Useful links

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Information about the newly-created department.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

Department for Education and Skills

Department covering schools, universities and further education.

Department for Employment & Learning, Northern Ireland

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

Department for Regional Development, Northern Ireland

Maintains a range of essential infrastructure services and shapes the region's long-term strategic development.

Department for Social Development

It has strategic responsibility for urban regeneration, community and voluntary sector development, social legislation, housing, social security benefits, pensions and child support.

Department for Transport

Covers air, rail, road and sea.

Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department concerned with farmers, the countryside, the rural economy and air and water quality.

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland department whose aims include the development of the agricultural, forestry and fishing industries.

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 Enterprise, Trade and Investment

A department of the Northern Ireland executive.

Department of Finance and Personnel, Northern Ireland

Department that prioritises the use of funds available to the Northern Ireland government.

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 of Trade and Industry

Promotes enterprise, business growth, export and inward investment.

Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland

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

DevPlan UK

DevPlan UK provides a development plan monitoring service for firms across the United Kingdom.

Development Trusts Association

The national representative body for development trusts.

Directgov

The central portal for information from the government.

Directory for Social Entrepreneurial Organisations

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

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.

Dundee University - School of Town & Regional Planning

Centre for teaching and professional development in town and regional planning.

Dùthchas Project

The Dùthchas Project was a demonstration project funded by the EU Life Environment Programme from 1998-2001. Focused on the Scottish Highlands and Islands, the Project worked with 3 communities and 22 public agencies to explore ways of sustaining fragile rural areas – the natural heritage, the people and the economy.

do-it

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