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Finding Your Way Around

This website can be navigated in a number of ways, which are detailed below. The homepage contains a list of main sections that make up the site. Clicking on one of these will take you to the relevant content contained within that section. The content is made up of the following main sections:

Business
Community and Living
Council, Government and Democracy
Education and Learning
Environment
Health and Social Care
Housing
Jobs and Careers
Legal Services
Leisure and Culture
Policing and Public Safety
Transport and Streets
Social Issues

Life Events
Maps
Online Services
Partnership Websites

We have followed a classification system known as LAWS, which is a system from central government that groups content in an easy to find, user focused way.

About This Redesign

Find out what we did during the redesign of this site.

The Breadcrumb Trail

We use a navigational aid on all of our web pages known as a breadcrumb trail. The breadcrumb trail is a set of clickable links which enables web users to trace their placement within the website. It also tells users who join the website from a search engine, whereabouts they are within the website. As a user moves through the website, a link is added to the Breadcrumb Trail at each level. The Breadcurmb Trail is located at the top of every page and looks something like this:

Home > Health and Social Care > Disabilities > Learning Disabilities

Searching This Site

If you cannot find what you want by visiting one of the sections above you can try an alternative method:

Site Map

The site map provides an overview of the site's structure and a breakdown of each section and it's relevant sub-sections.

A-Z

This provides an alphabetical list of some of the services that Durham County Council offer. From abnormal loads through to white line testing.

Quick Search

There is a search box located in the top right hand corner of every web page on this site. Simply place your cursor in the box and type in your chosen keyword or words, press the return (or enter) key and the site will perform a search for your keywords. See further information on what the Quick Search covers and how to search specific areas of this site.

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions provide answers to questions that have already been asked (eg where is my nearest library?). Each FAQ can be found under a subject category.

Life Events

Life Events provide information about specific events that might affect you, from going to college to having a baby or dealing with debt. Simply click on a link which interests you and you will be taken to a list of relevant information.

Disclaimer

Every effort is made to ensure that all the material on this site is up to date and accurate but we cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage which may occur from use of the information. Links to other sites are monitored but we cannot be held responsible for the information contained in other sites.

Copyright

Privacy

Wherever the lock symbol (as above) appears on our site you will find an explanation of why information is being requested or a link to our privacy statement.

Maps

Maps on this site have been reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office � Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Durham County Council 07658 920 00.

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Website Statistics

We provide access to summaries of our monthly website statistics reports, which you are free to view online.

Partnership Websites

Our web team continue to work on a number of other websites including this one. Find out which other sites we have been involved in creating.

Cookies

We do not use cookies on this website for the collection of personal data, however temporary cookies are used by the website statistics package to log you into the system and also on the Quick Poll, so that you can only vote once. If you have any queries about this please contact our website administrator for help and advice. If you would like to know more about cookies and how to deal with them please visit www.aboutcookies.com.

Logos and Awards

Find out which Logos and Awards we have won.

Better Connected Report

Find out out Durham County Council did in this year's SOCITM Better Connected Report.


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