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Fair Start Scotland is a flexible employment support service to help you get ready for work and achieve your potential. We offer a full support package that will meet your individual needs, making sure you have the best chance at finding ...

What it does:

Engages 16-30-year-olds in structured sport & employability sessions over a 10 week period, with a view to preparing them for the next step in the career planning.

How it does:

Daily football &/or fitness sessions, coupled with employabili...

Free, drop-in football & fitness sessions for all unemployed 16-30-year-olds.

Open door policy for anyone aged 16-30 to attend football and fitness sessions to get a taste of what Street League is. This session is used as a recruitment tool for our E...

Support@Work s an employment rights and responsibilities project linked to Edinburgh Trade Union Council, the service is staffed by two senior experienced union officials Monday to Friday via a Free phone, with an answer machine service, linked to st...

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

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

An Edinburgh data literacy and analytics club empowering people with the skills for the jobs of tomorrow.

Our aim is to close both the data divide and attainment gap in Scotland.

The Prince’s Trust virtual delivery

Our team of keyworkers provide 1-2-1 support to young people across Central and South East Scotland. Alongside this, we now also have a finalised schedule of Scotland-wide online virtual delivery focusing on the thr...

The Wellbeing Club is to help women who are vulnerable and perhaps experiencing confidence and self-esteem issues due to ill mental health or for other reasons like being reliant on benefits, single mums or perhaps struggling with something else.

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Together Enterprise encourages participants to learn about co-operatives, co-operative ways of working and enterprise through interactive workshops and drop-in sessions. A key focus of the project is also on developing key co-operative skills includi...

Developed by the Co-operative College, the Together Enterprise Scotland project will be delivered at Pilton Youth and Children’s Project (PYCP).

Our project will empower young people aged 16 to 30 from Pilton and neighbouring areas to gain the tools, ...

Our Employability Fund Stage 3 programme Step Into Childcare/Social Care is suitable for anyone who wants to work in Childcare or Social Care.

#ChangingYoungLives Outdoors

Venture Scotland offer young people aged 16-30 a free, 4 stage progressive personal development programme based in the outdoors. The programme lasts up to a year and is focused on helping to improve their physical, mental ...

Change Cycle is a free employability service.

It is an 8-week Employability Fund service with the first four weeks delivered partly in a digital workshop and training environment and the last 4 weeks delivered in a work-placement environment. If work...

Inspiring Young Futures is for young people 16-25, encouraging them to think about what they would like to achieve and helps them work towards their goals.

The programme offers regular community-based outreach support wrapped around an 8-day Wilderne...

Living Wild supports individuals (16-40) on Community Payback (and other criminal justice orders*) who want to make positive and sustained changes that can lead to a move away from offending and into employment, training or education.

*These include ...

Next Steps is for women whose backgrounds have led to their involvement in offending or to experience homelessness or misuse drugs or alcohol which may impact on their wellbeing, relationships and life circumstances.

Our programmes provide support fo...

Positive Futures is specifically for ex-Service men and women (16+); individuals who may have a wealth of experience and skills, but who are finding it difficult to either transition fully into civilian life or are struggling with maintaining a civil...

The Employability Project at Volunteer Edinburgh supports individuals who are unemployed and wish to volunteer with an aim to secure future employment.

VolChat Employability Coaching Sessions is a new online chat platform like Skype to help individuals engage with Volunteer Edinburgh's employability service and make the first tentative steps towards employment.

Wellbeing Lab is part of our Space Training Academy. It is a weekly programme of activities for people with learning disabilities or additional support needs, to build skills and confidence through structured training & support.

We support members t...

WorkingRite is the practical pathway to a job or apprenticeship. We help young people get their foot in the door, regardless of their academic background or previous experience. We therefore individually match young people to local businesses for ...

WorkSpace helps parents or those with parental responsibility either get into employment or advance their career to secure better conditions and pay.

We have an exciting programme of training & support for parents at any stage of their career journey...

As part of the Scottish Government's commitment to supporting all young people to access employment, volunteering, training or education, the YPG team are a central point of contact for young people across Edinburgh to learn about and access an oppor...