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Life Events

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Welcome to the Life Events pages. Here you will find useful links to information and advice on issues and things that may happen in your life.

Living together or co-habiting

If you decide to live with a friend or partner, it is important that you are clear about each other's rights and obligations. Further information can be found on the Citizens Advice Bureau AdviceLine website.

Good neighbours

In a perfect world we would all get along with our neighbours. Unfortunately this is not always the case. For information on noise nuisance and how the Council can be of assistance,  Where neighbourhood disputes get out of hand - and you can't solve them between yourselves - the Citizens Advice Bureau suggests practical steps to take, which may involve the police or solicitors.

Your money

If you have some extra money you would like to save or invest, information on ISAs, shares and consumer information from the Financial Services Authority website.

Healthy living

Information on health services in the Breckland area can be found in the Health section of the website

A healthy lifestyle will help you to live longer. The NHS Direct website contains lots of useful advice on a healthy lifestyle, including information on quitting smoking, managing stress, eating for health and getting active.

A series of healthy living quizzes can also be found on the NHS Direct website, including are you stressed?, what type of drinker are you?, how active are you? and a risk quiz

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