Edinburgh

Our support for Young People 

Brighter Futures

Our innovative Supported Volunteering and Mentoring programmes are currently delivered in partnership with Leith Academy and St Thomas of Aquins R.C High School.

The programme supports young people in S2-S4 by facilitating access to volunteering experiences with a local charity.  We also provide empowering and positive mentoring relationships,  and tailored 1:1 support provided by our ProjectScotland team.   We help young people broaden their horizons, enhance their aspirations, gain new skills and experiences, promote a sense of place, belonging and citizenship.

Our programmes supports each school with their culture and ethos of volunteering.

Our support for Parents 

Parents Employability and Supported Volunteering Programme

This programme offers support to parents across the City of Edinburgh who are New Scots (Refugee’s, Asylum Seekers, Displaced people) , and parents from ethnically diverse backgrounds.

We work 1:1 with parents to understand their strengths, skills, and barriers to employment, putting steps or strategies in place to overcome these barriers or challenges.  Parents are supported with vocational activities such as developing CV’s, job search, applications, mock interviews etc.

We also provide work-ready support – helping parents to access to volunteering experience and, identifying training opportunities.  Each parent also has the opportunity to benefit from an empowering and positive Mentoring relationship – provided by our team of local volunteers