Dundee City Council – Get Ready for Work Programme

Dundee City Council – Get Ready for Work Programme

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...
Clackmannanshire Council – supporting refugee entrepreneurship

Clackmannanshire Council – supporting refugee entrepreneurship

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...
Aberdeen City – supporting refugees to become childminders

Aberdeen City – supporting refugees to become childminders

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...