ABZ WORKS
Your route to skills, training and work.
An ambition to become a self-employed businesswoman has been realised by Aberdeen woman Andrea Stokoe, after securing funding for green skills training from ABZWorks. Andrea came to ABZWorks last year, after signing up for our Enterprising Creatives project delivered by Aberdeen City Council’s Creative Learning team. She then secured work in the creative sector, but …
ELEVEN community organisations have secured funding via the ABZWorks Development Grants Fund. The Fund focused on community-based, early-engagement employability activity to help Aberdeen residents overcome barriers to employment and move towards training, volunteering, education, self-employment or work. A broad range of support has been made available to city residents via the Fund, including confidence building, practical …
“Facing redundancy can be one of the most stressful experiences in anyone’s career,” says Grampian PACE co-chair Jane Gibson. “It’s natural to feel uncertain, anxious, or even overwhelmed. But you are not alone—and there is support available to help you move forward with confidence and hope.” What is PACE? Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE) …
ABZWorks is delighted to announce the launch of a new Green Skills Training Fund for Aberdeen residents! Created using money from the United Kingdom Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), ABZWorks’ Green Skills Training Fund is open Aberdeen residents. Under UKSPF rules, ABZWorks can support both employed individuals looking to upskill or re-skill and unemployed residents seeking …
Aberdeen City Council’s Employability and Skills service, ABZWorks, in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions, is inviting employers to a special session exploring the support available to help businesses recruit inclusively. Sections of our society, particularly disabled people and those with health conditions, remain under-represented in the workforce. It makes good business …
Over the coming weeks, Laura and Christine from the ABZWorks team will be out and about across Aberdeen, meeting parents to learn more about the challenges faced when moving into work, education, or training. We’re eager to discover how we can work together to support our communities. You will also have the chance to find …
As our children grow they increasingly need and want independence, including a growing sense of financial independence. That financial independence, and learning how to manage money comes through, amongst other things, training and employment, having their own bank account, and choosing how to spend their funds responsibly. 16-and-17-year-olds in Aberdeen who are not in education, …
When unemployed mum-of-three Angelika Pytlak saw an ABZWorks advertisement on an Aberdeen bus, she knew that the opportunity she had been searching for had arrived. ABZWorks keyworker Katie worked alongside Angelika to develop an action plan of activities to support her into work. First up was an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) course …
Our Grow, Save, Multiply project, co-designed with two groups of unemployed Aberdeen mums and designed to improve numeracy among parents and children, has resulted in some fantastic outcomes, with parents moving into work, education, and even planning to start their own business. An added and very tasty bonus was the production of a recipe book …
Omar started engaging with the ABZ Works employability programme in May 2024, just over 1 year ago. Omar was a refugee from Syria, who resettled in Aberdeen with his wife and four children, and is now a well integrated UK citizen. His main experience prior to arriving in the UK was as a teacher, at …
