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Encompass is an education, training and employability service for people in Edinburgh living with complex needs. It helps people furthest removed from the labour market to build their skills, gain access to opportunities and, where appropriate, move ...

The Edinburgh Youth Services programme works with young people across the capital who have complex needs. It provides education, training and employability support to help them gain confidence and move forward with their lives.

The Activity Agreement Hub works with young people aged 16-19 at Stage 1 of the employability pipeline and operates in the Greater Craigmillar & Portobello areas. Referrals are made through activityagreements@edinburgh.gov.uk - young people can self ...

Clean 2 Change works with individuals with convictions to help remove the barriers they face in achieving sustainable employment. Our aim is to create and promote a culture of inclusiveness and positive destination while providing valuable training, ...

Supported employment for people who have a disability or long term health condition in Edinburgh.

If you are working with someone who has a disability or long term health condition and they are interested in finding a job and keeping it, we can help. ...

Business Gateway Edinburgh offers expert support and guidance to new and existing businesses. Through Business Gateway you can access: Free advice from our experienced business advisers to help you start a business or find new ways of doing bus...

We provide training in a supportive cafe and kitchen environment.

Trainees get involved with a range of tasks including customer service, food preparation, baking, cleaning, dish washing and helping with outside catering orders. Our programme is gr...

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Canongate Youth provides employability and well-being support to young people aged 15-24. Our focus is on removing barriers for young people and supporting them in a holistic way to move onto further education, training and employment. T...

Free CashBack to the Future workshops will offer 12-19 year olds the chance to work with artist Christine Novosel as part of fun, friendly and fascinating visual arts workshops! You will learn how to make printed bags, signs, tiles, sketchbooks, p...

Citadel Connect is an innovative training and volunteering programme based at the Citadel Youth Centre. The programme allows the young people to gain new skills, have new experiences, become active members of communities and make a positive differen...

The Futureheads Employability project supports young people aged 16 – 21 into employment, education, training and voluntary work. Our weekly Careers Café assists unemployed young people and school leavers with job searches, college and job applicatio...

Young people aged 16-19 attend our weekly Activity Agreement hub in Leith to get support with their move on to the next step in their life. We work closely with the young person to help them to decide what they need in order to move into an appropria...

CHAI’s Employability & Support Service operates in the South-West of the City of Edinburgh and works with young people and adults, who are out of work, helping to address barriers to employability.

We offer a wide range of programmes tailored to suit individual needs. With a focus on providing person centred training that is delivered locally, we help improve IT confidence, employment prospects and keeping up to date with modern technology. Al...

Create Women’s Project provides new approaches in supporting some of the most vulnerable and marginalised women in our communities, with a particular focus on women involved in or affected by commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) and the sex industry....

Cyrenians’ Foundations to Employment has been delivering an innovative and bespoke employability service to those furthest from employment across the city for the last nine years. The provision of a person-centred, relational approach to address barr...

Key to Potential offers one-to-one outreach support to sixteen year old non-attenders as they transition from school at stage 1 of the pipeline.

These young people may only have received very limited, if any, careers support and are at high risk of n...

Our Employability Service at Deaf Action covers Edinburgh and the Lothians and Fife.

We support youth employment through Modern Apprenticeships and Pre Employment programmes.

Our target audience is 16-24 year olds within Edinburgh, Lothians and Fife.

Edinburgh College is one of Scotland's biggest Colleges with around 19,000 students across 4 campuses in Edinburgh and the Lothians. Offering a wide variety of vibrant vocational and academic courses, Edinburgh College provides flexible learning o...

Edinburgh College is one of Scotland's biggest Colleges with around 19,000 students across 4 campuses in Edinburgh and the Lothians. Offering a wide variety of vibrant vocational and academic courses, Edinburgh College provides flexible learning o...

Edinburgh College is one of Scotland's biggest Colleges with around 19,000 students across 4 campuses in Edinburgh and the Lothians. Offering a wide variety of vibrant vocational and academic courses, Edinburgh College provides flexible learning o...

Edinburgh College is one of Scotland's biggest Colleges with around 19,000 students across 4 campuses in Edinburgh and the Lothians. Offering a wide variety of vibrant vocational and academic courses, Edinburgh College provides flexible learning o...

The Employment Safety Net works with young people aged 16-24 who are stage 1 and 2 of the employability pipeline. The young people targeted by the project are those who are not currently engaged in other provision and have barriers to sustaining enga...

We are delivery partners in All in Edinburgh, a 5 stage Supported Employment programme for people with a disability or long term health conditions amongst their identified barriers to employment.

The aim of the programme is that clients move into (or...