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- Adult learning
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Adult social care
- Getting adult social care help early
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How we can help with your care needs
- Get a social care assessment
- Paying for adult social care
- Personal budgets for adult social care
- Arranging and paying for your own adult social care support
- Adult social care personal assistants
- Help to make decisions about your care and support
- Hospital care and coming home
- Reablement
- Care homes
- Paying for a care home
- The Care Act
- Help to find and arrange support from care service providers
- Disabilities and sensory impairments
- Help with your mental health
- Information for carers
- Better Lives programme
- Adult social care coproduction approach
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Animal welfare and licences
- Licence to run a business involving animals
- Licence to keep zoo animals
- Licence to keep exotic animals
- Report a stray, lost or dangerous dog
- Licences to move livestock
- Report an animal welfare concern
- Greyhound track licences
- Animal feed and fertiliser regulations
- Rabies control and prevention
- Importing and exporting animals
- Loose horses
- Dog walking businesses
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Benefits
- Council Tax Support
- Housing Benefit
- Universal Credit
- Extra help to pay your rent (Discretionary Housing Payment)
- Resettlement grant for new tenants on a low income
- Apply for Council Tax Discretionary Relief
- Send us evidence for Council Tax or a benefit claim
- Help to claim benefits
- Money and debt advice
- Foodbanks in Barnsley
- More Money in Your Pocket - cost of living support
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Bins, rubbish and recycling
- What goes in your bin
- Ask for a new bin collection
- Putting your bin out for collection
- Get help to put your bins out
- Order a bin
- Get an extra grey bin
- Report a missed bin
- Report a spilled bin
- Report an abandoned bin
- Bulky waste collections
- Clinical waste
- Business waste
- Make the most of recycling
- Find a household waste recycling centre
- What you need to visit a household waste recycling centre
- Frequently asked questions about visiting a household waste recycling centre
- What you can take to the household waste recycling centre
- Recycling banks
- Discarded needles and syringes
- Fly-tipping
- Report a build up of rubbish at a property
- Waste carriers' licences
- Waste service information for housing developers
- A-Z of waste and recyclable items
- Household waste and your duty of care
- Recycling batteries and vapes
- Hazardous waste
- How we work to keep our bin collection crews safe
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Births, deaths and marriages
- Births
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Deaths and funerals
- Arranging a burial
- Arranging a cremation
- Arranging a funeral
- Bereavement support groups
- Burials, cremations and memorials pricelist
- Buying a grave
- Cemetery maintenance and safety
- Exhuming a grave
- Find a cemetery
- Help if there's nobody to arrange a funeral
- Memorials at the crematorium
- Public records of funerals
- The coroner
- Using the Tell Us Once service
- What to do after someone dies
- Register a stillborn baby
- Memorials at the cemetery
- Register a death
- Pet crematorium
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Marriages and civil partnerships
- Plan your ceremony
- Wedding venues in Barnsley
- Book a registrar for your ceremony
- Give notice of a marriage or civil partnership
- Renewing your vows
- Converting a civil partnership to a marriage
- Your Wedding Your Way - unique wedding ceremonies
- Useful information about marriages and civil partnerships
- Wedding venue licences for religious buildings
- Order copy certificates
- Registration charges
- Researching your family history
- Becoming a British citizen
- Contact registrars and where to find us
- Business information
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Business rates
- What business rates are
- How to pay your business rates
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Business rates reductions and reliefs
- Small business rate relief
- Business rates retail, hospitality and leisure relief
- Business rates improvement relief
- Business rates rural rate relief
- Business rates empty property relief
- Business rates part occupied property relief
- Business rates relief for charities and amateur sports clubs
- Business rates relief for non-profit making organisations
- Business rates heat networks relief
- Business rates hardship relief
- Discretionary business rates relief for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses
- Change your details for business rates
- What happens if you don't pay your business rates
- Business rates refunds
- Business rates freedom of information (FOI) requests
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Children, young people and families
- Adoption
- Child employment and performances
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Childcare and nurseries
- School nursery places
- Choosing childcare
- Free childcare for two year olds
- Early education funding for three and four-year-olds
- 30 hours free childcare for three and four-year-olds
- Family hubs
- Early years pupil premium
- Breakfast clubs
- Childcare sufficiency
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Early years and childcare professionals
- Meet the Early Years team
- Safeguarding in Early Years settings
- Leadership and management in EYFS
- EYFS reforms
- Starting up as a childminder or childcare business
- Childcare business support
- Statutory assessments for EYFS
- Supporting inclusion in Early Years
- Funding and early years entitlements
- Useful early years information and documents
- Health and safety for early years professionals
- Training and CPD for early years professionals
- Ofsted
- Learning and development in EYFS
- Working with parents in the EYFS
- Working with children in the EYFS
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Children in care and care leavers
- Children in care - information just4u
- Reasons children come into care
- Leaving care - our local offer for care leavers
- Information for birth parents of children in care
- Information for foster carers of children in care
- Information for professionals about supporting children in care
- Placing authorities and children in care
- Barnsley Virtual School
- Children, Young People and Families Trust
- Children's social care
- Early help for families
- Families Information Service
- Fostering
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Safeguarding families in Barnsley
- Safeguarding adults in Barnsley
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Safeguarding children in Barnsley
- Are you worried about a child?
- Safeguarding information for children and young people
- Safeguarding information for parents and carers
- Safeguarding information for professionals
- Safeguarding for schools
- Barnsley Safeguarding Children Partnership
- Safeguarding children policies and procedures
- Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO)
- Safeguarding news
- Young people
- Barnsley Children's University
- Great Childhoods Ambition
- Climate change and sustainability
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Community and volunteering
- Your local area and ward
- Volunteer in your local area
- Age-friendly Barnsley
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Armed forces
- Support our armed forces community
- Armed forces discounts
- Armed Forces Covenant Board
- Armed forces community, events and support
- Armed forces employment, education and skills
- Help with finance and debt for the armed forces community
- Health and wellbeing services for the armed forces community
- Helping veterans to make a home in civilian society
- Veterans and the law
- Armed Forces Walkway
- LGBT+ community
- Community grants
- Volunteer as a litter picker
- Volunteer as a visitor for children and young people in care
- Assets of community value and right to bid
- Refugee and asylum support
- Volunteer in our parks and green spaces
- What's on in your local area
- Migration in Barnsley
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Community safety and crime
- Anti-social behaviour
- Crime prevention
- Hate and harassment
- Home security
- Environmental crime
- Malicious or nuisance communication
- Neighbour nuisance
- Neighbourhood Watch
- Safer neighbourhood teams
- Solvent abuse
- Street drinking
- Working with communities to tackle crime
- Youth offending
- Lane gating
- Joining Forces
- Vehicle seizures for waste crimes
- Prevent and Channel
- Scams
- Public space protection order (PSPO) - Barnsley town centre
- Public space protection order (PSPO) - dog control
- Safer Barnsley Partnership
- Protect Duty
- Domestic abuse and sexual violence
- Domestic homicide review (DHR)
- Conservation
- Consumer protection
- Contact us
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Council and democracy
- How the council works
- Council structure and leadership team
- Barnsley Town Hall
- Councillors and council meetings
- Budgets and spending
- Plans, strategies and performance
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Information we publish
- Local government transparency code
- Constitution
- Council land
- Expenditure over £500
- Counter fraud data
- Government procurement card transactions
- Grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations
- Organisation chart
- Parking account income and expenditure
- Number of parking spaces
- Pay policy statement
- Senior officer salaries
- Social housing asset value
- Tenders over £5000
- Trade union facility time
- Waste contracts
- Gender pay gap
- Supplier payment performance
- Research, data and statistics
- Equality and diversity
- Parish and town councils
- Barnsley 2030
- Barnsley Youth Council
- Standards for the way we work
- Monitoring officer
- Town twinning
- Local byelaws
- Reporting fraud and corruption
- Civic receptions and awards
- Council offices
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Council Tax
- Your Council Tax bill
- How to pay your Council Tax
- Register for Council Tax
- Change your details for Council Tax
- Council Tax bands and charges
- Council Tax discounts
- Council Tax exemptions
- Council Tax band reduction for disabled people
- Council Tax refunds
- If you don't pay your Council Tax
- Council Tax appeals
- Council Tax reminder messaging service
- Tell our Council Tax service about a death
- View your Council Tax and benefits online
- Council Tax and the Homes for Ukraine scheme
- Council Tax unoccupied property premiums
- Video help guides for Council Tax and benefits
- Emergencies
- Have your say
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Health and wellbeing
- Healthy living
- Children, young people and families
- Protecting your health
- How we work together
- Our reports
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Housing
- Council housing
- Buying your council house
- Affordable housing
- Housing schemes for older people
- Private tenants
- Private landlords
- Homeowners
- Energy at home
- Empty homes
- Homeless and housing advice
- Gypsy and Traveller sites
- Self-neglect and hoarding
- Report a private property causing public health problems
- Housing strategies
- Damp and mould
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Information and privacy
- Your privacy
- Freedom of information act requests
- Personal information requests
- Paying for services
- Storing your information
- What we do with your personal information
- Data sharing for the prevention and detection of fraud
- CCTV
- Service-specific privacy notices
- Telephone call recording
- Personal data breaches
- Publication scheme
- Requests for the disclosure of personal data from the police and other agencies
- Record of processing activities (RoPA)
- Media we publish on our platforms
- Insurance claims
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Jobs
- Barnsley Council culture and values
- Equality and diversity at Barnsley Council
- Staff rewards and benefits
- Help with your council job application
- Interview tips for council jobs
- Hear from employees of Barnsley Council
- Apprenticeships at Barnsley Council
- Volunteering at Barnsley Council
- Frequently asked questions about jobs with us
- Proud to Care - jobs in the care sector in Barnsley
- Children's social worker jobs in Barnsley
- 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service roles in Barnsley
- Impact: the local government graduate programme
- Land and property
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Libraries
- Your library digital hub
- Enriching lives with books, activities and more
- Libraries - the heart of the community
- Libraries - a place to thrive
- Library activities and events
- Find a library
- Join the library
- Volunteer at a library
- Library fees and charges
- Book a room in a library
- Contact the library
- Using a mobility scooter in our libraries
- School visits to a library
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Licences and permissions
- Acupuncture licences
- Caravan sites planning permission
- Charities licences
- Cooling tower registration
- Fly-posting
- Food premises licences
- Gambling licences
- Hypnotism licences
- Personal licences (alcohol)
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Premises licences
- Apply for a premises licence
- Variation to premises licence
- Minor variation to premises licence
- Vary a designated premises supervisor (DPS)
- Transfer a premises licence to another licence holder
- Change a premises licence holder/DPS name or address
- Change a licensed premises name
- Notification of interest in a licensed premises
- Premises licence fees and charges
- Frequently asked questions about premises licence applications
- Premises licence approval process
- Premises licence supporting documents and definitions
- Premises licences responsible authorities
- Interim authority notice
- Provisional statement
- Community premises
- Request a copy of a premises licence or plan
- Surrender a premises licence
- Complain about a licensed premises
- Licensing Act 2003
- Review of premises licences and certificates
- Smoking and licensed premises
- Club premises certificate
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Pending premises licence applications
- Harrals application to vary a premises licence
- Royal Oak, 18 Barnsley Road application to vary a premises licence
- House of Indie, 10 Peel Parade application for a new premises licence
- The Country Club, 6 The Arcade variation to a premises licence
- Premier Express, 35 Highstone Road application to vary a premises licence
- Snape Hill Road Convenience Store application to vary a premises licence
- Windsor Stores, 65-67 Windsor Street, Thurnscoe application to vary a premises licence
- 20 Towngate, Mapplewell application for a new premises licence
- A&H Convenience Store, 1 Lorne Road, Thurnscoe application to vary a premises licence
- Premier Food, 197-199 Barnsley Road, Wombwell application to vary a premises licence
- Londis, 94a Grange Lane, Cundy Cross application for a new premises licence
- Ballfield Convenience Store, 39 Ballfield Lane, Kexbrough application to vary a premises licence
- Grange Lane Convenience Store, 94 Grange Lane, Cundy Cross, Barnsley application to vary a premises licence
- Thurnscoe Tap, 2-4 Station Road, Thurnscoe application to vary a premises licence
- Tankersley Community Association application to vary a premises licence
- Alam's Lounge, 3 Hermit Lane, Higham application for a premises licence
- Scrap metal dealer licences
- Second hand goods licences
- Sex establishment licences
- Street trading
- Tattooist, piercing and electrolysis licences
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Taxi licences
- Apply for a new taxi driver's licence
- Renew a taxi driver's licence
- Private hire operator licences
- Hackney carriage and private hire vehicle licences
- Update your taxi licence details
- Order taxi licensing items
- Request a replacement taxi driver's badge
- Taxi licence checks
- Hackney carriage fares
- Report an accident involving a taxi
- New taxi rank applications
- Lost property in taxi and private hire vehicles
- National register of taxi licence refusals and revocations (NR3)
- Freedom of Information (FOI) requests for hackney carriage and private hire vehicle licences
- Wheelchair accessible taxi and private hire vehicles
- Taxi licensing concerns and compliments
- Temporary Event Notices
- Private market licences
- Buskers and street performers
- Leaflet and flyer distribution
- Lieutenancy of South Yorkshire
- Markets
- Media and advertising
- Museums and galleries
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Parks and open spaces
- Find a park
- Play areas and recreation facilities
- Public footpaths and rights of way
- Grass cutting, weeds and leaf clearance
- Allotments
- Tree Preservation Orders
- Report a problem with a tree
- Report a problem with a park or open space
- Wildlife conservation and biodiversity
- Hire a park
- Farm parks
- Fishing
- Canals and reservoirs
- Pest control
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Planning and buildings
- Commercial and housing developments
- Home improvements and building work
- Local planning and development
- Building control
- Local self-build register
- Planning permission for adverts and signs
- Planning applications for businesses
- View or comment on planning applications
- Planning pre-application advice for historic buildings and places
- Planning application fees
- Planning application forms
- Using Planning Explorer
- The planning process
- Carrying out building work without planning permission
- Making a planning appeal
- Apply for planning permission
- High hedge disputes
- Supplementary planning documents
- Development and flood risk
- Sports ground safety
- Report a breach of planning permission
- Apply for a planning conditions check report
- Frequently asked questions about planning
- Pollution
- Regeneration
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Roads, travel and parking
- Public transport
- Traffic lights, road signs and markings
- Roadworks and road maintenance
- Parking
- Road licences
- Drainage and flooding
- Street lights, bollards and furniture
- Abandoned vehicles
- Gritting
- Getting to Barnsley
- Traffic Regulation Orders
- Road safety
- Moving heavy (abnormal) loads on a road
- Report a pavement or road obstruction
- Vehicle weight and width limits
- Transport projects
- Apply to close a road
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Schools and education
- 16-19 Bursary Fund
- Barnsley Education Inclusion Services
- Barnsley Education Welfare Service
- Barnsley Schools' Alliance
- Children missing education
- Complaints about schools
- Education for Traveller children
- Educating your child at home
- Excluding pupils from school
- Free school meals
- Get help if you're being bullied
- Healthier Futures Barnsley
- Music education and Barnsley Music Service
- Religious education
- School admissions and transfers
- School attendance and absence
- School governors
- School meals
- School terms and holidays
- School travel
- School visits and outdoor learning
- Schools' assessment and performance
- Schools currently closed
- Schools' curriculum
- Schools in Barnsley
- Schools Forum
- Schools privacy notices
- Schools' workforce development
- Barnsley and Sheffield joint special school
- Further education options after secondary school
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Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
- Getting help if your child has special educational needs
- Education for children with special educational needs
- Special educational needs assessment
- Education, health and care plans (EHCPs)
- SEND parent participation
- SEND strategy, guidance and supporting documents
- Supported internship programme
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Barnsley SENDIASS
- About SENDIASS
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SENDIASS guidance and support advice
- How early years settings can support children with SEND
- How schools can support children with SEND
- SEND support if you're starting further or higher education
- Help with education, health and care plans (EHCPs)
- Advice when applying for home to school transport
- Applying for a specialist school if your child has SEND
- School refusal and attendance if your child has SEND
- Advice for children with SEND who are excluded from school
- SEND support and the NHS
- Local authority SEND support and short breaks
- Make a referral to SENDIASS
- SENDIASS Young Persons Service (16-25)
- How SENDIASS have helped young people with SEND
- SENDIASS useful resources and training
- School transitions guidance for children and young people with SEND
- South Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel
- Street care and cleaning
- Sport and leisure
- Tourism and events
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Voting and elections
- Annual canvass review of the electoral register
- Electoral register
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Election results
- Parish council elections - 7 May 2015
- Local government elections - 7 May 2015
- Dearne by-election - 27 August 2015
- Police and crime commissioner elections - 5 May 2016
- Local government elections - 5 May 2016
- UK Parliamentary election - 8 June 2017
- Kingstone ward by-election - 28 September 2017
- Rockingham ward by-election - 14 December 2017
- Local government and Mayoral Combined Authority elections - 3 May 2018
- Old Town ward by-election - 12 July 2018
- Local government elections - 2 May 2019
- European Parliamentary election – 23 May 2019
- UK Parliamentary election – 12 December 2019
- Local government and police and crime commissioner elections - 6 May 2021
- Local government elections - 5 May 2022
- Local government and parish elections - 4 May 2023
- Local government and Combined Authority Mayoral elections - 2 May 2024
- UK Parliamentary general election – 4 July 2024
- Penistone Town Council - Penistone Ward by-election 12 September 2024
- Great Houghton Parish Council election - Thursday 19 September 2024
- Dodworth ward by-election - 12 December 2024
- Types of elections
- Voting
- Voting by post
- Voting by proxy
- Publication of 5% electorate figure for petitions
- Working at the elections
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Work, skills and training
- Skills and employability
- Inclusive Offer - extra support for work
- Help to find a job
- Become a shared lives carer
- Barnsley maps
- Ready for winter
- Business services
- Partners
- Website information
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- Barnsley Homeless Alliance
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Buy Barnsley
- Advertising and sponsorship options in Barnsley
- School crisis communications support packages
- Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) support
- Early years training, support and consultancy packages
- Educational visit support in Barnsley
- Barnsley governor services
- Health and safety support packages
- Human resources services for schools
- Legal services for schools
- Payroll services for schools and academies
- Recruitment advertising services
- Research and business intelligence services for schools
- Schools catering
- Trading Standards advice and support for business
- Training courses for businesses and schools
- Barnsley venue and room hire
- Invest in Barnsley
- What's Your Move