ABZ WORKS
Your route to skills, training and work.
“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) …
We’re pleased to announce the launch of the ABZWorks Development Grants Fund, to boost skills and employability activity in Aberdeen communities. The fund, which is now in its fourth round, offers grants of up to £10,000 to community-based and grass roots organisations in the city to help build and enhance their employability capacity. ABZWorks Development Grants …
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 …
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 …
We’re Recruiting Employability Keyworkers Good employment is recognised as the most effective route out of poverty. The award-winning ABZWorks team is focused on helping Aberdeen residents into good, meaningful, and fair work. If you want to make a difference to the lives of city residents aged 16-and-up, this could be the job for you. Our …
We are seeking support from businesses to provide funded work experience placements. Using No One Left Behind monies from Scottish Government, and United Kingdom Shared Prosperity Funds from UK Government, we have created a funded package to enable city residents to enter the workforce through paid work experience placements. ABZWorks is looking for companies and …
A jobs fair for refugees, asylum seekers, and displaced people marked a Scottish first for Aberdeen. More than 220 New Scots attended the ABZWorks and Refugee Employment Network (REN) jobs fair, which was delivered in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and supported by EY and Skills Development Scotland. Although REN had …
Sandy came to ABZ Works after his time with Fair Start Scotland had come to an end. Sandy very clearly knew what he wanted to do which was to become a CCTV operator and had done a course in 2019 to gain competence in this area. After looking into CCTV jobs with security companies further, …
Serious health issues weren’t going to hold Faye Robertson back from achieving her dream job. Since leaving school Faye, aged 20, found that she was increasingly feeling unwell and tired. She’d started training, with the aim of becoming a painter and decorator. When doctors revealed she was suffering from kidney failure and would need a …
