by Will Tuladhar-Douglas | Oct 7, 2022
Scottish Refugee Council and Dundee City council Employability Team have been approached by a number of refugee entrepreneurs expressing their interest in starting a new business in Dundee. Learning from previous attempts to support refugee entrepreneurs demonstrates...
by Will Tuladhar-Douglas | Oct 7, 2022
Get Ready for Work is an 8 week (plus 1:1 follow-on support) employability programme which seeks to give refugees the employability and language skills to move into employment. The project was recently recognised at the 2018 COSLA Excellence Awards, winning a Gold...
by Will Tuladhar-Douglas | Oct 7, 2022
The VPR team in Clacks were approached by a few of the families for support in how to set up their own businesses. We had one food based business, one car wash and a painter and decorating business. None on my team have any expertise and knowledge in business and...
by Will Tuladhar-Douglas | Oct 7, 2022
ABC partnered with Argyll College – the second such example of partnership working, having previously offered a hairdressing course for Syrian refugees – to deliver a bespoke construction course. Language learning was implicit in the activities and learned...
by Will Tuladhar-Douglas | Oct 6, 2022
Al-Amal Project, constituted in October 2016 and the first committee began building community and organisational links and capacities. In the first 12 months, the chairperson grew in stature, leadership abilities and language ability and became a figurehead for the...
