Employability with Social Enterprises in Edinburgh

Be United 👩🏾‍🎤

• ⭐ 409 Creatives Employed
• ⭐ 27,273 Audiences Reached
• ⭐ £180,731 Income generated into Scotland Black communities

Be United stands as a beacon in the Scottish Arts sector. Advocating for diverse talent within the thriving performing arts, screen and events sector in Scotland. Holding events where they employ and highlight independent musicians, camera operators, event organisers and freelancers.

Offering placements for young people to gain experience in marketing, media, communication, community & industry engagement, events management and more. Find out more here.

Scran Academy 👩‍🍳

Scran Academy offers young people work experience opportunities. Working in their cafe’s, learning to cook and employability and leadership development.

Last year Scran Academy had 113 young people in their educational and volunteering programmes.

Running youth led cafe’s across the city, offering catering for outdoor events from the “Scran Van”, educational programmes for young people that face barriers to learning or aren’t flourishing in mainstream school and so much more.

Find out more about Scran Academy and they work they do by clicking here.

All Together Edinburgh

All Together Edinburgh is a unique organisation providing training opportunities for adults with learning disabilities.

Trainees have opportunities to gain confidence, work skills and a qualification in the All Together charity shop/training centre, Leith.

They identified a need for a practical training program preparing people with learning disabilities to work in the retail sector. A charity shop environment where people can learn the full spectrum of retail and work skills

Find out about All Together Edinburgh by clicking here & visit the shop at 87 Leith Walk, EH6 8LX

Abandoned Artists 👩‍🎨

A talent agency with a twist supporting displaced and refugee artists to rebuild their creative journeys in Scotland. Focusing on supporting creatives who have been affected by war, displacement, and humanitarian disasters.

Abandoned Artists unlock opportunities for displaced creatives despite the challenges they have faced. Not only showcasing their talents but providing them with the tools & opportunities to develop sustainable practice. Find out more here.

“Being part of Abandoned Artists has meant so much to me, both personally and creatively. As an Artist who had to relocate from Ukraine, I arrived in a new country full of uncertainty about my place and my work. Abandoned Artists gave me not only support but also a true sense of community, visibility and encouragement” – Natalia, Artist Member.

Into Work 🦽

Into Work help disabled and neurodivergent people and those with long-term health conditions find, build and maintain great jobs.

They help those that want to find a job, are struggling to keep their current job, want to progress, and much more 💼

They offer support for young disabled people who are thinking about their next steps and advise people about benefits and money to maximise their income whilst working, find out more.

Jobseeker Stories “Frances was offered a placement in a web and graphic design company. They were very open to making the adjustments she needed to perform at her best, for example, with flexible hours and regular breaks. Nothing ground-breaking but so effective.”

Change Please ☕

✔ 11,370 Hours of Living Wage Employment on the Retail Training Programme.

✔ 214 People trained through the Barista Training Programme.

Change Please is an award-winning social enterprise fighting homelessness through the power of social enterprise and great tasting coffee.

100% of their profits help people experiencing homelessness in the UK & Ireland.

Training people experiencing homelessness to become baristas and supporting them with everything they need to turn their lives around – a living wage job, accommodation advice, therapy, bank account & onward employment opportunities. Find out more here.