In the UK only use CAA charts. Jeppesen ones not common and not as good. All I have ever seen are pre-laminated.
If you buy a kneeboard, make it a small (A5-ish) one. When you need the A4 (IR it is handy), go to Staples and get a clipboard. Mine cost me £1.28.
Do not listen to Tinstaafl about the flight computer. I teach ATPL general navigation. The JAA exam answers are calculated on a Pooley's CRP-5. Some of the other brands get different answers. Not sure about Jepp, but the ARC-2 (the AFE equivalent) has used slightly different scales for some of the functions, enought o get the wrong answers in the exam! Get a CRP-5. Correctly taught with the wind-down method it is also the easiest to use, as there are a lot of good memory aids written on the face. Unfortunately they have just changed the material for the vector-calculator transparency, so it does not take pencil as well, but it still works and when you do use HB not 2B, as the latter too soft gives a mark that is too big.