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Skills and employability

Our Skills and Employability Coordinator offers free one-to-one advice and support to help you access training, work, work experience or volunteering. Please email us at skillsemployment@placesforpeople.co.uk for more information. We’ve also put together links to websites below that can point you in the right direction. 

Finding a job (England)

https://www.gov.uk/browse/working/finding-job

Finding a job (Scotland and overseas)

https://www.mygov.scot/finding-a-job

Training (England)

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/free-courses-for-jobs

Training (Scotland)

https://freecoursesinscotland.co.uk/

Employability (Scotland)

https://edinburgh.smartworks.org.uk/ or https://grassrootsclothingedinburgh.co.uk