Useful Links

PLEASE NOTE: some of the links below are to profit making organisations or comparison sites, and by providing these links the Council is not recommending or endorsing these companies, but simply offering them as a possible source of additional information which might be of interest or use to visitors to our website.

Frequently searched for links

Loughborough Town Hall | Loughborough Town Centre Partnership | Charnwood Leisure Centres | Leicestershire Villages | GOV.UK | Food Hygiene Ratings Scheme

More Useful Links

The remaining links have been categorised for convenience - use the following quick links to get to the category you require:

• Benefits & Entitlements
• Business & Enterprise
• Community Safety & Policing
• Community & Society
• Council & Democracy
• Environment & Planning
• Government Links
• Housing & Health
• Legal Advice
• Neighbouring Authorities
• Sport, Leisure, Arts & Tourism
• Streets, Parking & Transport

Benefits & Entitlements

• Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
• Turn2Us - a charitable service which helps people access the money available to them - through welfare benefits, grants and other help.

Business & Enterprise

• Cable - an Ofcom accredited comparison and advice site. For impartial and up to date informaton on broadband and related services available locally.
• Charnwood Business Site - local business directory and useful business information provided by Charnwood Borough Council.
  
• Inspire Leicestershire - find out how to be part of the 2012 Olympic Games Legacy.
• Loughborough Chamber of Trade & Commerce
• The Legal Ombudsman - the Legal Ombudsman has formal powers to resolve complaints about lawyers. It is a free service whose job is to look at legal complaints in a fair and independent way - they will not take sides.
• Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) - provides local government, the business community and other partners the opportunity to come together to lead economic development and regeneration activities and to drive forward economic growth.
• Right Mobile - a free mobile phone price comparison search engine that lets you quickly search for and find the latest deals for mobile phones. 
• Workplace Challenge - aimed at organisations in Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, the Active Together Workplace Challenge promotes a more active lifestyle with offers of innovative methods to stay active. It's free to join and once registered there is a range of tools, resources and support available to help achieve your activity goals and compete for prizes along the way.
• WRAP - government funded organisation which aims to help people and businesses recycle more and waste less with the aim of offering economic as well as environmental benefits.

Community Safety & Policing

• Charnwood Community Safety Partnership
• Leicestershire Police
• The Office of the Police and Crime Commioner for Leicestershire
• Leicestershire Trading Standards - Leicestershire Trading Standards aim to ensure a fair and safe trading environment which promotes the wellbeing of citizens and encourages businesses to prosper. Officers are encouraging Charnwood residents to report (anonymously if they wish) any business that is engaged in unfair trading practices.

Community & Society

• AdviceNow - provided by the Advice Services Alliance, AdviceNow is a public information service on rights and law.
• Age UK Leicestershire & Rutland - charity organisation providing services for older people throughout the Leicestershire area.
• Charnwood Together - Charnwood's Community Portal - a gateway, or "portal", to the Borough of Charnwood in Leicestershire. If offers information about the Borough as well as links to a variety of services and related web sites.
• Charnwood Villages - a self-managed online community for people in the villages of Charnwood. Here you will find information for each settlement in Charnwood plus a discussion area and events listings. Use the map to select the settlement you would like to visit.
• Employment 4 Students - a jobsite dedicated to helping students and young people find work.
• GOV.UK - the place to find government services and information.
• Human Rights & Equalities Charnwood (HREC) - for information concerning race equality and diversity in Charnwood.
• Leicestershire CareOnLine - CareOnLine is based at Leicestershire County Council and aims to be of help and support to older and disabled people and their carers.
• Leicestershire County Council - for information about services provided by the County Council.
• Leicestershire & Rutland Rural Community Council - an independent charity which provides information, advice and assistance to groups and individuals living and working in rural Leicestershire.
• Leicestershire Rural Partnership - comprises 19 diverse organisations who work together to improve the quality of life of those living and working in rural Leicestershire.
• Loughborough Echo - website for one of Charnwood's local newspapers, The Loughborough Echo.
• Loughborough University's Student Outreach & Recruitment Website - Student Outreach and Recruitment (SOAR) at Loughborough University provides a range of activities and events to help students from all backgrounds gain access to Higher Education.
• NetMums - a wealth of information and advice on being a Mum with young children in your home town.
• Thorpe Acre - created for the Thorpe Acre Millennium Project, provides information about the Thorpe Acre area of Loughborough.
• This is Leicestershire - news, events and other information  from Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
• Town Twinning in Charnwood
• Voluntary Action Charnwood

Council & Democracy

• The Council & Democracy in Charnwood
• East Midlands Councils - the consultative forum for local authorities in the region, it provides support to Councils to improve their services and is a strong voice for the East Midlands.
• Leicestershire Together - a partnership made up of the county's major public service budget holders such as local councils, the police and the health service who, by working together, aim to improve the county's schools, colleges, businesses, shops, hospitals, roads, parks, homes, villages and towns and help make people in Leicestershire feel included, richer, safer, better trained, healthier and happier.

Environment & Planning

• Campaign to Protect Rural England - a registered charity whose members and supporters care passionately about the countryside and campaign for it to be protected and enhanced for the benefit of everyone.
• Charnwood Borough Council Environment and Planning Department
• Environment Agency - aims to protect and improve the environment, and to promote sustainable development. Also provides flood warnings and pollution reports.
• Freeuse Leicestershire - aims to give people the opportunity to allow others to reuse unwanted items for free, rather than throwing them away.
• Friends of the Earth - an organisation seeking solutions to environmental problems.
• Keep Britain Tidy - environmental charity and the anti-litter campaign for England.
• Serco - Street Cleansing - web site for the Council's street cleansing contractor.
• Severn Trent Water - first point of contact for sewerage related problems.
• Waste Watch - a national organisation promoting and encouraging action on the 3Rs - waste reduction, reuse and recycling.

Government Links

• GOV.UK- the place to find government services and information.
• Defra - the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Planning Inspectorate
• Opportunities - Public Sector recruitment site.
• Home Office
• Health & Safety Executive 
• Local Government Association
• Valuation Office Agency
• info4local - a government website and email alert service. It gives local authorities a quick and easy way to find relevant information on the websites of central government departments, agencies and public bodies.

Housing & Health

• Chartered Institute of Housing - The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) is the professional body for people working in housing.
• Housing in Charnwood Borough
• NHS Choices - find health services near you.
• NHS Direct - 24-hour health advice telephone line and website.
• NHS Leicestershire County & Rutland - local National Health Service Primary Care Trust website.
• Shelter - a national organisation with local solutions working to improve the lives of homeless and badly housed people.

Legal Advice

• Charnwood Citizens Advice Bureau

Neighbouring Authorities

• Leicestershire County Council
• Leicestershire County Council Connect Services
• Market Harborough District Council
• North West Leicestershire District Council
• Leicester City Council
• Melton Borough Council
• Oadby & Wigston Borough Council
• Rutland County Council
• Directory of Local Government Websites

Sports, Leisure, Arts & Tourism

• Charnwood Arts - an independent community arts and media organisation based in the Borough of Charnwood. It is a registered arts and educational charity and is committed to developing participation in the arts and media in Charnwood and the East Midlands.
• Go Leicestershire - official On-line guide to leisure and toursim in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland.
• Leicester-Shire & Rutland Sport - the website for our local County Sports Partnership.
• Loughborough Town Hall
• Sports, Leisure, Arts & Tourism in Charnwood
• Walking in Leicestershire - more than 150 Leicestershire walks to download for free, details of books, maps and walking groups in the county.

Streets, Parking & Transport

• Cleaner Greener Streets in Charnwood
• Council car parks
• East Midlands Airport
• Roads & Transport - Leicestershire County Council
• Kinch Buses
• National Rail Enquiries
• Parkopedia - search online for parking spaces
• Travel Line