Going into S5 or S6?

Set yourself up for a big future with a Foundation Apprenticeship

Foundation Apprenticeships give senior phase pupils an inside view of Scotland’s thriving industries.

Pupils can combine a recognised qualification with valuable experience in industries where there’s a rising demand for a skilled workforce.  

If you’re going into S5 or S6, you still have time to apply for a Foundation Apprenticeship to get work experience with some of Scotland’s top employers.

Visit apprenticeships.scot/foundation to find out what’s available in your school and apply online.

#NoWrongPath is back and the messaging of the campaign is more important than ever.

Not only should we provide inspiration and reassurance to young people receiving their results, it’s vital that Scotland’s young people are aware of the options that are available to them. Developing the Young Workforce is inviting businesses, organisations and professionals from all over Scotland to help share this message of reassurance, help educate young people about the options that are available to them and demonstrate that there is #NoWrongPath to success.

Make sure your industry is represented by getting involved on social media this Results Day (Tuesday 8th August 2023).

For information on how you can get involved, visit https://www.dyw.scot/nowrongpath or contact info@dywwest.co.uk

Williamwood High School held a one day event that allowed pupils to develop their skills for life, learning and work through experiences that are out with their normal curriculum.

Pupils took part in three sessions throughout the day with 23 options to choose from. These sessions were delivered by colleges, employer partnerships and staff who were sharing their expertise.

Sessions included an introduction to personal training, electrician and plumbing taster, t-shirt printing, courtroom experience, apprentice lab, build a fitbit, heartstart, crime squad and a marketing session.

Thank you to everyone who supported this brilliant event!

One of our Young Person's Guarantee employers, Top Scaffolding, demonstrated their commitment to local young people by holding a fully certified First Aid and DEFIB Training course with a group of young people from Mary Russell School in Paisley.
 
David, the Health and Safety trainer from Top Scaffolding attended Mary Russell and took a group of 10 young people through an engaging and interactive training course. The pupils were all keen to take part and all completed the course and received their certificates.

A big thank you to David and Top Scaffolding for holding this brilliant course.

In partnership with Howden, we hosted an event to inspire female pupils to consider a future career in engineering. Howden invited over 50 female pupils, from 11 schools from the WEST region to their Renfrew facility.

As part of the visit pupils were provided a tour of the facility and a first hand look at the processes and technology used at Howden. They heard from accomplished female engineers and manufacturing professionals who shared their personal journeys into their career.
The students also participated in hands on demonstrations, using a VR headset, and fun engaging STEM workshops.
 
A massive thank you to everyone at Howden for running this brilliant event and to the students who attended.

We were excited to be invited along to the official launch of the Manorview charity and rebrand!

The foundation will harness the company’s resources, skills, and connections to help improve the lives of people affected by poverty. It was great to discuss their future plans and see the new branding.

Join Get The Gen to learn more about the fundamental building blocks to unlock the potential of your youngest generation of colleagues!

Unlocking the full potential of your early years’ workers will be key to sustaining and growing talent within your organisation. This session will look at how we all support our newest colleagues to collectively achieve this!

 Thurs 8th June
 0930-1030

Register here  https://buff.ly/3BYvKxU

Congratulations to one of our Young Person's Guarantee employers RSPB Loch Lomond on winning the DYW award at #W4BA23 and well done to finalists Lomond Radio & Babcock Clyde, who are also YPG employers, all 3 do amazing work with young people in the West Dunbartonshire Council area

The Scottish Government, Public Health Scotland and See Me recently established the ‘Supporting Mentally Healthy Workplaces: National Learning Network for Employers’.

Employers of any size and across the whole of Scotland are invited to join for free.

The network complements the ‘Supporting mentally healthy workplaces’ employer platform, which signposts employers to a wide range of free mental health and wellbeing resources and information.

This webinar will focus on supporting men’s mental health in the workplace, will be held on 15th June 2023, 9.30-11.00 am on MS Teams.

Register here

We’re delighted to support #AFutureinFinance, Scottish Financial Enterprise new initiative to inspire, enable and break stereotypes about working in Scotland’s financial services industry.

Learn more about the campaign here