The Suffolk Welcome pack is an information guide to living and working in Suffolk, giving you helpful advice and guidance about health, housing, employment, transport and many other useful topics.

Suffolk is one of the safest and most peaceful counties in the UK. It is a fairly rural county, with vibrant towns, beautiful villages and a wonderful coastline.

Suffolk Libraries are great place to start: with free Internet access, staff who are there to help and advise you, free loan of books, local information boards and a selection of local, national and international papers and magazines for you to read.

Suffolk Tourist Information Centres can help you get around and advise you on what is happening across the county. They also have free guides and information about the rest of the UK.

There are many organisations in Suffolk here to guide and support you – if you encounter problems the local Citizens Advice Bureau or the local District and Borough Councils can advise you. There are also many smaller community organisations here to help, you can find them on the Suffolk Directory.

If you are looking for work, need your National Insurance Number, need advice or support you can visit your local Job Centre Plus. See the Employment section for important information about your rights and responsibilities, the National minimum wage, working conditions, health & safety and other useful topics.

We hope the Suffolk Welcome Pack will be useful for you and would like your comments and feedback. To give your views or let us know of any further information you would like included in the pack please Contact Us.

If you have an issues that you would like to discuss with someone in your own language please feel free to visit one of the drop-in sessions being held weekly in Felixstowe, Ipswich, Newmarket, Stowmarket and Sudbury
 

The Migrant Gateway is another website that offers further general
information and advice to people already, or thinking about, living and
working in the UK http://www.migrantgateway.eu