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Jennifer Emmanuel, a former St Machar Academy pupil, scooped the Foundation Apprentice of the Year prize at the Scottish Apprenticeship Awards, which were held at P&J Live on Friday 8 March – the first time the event has been held ‘live’ since the pandemic.

The awards, run by Skills…

‘Growing our workforce for our city’ will be the focus of a two-day employability conference hosted by Aberdeen City Council later this month.

ABZWorks, the council’s Employability Service, has organised the conference aimed at all employers and…

Members of the Fairer Aberdeen Board have visited charities over the past week which are tackling poverty and deprivation across the city.  

The Fairer Aberdeen Fund for 2023-24 was allocated £1.54m by Aberdeen City Council, which is dispersed by the Fairer Aberdeen Board.

A comprehensive study into the barriers faced by Aberdeen parents to employment, training, and job progression has been commissioned by ABZWorks.

Rocket Science will carry out the research at a city level, with a particular focus on parents of dependent children who face additional…

Parents and carers living in Aberdeen, who are unemployed or experiencing in-work poverty are being offered support to achieve their goal of getting a job, a better job, further education or training by ABZWorks, Aberdeen City Council’s Employability and Skills service.

Aberdeen City…

 Aberdeen City Council stands ready to provide support to any of the Aberdeenshire-based Stewart Milne Group’s employees resident in Aberdeen following the announcement that the business is being wound up. 

Grass-roots organisations in Aberdeen have until noon on Friday 05 January 2024 to apply for financial help to deliver employability projects in the city.

The ABZWorks Development Fund will support activities for residents who face barriers to employment, with…

Individuals in custody at His Majesty’s Prison Service & Young Offenders Institute Grampian have been given a life-changing offer of employment after graduating from Scotland’s first prison-based ‘Greene King Training Academy’.

Youth employment and the support available to businesses that employ young people will be the focus of a lunch-and-learn event open to Aberdeen employers later this month. 

The Employer Session will give employers an…

‘Family-friendly working’ policies and the support available to businesses employing parents will be the focus of a lunch-and-learn event open to Aberdeen employers next month. 

ABZWorks, Aberdeen City Council’s Employability and…

Hundreds of training places for people with barriers to employment have been created in Aberdeen in the latest stage of the ABZWorks employability activity.

Almost £500,000 worth of contracts have been let to public, private, and…

Efforts to support some of Aberdeen’s most vulnerable young people into education, training, and work have seen Aberdeen City Council’s ABZWorks employability service shortlisted for a national award.

Care experienced young people…