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Breaking Barriers set for best year ever in 2022
2022 is getting off to a flying start as our Breaking Barriers programme welcomes a further cohort of young, ambitious and talented students as they begin their university and work experience journey. Breaking Barriers is a ground-breaking partnership between ENABLE Scotland, the University of Strathclyde Business School, ScottishPower and STV. This innovative programme has been…
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Director of ENABLE Works Appointed to SCVO Board of Trustees
ENABLE Works Director Ashley Ryan has been appointed to the Board of The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO). SCVO is the national membership organisation for the voluntary sector with a mission to promote and develop a confident and sustainable voluntary sector in Scotland. Ashley Ryan was named a new…
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Robert steps up at Careers Week
Date: November 16, 2021- Category: Blog - ENABLE Works Case Studies - General News - ENABLE Works Press Release“If it wasn’t for the programme, I don’t think I would be in the job that I am in,” these were the words of former Stepping Up pupil, Robert, as part of a countrywide event during Careers Week. The former Stepping Up pupil spoke of the support he received during…
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ENABLE Scotland shortlisted for an Outstanding Leadership Award
Date: November 12, 2021- Category: Blog - CEO News - ENABLE Cares News - ENABLE Group News - ENABLE Scotland News - ENABLE Works Press ReleaseENABLE Scotland has been shortlisted for an Outstanding Leadership Award at the 2021 Living Wage Scotland Awards. The awards recognise organisations across the country who are at the forefront of driving a fairer economy as an accredited living wage employer. ENABLE Scotland is one of only three employers – and…
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ENABLE Works to support DYW Scotland’s Biggest Parent’s Evening 2021
Date: November 2, 2021- Category: Blog - ENABLE Works News - ENABLE Scotland News - ENABLE Works Press ReleaseA national campaign to help young people and their aspirations is being supported by ENABLE Works. Scotland’s Biggest Parents’ Event 2021 is run in partnership with Developing the Young Workforce (DYW), the Scottish Careers Service and Skills Development Scotland (SDS) to help prepare young people for the world of work. …
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New offer to support business to champion diversity
A new campaign launches today to support employers to increase diversity and inclusion within the workplace by offering opportunities to disabled people looking for work. ENABLE Works, the largest specialist provider of skills and employability services in Scotland, is forging the way for businesses to include everyone as part of…
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Stepping Up Live
Date: March 30, 2020- Category: News - ENABLE WorksAs we enter the end of the first week with schools across Scotland closed as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, I’m acutely aware that parents and young people will be concerned about what this means for the rest of their school year. We still don’t know whether schools will…
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Breaking the barriers to inclusion and equality
Date: February 9, 2018- Category: Campaigning News - ENABLE WorksToday is a significant day, as the Scottish Government consultation on ‘Excellence and Equality for all: Guidance on the Presumption to Mainstreaming’ closes. This guidance – called for by ENABLE Scotland – is a crucial next step on the journey to inclusion and we welcome its publication and intent. I…
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Strathclyde helps students who have learning disabilities to break barriers to Higher Education
Date: February 7, 2018- Category: Campaigning News - ENABLE WorksStudents who have a learning disability will have the opportunity to attend one of Scotland’s most prestigious universities following the launch of a new project by the University of Strathclyde, leading charity ENABLE Scotland and national employer ScottishPower. Eight learners aged 18-24 will have the opportunity to study for a…
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Stepping Up for the next generation
Date: January 24, 2018- Category: News - ENABLE WorksIn the spring of this year, the Scottish Government will set out a plan to ‘halve the disability gap’ in Scotland following on from the DWP’s ‘Improving Lives’ plan to do so in the rest of the United Kingdom. ‘Improving Lives’ is largely focussed on reform of health and welfare…
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