Free Courses in Scotland
Free Courses in Scotland offer free, nationally recognised qualifications in a wide range of subject areas. With support from a personal tutor, you will have the support needed to succeed. Register your interest online to begin learning at your own pace.
PlanIt Plus
Career planning starts as early as choosing your subjects at school and Planit has a number of interactive tools to help you with this. There is also a CareerMatch quiz that helps you to think about your interests and identifies relevant careers, which is ideal if you’re not sure what you want to do yet. […]
Scottish Youth Parliament
The Scottish Youth Parliament is a politically-independent organisation which aims to represent the young people of Scotland. The SYP is made up of around 166 democratically-elected young people aged from 14–25 across Scotland. Representatives are known as Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament.
Sibling Contact
If you are brought into care, social work must look after you. An important part of looking after you is making sure your rights are respected. Wherever possible, social work should try to keep you and your brothers and sisters together. If that’s not possible, they should arrange for you to spend time together, so […]
What is a Corporate Parent?
The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 defines corporate parenting as “the formal and local partnerships between all services responsible for working together to meet the needs of looked after children, young people and care leavers”. A good corporate parent will want the best outcomes for looked after young people, accept responsibility for them, […]
Saltire Awards & Volunteering
If you are looking to volunteer or are already volunteering the Saltire Awards is a great way to gain recognition for the hours that you give volunteering. This will look great on a personal statement or a job application. You can make an online account that will help you log your hours and you will […]
Work Experience
Work Experience is a way to build your skills and help you gain necessary experience in the area you would like to pursue as a career. Check out My World of Work’s page on Work Experience to find out where you could do a placement.
Individual Training Account (ITA)
Are you eligible? You could receive up to £200 towards a single course or training episode per year. ITA funding could be right for you if you’re: aged 16 or over not in education or involved in any other SDS funded programme unemployed and looking to get back into work employed, earning £22,000 or less […]
Prince’s Trust Development Award
The Prince’s Trust Development Award is funding available to young people to help support them into employment or education by taking away financial barriers. The award can be used for a variety of things like transport to a new job or tools and equipment. Check out this resource for more information about the Award and […]