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important documents

The Pathway Team can support you to gain important documents & identification.

  • Your social worker will support you to apply for your National Insurance Number (NI No).

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  • The Pathway Team can support you with one passport
    or travel document

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  • One provisional driving licence

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  • One birth certificate

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  • To open a bank account

The Pathway Team offers

Your National insurance number is very important, and
you will be required to produce evidence of it for employment
or benefit payments. “Keep it safe”.


Passports & driving licences are very expensive Pathway
provide one of each “keep them safe”.


To open a bank account you need to provide ID.


Keep all your documents; tenancy agreement, bills and
letters in a safe place.

 

Keep your ID documents safe. 


Never give anyone your bank card or PIN.

Tips from care leavers

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