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Bridge 2 Business

Young Enterprise Scotland is delighted to have Bridge 2 Business as one of its key programmes. It is an interactive and engaging programme to inspire, connect and support college students into business. The Bridge ...

Highland Opportunity's Business Gateway Service

If you are thinking of starting your own business then Business Gateway will help you to grow and prosper. All of their services are free of charge and all are available throughout the Highlands and...

Youth Business Trust - Prince's Trust

Are you aged 13-30 and looking to make a change in your life? If you're unemployed or struggling at school, The Prince's Trust can help you in a number of ways, including free training courses...

Start Your Business - Prince's Trust

Take that idea you've been dreaming of and, with our Enterprise training, mentoring and funding, become your own boss. Prince's Trust have helped over 90,000 young people to start their own business – and you...

Young Enterprise Scotland (Highland & Moray Area) - Company Programme

Young Enterprise deliver and support the Student Company Programme - the ultimate enterprise experience wherein young people, aged 15-19, set up and run their own real company over the course of a year. Students in...

Young Enterprise Scotland (Highland & Moray Area) - Team Programme

Young Enterprise deliver and support the Student Team Programme which is a year-long enterprise journey for students over the age of 15 who have mild to moderate additional support needs. Designed to aid young people’s...

Social Enterprise Academy’s Schools Programme

Social enterprise is a dynamic business model, a business that reinvests its’ profits for community benefit. With over 5,600 social enterprises operating in Scotland today, it is our fastest growing sector. The Social Enterprise Academy’s...

CREATE - Inverness College UHI

CREATE is the Highland Centre for Enterprise and Innovation at Inverness College UHI. Its ambition is to inspire, encourage and support students, staff and the business community to develop the knowledge, skills and motivation they...

Founders4Schools

Founders4Schools improves the employment chances of students by connecting them to inspiring business volunteers in their communities and beyond. Our online platform connects educators with leaders of successful growing businesses in their community. These encounters...

Community Woodlands Association

Woodlands across Scotland provide many opportunities to participate in a range of activities including: treeplanting, walking, cycling, sculpture trails and organised training courses. The Community Woodlands Association support a variety of member groups across...

ScotGrad Summer Placement Programme

Looking for a full-time summer job relevant to your degree? Apply for our 8-12 week placements in the Highlands and Islands! You'll have the opportunity to use the skills you've learned at university, gain great...

Abriachan Forest Trust

Encouraging learning in the outdoors has been a passion from the very beginning of the community’s stewardship of the surrounding land. This was fired up in no small part by our first Patron Katharine Stewart...

Marketplace

Marketplace is an online tool connecting schools and colleges with business. Marketplace helps build young people’s job readiness and increases their career options. At the same time, employers can help shape young talent, address skills...

Young Enterprise Scotland

Young Enterprise Scotland offers a wide variety of enterprise & financial education programmes and development opportunities for young people of all ages across all of Scotland. Enterprise Education Programmes for Secondary Schools includes: The Company...

HISEZ Fusion

Highlands and Islands Social Enterprise Zone launched HISEZ Fusion at the end of January 2016 to support the networking and education of Entrepreneurs. Fusion was originally established in 2002 to support the development of entrepreneurship...

Albyn Housing Society Ltd Inverness

Albyn Housing Society Limited serves an ever-growing number of communities in the Highlands, providing good quality, affordable housing for thousands of people across the region. Through four decades the Society has listened and responded to...

Albyn Housing Society Ltd Invergordon

Albyn Housing Society Limited serves an ever-growing number of communities in the Highlands, providing good quality, affordable housing for thousands of people across the region. Through four decades the Society has listened and responded to...

Highland Blindcraft

Highland BlindCraft is a supported business which offers training and employment to people with a disability within their factory in Inverness. Through an ongoing programme of training and assessment we give all staff the opportunity...

Investors in Young People Accolade

Investors in Young People (IIYP) was borne out of a recommendation from the Commission for Developing Scotland’s Young Workforce (DYW). The Commission, chaired by Sir Ian Wood called for the creation of an ‘Invest in...

Money Advice

Money advice The Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB) provide advice on managing money. They can: Discuss what options are available to you Advise you how to deal with the companies/organisations that you owe money to Negotiate...

Calman Trust Ltd

At Calman, we provide a number of training opportunities in Inverness and Invergordon for young people aged 14 to 25. We have training centres where we run our life skills and employability programmes and you...

Countryside Learning Scotland

Improving the Lives of Scotland's Young People The key to reaching as many young people, schools, colleges and rural businesses is partnerships and working with others, who also passionately want to see the Scottish countryside...

HISEZ Fusion

Highlands and Islands Social Enterprise Zone launched HISEZ Fusion at the end of January 2016 to support the networking and education of Entrepreneurs. HISEZ provides support and advice to social enterprises. Fusion is a HISEZ...

Prince's Trust Development Awards

The aim of the Development Awards is to help remove barriers that young people are facing which may be stopping them from getting into a job, training or further education. We can cover the...

Developing the Young Workforce (DYW)

The Developing the Young Workforce - Scotland's Youth Employment Strategy was published on 15 December 2014: a link to the press release can be found here along with a link to the published document. The...

Addictions Counselling Inverness

Are you struggling with addiction? We provide specialist counselling for individuals and families impacted by addictive behaviours and dependencies. Addictions Counselling Inverness (ACI) is a Third Sector organisation and is funded by NHS Highland to...

Scholar

This is an online resource which has been produced in association with Heriot Watt University to support a large number of existing SQA qualifications from Higher through to Advanced Higher, with some available at...

Skills Development Scotland

Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is the national skills body supporting the people and businesses of Scotland. SDS can support you to plan your career ambitions in a number of ways. The web service www.myworldofwork.co.uk allows...

Privacy Notice - Work Experience

Privacy notice – Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) and work-related learning for school pupils Purpose To ensure that the workplace is a safe environment for school-aged young people to undertake appropriate work-related learning and workplace...

Modern Apprenticeships with The Highland Council

In 2017, Highland Council introduced the wider Modern Apprenticeship team. The initial target was to reach 150 apprenticeships across the services within 2 years. We achieved this and have continued to successfully grow the apprentice...

Fixers

‘Fixers’ are a youth charity working with young people aged 16-25. Fixers has been running since 2009 and covers the whole of the UK. We work with young people to find out what issues they...

Springpod

Springpod is a free careers platform used by over 320, 000 young people offering a whole host of exciting and impactful opportunities from virtual work experience to university experiences alongside useful advice and information related...

Music Plus +

Young people aged 14-19 will be offered the opportunity to take part in a range of music activities; from instrumental and technical tuition to song-writing, new technology, DJ and rapping skills, sound engineering and entrepreneurship...

The Highland Council - Paid Placements

The Highland Council and its public sector partners are hosting paid placement opportunities, providing valuable work experience opportunities to those living in the Highland region who are not in employment, education or training. Funded by...

AbilityNet

AbilityNet supports anyone living with any disability or impairment to use technology to achieve their goals at home, at work and in education. AbilityNet was created in 1998 by IBM and Microsoft to share tech...

Autism Rights Group Highland (ARGH)

ARGH is run by and for autistic adults living in the Highland region who are 18 years or over. ARGH is a fully independent self run and self funded organisation, the first of it’s...

Work Experience - Student Guidance

The Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) initiative gives work-related learning a high priority and looks to broaden your learning options. The Highland Council, Schools, Colleges and DYW Regional Groups are working in partnership to develop...

Work Experience for School Pupils

All work-related learning can provide you with skills and knowledge to help you consider your future career choices. Activities such as work placements, sector talks, mentoring, mock interviews, workplace visits, and enterprise activities at school...

Lochaber Hope - Maximising Potential Programme

Lochaber Hope offers Hope, we provide a service that supports Lochaber people to cope with a wide range of sensitive, personal and challenging issue, as well as gaining key skills to be able to move...

Work Experience - Employer Guidance

As part of the national Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) agenda, The Highland Council, Schools, Colleges and DYW Regional Groups are working in partnership to develop and increase work-related learning opportunities for young people through...

Modern Apprenticeships

Thousands of young Scots are choosing to get their careers up and running with a Modern Apprenticeship and there were over 1,000 new starts in the Highlands last year alone. They are a great way...

Work Experience - School and Young People Guidance

As part of the national Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) agenda, The Highland Council, Schools, Colleges and DYW Regional Groups are working in partnership to develop and increase work-related learning opportunities for young people through...

Change Mental Health

For 50 years, our mission has remained the same: to help and support people affected by mental illness. We are excited to continue that journey as Change Mental Health.At Change Mental Health, we place people...