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After the success of last year's campaign, where more than half of those who saw it took action, Parent Club has relaunched its 'Parental Employability and Financial...
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Balancing Work and Unpaid Care: A Critical Issue
Carers Scotland and Carers UK have published their 'Balancing Work and Unpaid Care' report, underlining the importance of supporting carers to remain in and return to...
Universal and Targeted Approaches to Tackling Poverty: Key Messages from the Poverty and Inequality Commission
The Poverty and Inequality Commission has published new research exploring the role of universal and targeted approaches in reducing poverty and inequality in Scotland....
No Young Person Left Behind: Unlocking Opportunities for Young People Facing the Greatest Barriers to Education and Employment
A new report from Barnardo’s explores the obstacles faced by young people and sets out recommendations to help more young people access opportunities to thrive. Nearly 1...
Falling through the cracks: how childhood hardship shapes life chances
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published new research on how experiencing hardship during childhood shapes life chances, with analysis showing that persistent...
Edinburgh Airport Community Fund
The Community Fund was established to ensure local communities benefit from Edinburgh Airport activities. It provides financial support to community groups and charities...
No One Left Behind: Definitions of Work-related Activities and Allowances
The No One Left Behind (NOLB) cross-sector working group has recently published the Definitions of Work-related Activities and Allowances . This document provides a...
Volunteer Glasgow: Guidance on Volunteering and Benefits
Volunteer Glasgow has recently published a web-page informed by DWP with guidance for people on benefits around how volunteering can affect their eligibility to continue...
UK Government (DWP): Right to try - Regulations on Volunteering for Jobseekers
UK Government's Right to Try strengthens existing regulations so that undertaking work or volunteering will not, on its own, lead to a reassessment of a benefit award....
King's Trust: Get Into NHS – Parents
King's Trust “Get into NHS – Parents” programme is designed to support young parents aged 16-30 who are not currently in full-time employment, education or training into...
King's Trust: Support to work in Health and Social Care
King's Trust supports people aged 16-30 who are not in full-time education, employment or training to start a new career in health and social care. Courses include 1:1...
Skills Development Scotland - QR code to book careers advisor interview
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is Scotland’s career service and has recently launched a QR code that anyone wanting to request an interview with a local careers...
Nuffield Foundation Essential Employment Skills Fund
The Nuffield Foundation has launched a new fund to support young people aged 16-24 who face significant barriers to work to develop essential employment skills and...
Skills Development Scotland - Scottish Careers Week
Skills Development Scotland is promoting Scottish Careers Week 2026 which returns from 09 to 13 November 2026, bringing educators, employers, organisations and...
Interim Report on Young People, Economic Inactivity and Mental Health
The Public Mental Health team at Public Health Scotland have been working over the last year to better understand the relationship between economic inactivity and mental...
Briefing Series - Glasgow Child Poverty Programme
New briefings published by the Improvement Service are highlighting Glasgow’s pioneering work to tackle child poverty through public service reform. Produced in...
Supporting Information for Disability Applications
Social Security Scotland have launched a new supporting information stakeholder resources page highlighting what supporting information is, why it's needed, and who can...
Social Security Scotland Introduce New Client Text Service
Social Security Scotland have introduced a new text messaging service to tell their clients when they can expect to receive a scheduled phone call from to ensure people...
Volunteering and the Right To Try Guarantee
Landmark legislation aims to make it easier for disabled people and people with health conditions to explore work or volunteering without the immediate fear of losing...
Workers Education Association: Introduction to the Digital Office
People looking for work, returning to employment, or hoping to improve confidence with technology can try out Workers Educational Association Scotland's Introduction to...
Get Into NHS: Parents Programme
Fife Gingerbread, NHS Fife, The Cottage Family Centre, and The King’s Trust will soon begin delivering the Get Into NHS – Parents Programme . This programme is designed...
Employment Related Services Association: Manifesto for 2026 and beyond
The Employment Related Services Association has recently published it's Manifesto for 2026 and Beyond. The manifesto is partitioned into five main areas: Making work a...
No One Left Behind: Good Practice Guidance for Commissioning Employability Services
The NOLB Commissioning Working Group has recently shared a new tool which will help Local Employability Partnerships move forward with growing good practice in...
New DWP Fund to Transform Employment Support
Businesses, charities and innovators are being invited to compete for a share of up to £60 million to transform how disabled people and those with health conditions are...
Helping Care Leavers - One-Off Payment to Reduce Financial Barriers
The Scottish Government introduced the Care Leaver Payment on 01 April 2026 to help young people overcome financial barriers as they leave care and move into independent...
Archive
Older items that may still be of interest
- Department for Work & Pensions - Pathways to Work Innovation Fund (14 days ago)
- New Six-week Employability Programme Offers Flexible Support in North East Fife (29 days ago)
- Miller Homes Community Fund (35 days ago)
- The Robertson Trust - Large Grants (35 days ago)
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation: Poverty in Scotland (41 days ago)
- Social Enterprise Scotland: DWP Policy and Priorities in Scotland 2026 – Third Sector Deep Dive (41 days ago)
- King's Trust: Get Ready for Careers in Royal College of Nurses (41 days ago)
- Train to Be a Numeracy Champion to Support Others (49 days ago)
- Mackie’s Charity Grant (70 days ago)
- Fife Employability Forum (71 days ago)
- Scottish Employability Day – 10 September (72 days ago)
- Thomas Wall Trust (77 days ago)
- Neurodiversity Awareness for Employability Workers (77 days ago)
- 2026 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration (80 days ago)
- Aut Support Works - Free Online Sessions for Autistic People (80 days ago)
- Project Mindset – Improve Your Mental Health and Wellbeing (85 days ago)
- Lunchtime Learning - See Work Differently and Supporting People with Sight Loss Into and At Work (90 days ago)
- Schroder Charity Trust (91 days ago)
- Social Security Scotland: Changes to Motability Scheme leases (3 to 6 months ago)
- Social Security Scotland: First Year of Pension Age Disability Payment (3 to 6 months ago)
- Social Security Scotland: Job Start Payment (3 to 6 months ago)
- Social Security Scotland: Support for Nursery and School-Aged Children (3 to 6 months ago)
- TSEF 2026 – Connecting Our Learning (3 to 6 months ago)
- DWP Pathways to Work Innovation Fund Webinar (3 to 6 months ago)
- Lunchtime Learning - JobCentre Support for Customers with Complex Needs (3 to 6 months ago)
- TSEF: Survey on recording data for employability clients (3 to 6 months ago)
- Fife Council: Crown Estate Fund (3 to 6 months ago)
- Skills Development Scotland Exam Results Helpline 2026 (3 to 6 months ago)
- Bairdwatson Charitable Trust (3 to 6 months ago)
- DWP: Funding for businesses who give young people a chance (3 to 6 months ago)
- New DWP Employment and Careers Digital Support for Citizens (3 to 6 months ago)
- DWP Seek Views to Transform Carers' Allowance (3 to 6 months ago)
- Social Security Scotland - A Helping Hand for Families This Summer (3 to 6 months ago)
- Fife Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) - Lived Experience Panel - Service Brief (3 to 6 months ago)
- Building Hope: A Home for Every Child Rally (3 to 6 months ago)
- Becoming a Lead Delivery Partner for the Scottish Government's Jobs Guarantee Programme (3 to 6 months ago)
- Fife Employability Forum (3 to 6 months ago)
- SURF Awards 2026 (3 to 6 months ago)
- DWP Connect (3 to 6 months ago)
- LinkLiving: Step On Starting in August (3 to 6 months ago)
- DWP: Seeking Views from People on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) (3 to 6 months ago)
- Department for Work and Pensions: Youth Guarantee Visual Summary (3 to 6 months ago)
- DWP: Experts Explore Why NEET Numbers are Rising in a Series of Published Articles (3 to 6 months ago)
- Fife Gingerbread: Parental Employability Project Expanding into Dunfermline (3 to 6 months ago)
- Fife Business Diversity Awards Nominations Open for 2026 (3 to 6 months ago)
- Edinburgh Airport Community Fund (3 to 6 months ago)
- IRES 2027+ Pledge Continues to Build Strong Regional Momentum (3 to 6 months ago)
- The Robertson Trust: Big Change That Lasts Fund (3 to 6 months ago)
- Improvement Service: Employer Recruitment Incentive Framework (3 to 6 months ago)
- DWP: State Pension Increases (3 to 6 months ago)
- DWP: Barriers to Work Removed for Disabled Benefit Claimants (3 to 6 months ago)
- DWP: Changes to Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity (LCRWA) (3 to 6 months ago)
- DWP: Expanded Support for Young People (3 to 6 months ago)
- CLOSED FOR BOOKINGS - Third Sector Employability Conversation (3 to 6 months ago)
- Department for Work and Pensions: Virtual Disability Employment Information Session for Fife Workplaces (more than 6 months ago)
- From Opportunity to Employment: Designing Volunteering That Makes a Difference (more than 6 months ago)
- Integrated Regional Employability and Skills (IRES) Programme 2027 Update (more than 6 months ago)
- Department for Work and Pensions: Workers Get New Access to Sick Pay and Parental Leave (more than 6 months ago)
- 2026 - 2027 Scottish Government Allocations for No One Left Behind by Local Authority (more than 6 months ago)
- Flexibility Works - Flexible Workplace Accreditation Scheme (more than 6 months ago)
- Scottish Children’s Lottery Trust (more than 6 months ago)
- Link Academy: Step On Personal Development Programme for 16-19 Year Olds (more than 6 months ago)
- HMRC: Introducing Tax Confident (more than 6 months ago)
- Closure of Income Support and Jobseeker's Allowance (more than 6 months ago)
- Do You Know Your State Pension Age? (more than 6 months ago)
- Boost for Young People with 80 New Youth Hubs (more than 6 months ago)
- Department for Work and Pensions: Keep Britain Working Review Update (more than 6 months ago)
- Pathways to Productivity to Strengthen Construction Workforce Pathways (more than 6 months ago)
- UK Government: New Youth Jobs Grant included in major youth employment drive (more than 6 months ago)
- Third Sector Employability Conversation (more than 6 months ago)
- Laughology: The Happiness Fund (more than 6 months ago)
- Quilter Foundation: Financial Futures Fund (more than 6 months ago)
- Social Security Scotland: Partner Feedback Survey (more than 6 months ago)
- Fife Sports and Leisure Trust: Lifeguard Training (more than 6 months ago)
- University of Edinburgh: Community Plan 2020-25 Progress Report (more than 6 months ago)
- Fife Green Futures Employability Showcase (more than 6 months ago)
- Greener Kirkcaldy: Introduction to Climate Literacy in the Workplace Bespoke Training (more than 6 months ago)
- Working in Solar: Careers, Skills and Opportunities (more than 6 months ago)
- Department for Work and Pensions Recruitment Event (more than 6 months ago)
- Fife Young Carers: Career Event (more than 6 months ago)
- Fair Work Festival 2026 (more than 6 months ago)
- No One Left Behind: Good Practice Guidance for Commissioning (more than 6 months ago)
- Green Skills Academy Launches at River Park in Levenmouth (more than 6 months ago)
- Here to Help - Parental Employability and Financial Support Campaign Launch (more than 6 months ago)
- KFC Youth Foundation: Community Grants Programme (more than 6 months ago)
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation: UK Poverty Report 2026 (more than 6 months ago)
- Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2026 (more than 6 months ago)
- Employability in Scotland First Bulletin of 2026 (more than 6 months ago)
- No One Left Behind Report 2025: Employability in Scotland Today (more than 6 months ago)
- The Local Employability Partnership (LEP) Framework (more than 6 months ago)
- Safe Jobseeking: Avoid Recruitment Scams (more than 6 months ago)
- Fife Health Promotion Service Workplace Team: Suicide and the Workplace (more than 6 months ago)
- CLD Standards Council for Scotland: National Workforce Survey 2026 (more than 6 months ago)
- Integrated Regional Employability and Skills (IRES) Regional Survey (more than 6 months ago)
- Fife Care Academy Recruitment Event (more than 6 months ago)
- The River Park: Heritage and Archaeology Employability Project (more than 6 months ago)
- Close the Gap: Disabled Women Earn Less But Work Harder (more than 6 months ago)
- Public Health Scotland: Child Poverty Dashboard (more than 6 months ago)
- Fife Employability Community of Practice (more than 6 months ago)
- Fife Employability Community of Practice (more than 6 months ago)
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