (+44) (0)20 7967 1200
Duty Office (24 hrs): (+44) (0)20 8814 1559
Fax: (+44) (0)20 7403 5875
E-mail: advice@iasuk.org

Nationals of some countries require a visa to enter the UK. Also if you are stateless, hold a non-national travel document or passport issued by an authority not recognised by the UK you must hold a valid UK visa on each* occasion that you travel to the UK. You can check whether you need a visa at the government's page on UK visas at the following link:
General enquiries: (+44) (0)20 7008 8438
Application forms: (+44) (0)20 7008 8308
www.ukvisas.gov.uk/enquiries

*Visas are not required if you are settled in the UK or if you already have permission to stay in the UK and are returning to the UK before your permission to stay expires.

Drivers enquiries:

(Driving Licenses-including lorry or bus licenses)

Staffed telephone enquiry hours: 08:00-20:30 Monday to Friday and 08:00-17:30 on Saturday. Outside these times you will be able to listen to a variety of messages covering the most commonly asked question on driver and vehicle licensing and vehicle registration.

Telephone:  0870 240 0009 

Fax: 0870 850 1285

 +44 1792 783071  (Drivers Abroad)

Address:

Drivers Customer Services (DCS) Correspondance Team DVLA Swansa SA6 7JL (To avoid delay with written enquiries it is important to use the correct postcode)

Email: drivers.dvla@gtnet.gov.uk

 
UKCOSA produce guidance notes for students on: "Learning English in the UK" at

http://www.ukcosa.org.uk/pages/advice.htm.

These are some of the ways to find a language school in the UK:

The British Council assesses the quality of English language teaching in the UK through its English in Britain Accreditation scheme. For a list of approved language schools see

http://www.englishinbritain.co.uk

English UK (http://www.englishuk.com) is an association of UK language schools which combines the members of the former organisations ARELS (Association of Recognised English Language Services: http://www.arels.org.uk) and BASELT (the British Association of State English Language Teaching: http://www.baselt.org.uk)

EAQUALS (the European Association for Quality Language Services) is an association of language schools in the UK or other parts of Europe. Their web site is at http://www.eaquals.org

If you want to book a train in the UK, or to plan your journey, you can do it online through National Rail Inquiries.

Coach travel for both national and international journeys is a very cheap option for au pairs in the UK.
Coaches run daily services to most European destinations and is a very popular way to travel to Poland, the Czech Republic and France.
At this link you can plan your journey and book your ticket online.

Information for anyone interested in living and working in the UK should use this website as a first port of call. It is the official government site which should be accurate and up-to-date.

A UK government website with all kinds of useful advice and information on choosing the best childcare option for your family. 

The Government launched the ChildcareLink helpline and website in December 1999 as part of the National Childcare Strategy. This strategy aims to help people back into the workplace by removing the childcare barrier. The ChildcareLink service is funded by the Department for Education and Skills and the Scottish Executive.

Every day over 75 children in the UK are born or diagnosed with a serious disability or rare syndrome and the vast majority of them are cared for at home. Contact a Family is the only UK charity providing support and advice to parents whatever the medical condition of their child.
Across the UK, a child is diagnosed with a severe disability every 25 minutes. Although some children need hospital care, 98% of disabled children live at home with a parent or other family member who may not have expected to be in this position but who has quickly had to become an expert.
When parents find out that their child is disabled they feel isolated and alone because usually they don't know anyone else facing the same problems. They want contact with another family who've been through a similar experience and they want information about their child's disability.
Contact a Family is the only UK-wide charity providing advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children - no matter what their disability or health condition. We also enable parents to get in contact with other families, both on a local and national basis. Each year we reach at least 275,000 families.

The NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) is the UK's leading charity specialising in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children. Founded in 1884 as the London SPCC by the Reverend Benjamin Waugh, the NSPCC is the only UK children's charity with statutory powers that enable it to take action to safeguard children at risk of abuse.