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...
by Will Tuladhar-Douglas | Oct 6, 2022
Eight Syrian refugee women have taken their first steps to becoming childminders inAberdeen with the help of SCMA and our Childminding Induction Support Programme.Alongside colleagues from Aberdeen City Council, our SCMA Childminding DevelopmentOfficer for Aberdeen...
