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Bridges Project are a youth work charity based in Musselburgh. They help young people take their next steps in life, like getting back into school, finding a job or an apprenticeship, or getting the help they need.

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For the most part, referrals are requested to either come from family or from social work. Specific referral details can be found on each website. Although school may not be able to make the referral, we can support you with making one, or guide you through the process of making contact.

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There are a range of post-school destinations available to your young person.

For some of our school leavers, that is undertaking courses at Edinburgh College, embarking on an apprenticeship, or going straight into the world of work.

However this is not for everyone, and for many of our leavers, their path takes them to one of several providers of adult services and support.

On this page you will find advice, guidance and options for post school placements. This includes information on: colleges, community and adult learning opportunities, employability courses, and day service opportunities options.

Please scroll down this page to see all the relevant information.

You'll see there are also suggestions for other social opportunities and transition support suggestions towards the bottom of the page.

To apply for any of these opportunities, please discuss it with your school who can arrange for the best person to support you (e.g. through transition planning meetings).

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Post School Courses at Edinburgh College
As well as mainstream courses, Edinburgh College has supported courses available.

Please click the picture above to visit the website.

School and College Partnership courses at Edinburgh College
Edinburgh college also run special introduction courses to allow you/your young person to experience college life while still attending school. Please speak to your/your young person's transition coordinator at school to find out what courses are currently available and advice on how to apply.

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Funding and Fees

When you are considering starting college, one of the most important issues to consider is funding and how you intend to pay for some of the costs that come with being a student.

Funding and Fees

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Newbattle Abbey College in Dalkeith is one of Scotland’s smallest colleges, and is situated among 125 acres of beautiful parkland and woods. Completing a course here can make a big positive impact. Whether the aim is academic progression, personal achievement, or to develop practical skills, a dynamic range of courses is available.

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Newbattle Abbey College - Late but in earnest

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Newbattle Abbey College Organsiational Structure

The purpose of this policy is to ensure the proper use of the Newbattle Abbey College email system and make users aware of what Newbattle Abbey College deems as an acceptable and unacceptable use of its email system. The College reserves the right to amend this policy at its discretion. In case of amendments, users will be informed appropriately.
Legal Risks
Email is a business communication tool and users are obliged to use this tool in a responsible, effective and lawful manner. Although by its nature email seems to be less formal than other written communication, the same laws apply. Therefore, it is important that users are aware of the legal risks of email: namely Data Protection, FO1, Copyright etc.

* If you send emails with any defamatory, offensive, racist or obscene remarks, you and the College can be held liable.

* If you forward emails with any defamatory, offensive, racist or obscene remarks, you and the College can be held liable.

* If you unlawfully forward confidential information, you and the College can be held liable.

* If you unlawfully forward or copy messages without permission, you and the College can be held liable for copyright infringement.

* If you send an attachment that contains a virus, you and the College can be held liable.

By following the guidelines in this policy, the email user can minimise the legal risks involved in the use of email. If any user disregards the rules set out in this Email Policy, the user will be fully liable and Newbattle Abbey College will disassociate itself from the user as far as legally possible.
Legal Requirements
The following rules are required by law and are to be strictly adhered to:

* It is strictly prohibited to send or forward emails containing libellous, defamatory, offensive, racist or obscene remarks. If you receive an email of this nature, you must promptly notify your Guidance Tutor if a student or your Line Manager if a member of staff.

* Do not forward a message without acquiring permission from the sender first

* Do not forge or attempt to forge email messages.

* Do not send email messages using another person's email account without permission from the account holder.

* Do not copy a message or attachment belonging to another user without permission of the originator.

* Do not disguise or attempt to disguise your identity when sending mail.

Personal Use
Although the College's email system is meant for College use, the College allows the reasonable use of email for personal use if certain guidelines are adhered to:

* Personal use of email should not interfere with your studies or your work.

* Personal emails must also adhere to the guidelines in this policy.

* Personal emails should be kept in a separate folder, named 'Private'. The emails in this folder should be deleted weekly so as not to clog up the system.

* The forwarding of chain letters and junk mail is strictly forbidden.

* Employees/students should only use email for personal use in their own time.

* Employees/students should not waste college resources by contacting large numbers of people either simultaneously, by entering a large number of addresses on a single email or by sending a large number of emails for non college purposes.

* All messages distributed via the College's email system, even personal emails, are subject to this policy.

System Monitoring
You must have no expectation of privacy in anything you create, store, send or receive on the College's computer system. Your emails can be monitored without prior notification if the College deems this necessary. If there is evidence that you are not adhering to the guidelines set out in this policy, the College reserves the right to take disciplinary action, including termination of your email account and/or legal action.
Retention and Disposal
The College's Retention and Disposal procedures which dictate the length of time records should be held and then destroyed should also be used to determine an e-mails record life cycle.

Staff and students are responsible for managing e-mail records in a manner that ensures their integrity and guards against inappropriate loss or destruction.
Email Accounts
All email accounts maintained on our email system are the property of the College. Passwords should not be given to other people.
Review of Policy
This policy will be reviewed every 3 years or whenever changes affect it.

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Before using computers, equipment or services of Newbattle Abbey College (hereinafter called the "Service") you must first agree to abide by its rules and regulations. The rules below are in force to ensure that the Service is being used for College supported activities only, in accordance with the purchase agreements for our hardware and software, and with the Copyright (Computer Software) Amendment Act 1985.

The Data Protection Act 1984 requires that personal data may only be held in accordance with the registration of such data and that any person or body who holds un-registered data is liable to severe penalties by law. The data collected in this form will only be used for the purpose of account administration within the College, and will not be disclosed to any external sources.

You should be aware that e-mail messages remain the property of Newbattle Abbey College and that it may be necessary to intercept traffic for security purposes. You should also be aware that as part of our security procedures and of our security auditing, ICT staff will be able to monitor where you have been on the internet, what pages you have opened, what pictures you have looked at and/or downloaded. This activity is monitored to maintain the integrity of the system and ensure that the Colleges' legal obligations and requirements are being met.

Any person or persons using the facilities of the Service shall be deemed to have read these rules and agreed to be bound by them.

*

No persons or persons shall use the facilities of Newbattle Abbey College without due authorisation.

*

Every allocation of computing resources shall be made on the understanding that such allocation is to be used only for the purpose for which it was requested and may only be used by the person on whose behalf the request was made. Use shall not be made of computing resources allocated to another person unless such use has been specifically authorised in writing by Newbattle Abbey College.

*

No person or persons shall by any wilful or deliberate act jeopardize the integrity of the computing equipment, its system, its programmes, or other stores of information.

*

Food and drink are not allowed in any areas that are set aside for computer use, if users are found with food and/or drink in these areas their account may be suspended.

*

No person or persons using the facilities of the Service shall by any wilful or deliberate act copy, modify, disseminate, destroy or use any information or part of any information in which another person or body has a rightful interest without first obtaining written permission from that person or body.

*

Users are not permitted to exploit commercially, programmes, results, or other material developed using the Service.

*

College computing resources are provided to facilitate a person's work as an employee or student of the College, specifically for educational, training, administrative or research purposes.

*

Use for other purposes, such as personal electronic mail or recreational use of the World Wide Web, is a withdrawable privilege, not a right. Any such use or any other form of personal use must not interfere with the user's duties or studies or any other person's use of computer systems and must not, in any way, bring the College into disrepute.

*

Commercial work for outside bodies, using centrally managed services is not permitted.

*

The College accepts no liability for the correctness of any results produced using the service, nor of any failure of the equipment to produce results, nor for any consequential loss or damage.

*

Your Password should only remain known to yourself and should not be given to anyone else. No staff member of the college should ever ask you for your password and you should not leave your password where others may have access to it. A good password should contain 8 characters or more, with at least three, preferably all, of the following: Uppercase letters, lowercase letters and numbers. Do not use names, numbers or initials which relate to you or your family.

*

When you have finished your session on the computer ensure that you log off the computer, otherwise another person could send e-mails and conduct other activities that would appear to come from you. If a computer is found to be logged on in a public area with nobody at it, this may result in disciplinary action.

*

No liability will be accepted for injuries neither resulting from the incorrect use of equipment nor using equipment in a way that it was not designed for. If in doubt, ask the ICT Support Co-ordinator for assistance by emailing IT Support.

*

Staff data files on centralised server based storage will be backed up by the IT service. However, if files are copied to mobile storage devices such as laptops, memory sticks etc. for update purposes, it is the responsibility of staff to ensure that updated versions of the data files are subsequently uploaded back to centralised server based storage as soon as possible after update to ensure that data integrity is maintained.

*

It is the responsibility of staff to ensure that copies of files maintained on laptops, memory sticks, mobile devices and any other portable media are, wherever possible, in encrypted form and in all cases are transported and secured in a responsible manner. Staff must be aware of their responsibilities in the terms of current Data Protection legislation when in possession of potentially sensitive data.

*

Users must not attempt to load any unauthorised software on to any College system. All software must be installed by a member of ICT staff.

*

The user undertakes to comply with the provisions of the following Acts of parliament (or any re-enactment thereof): as well as all other relevant legislation and legal precedent (this list is not exhaustive):

*

The Copyright Design and Patents Act (1988)

*

Computer Misuse Act (1990)

*

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

*

Data Protection Act (1998)

*

Defamation Act 1996

*

Equality Act 2010

*

JANET Acceptable Use Policy

*

Obscene Publications Act 1959

For special cases where the rigid application of these rules would adversely affect a particular College supported activity, then Newbattle Abbey College must be consulted beforehand and any dispensation agreed in writing.

Any deliberate transgression of these rules and regulations may result in disciplinary action against the user and a claim for payment of any penalty imposed upon the College as a consequence of the transgression.

The use of the computer facilities at Newbattle Abbey College is seen as a necessity. Failure to abide by these rules and regulations could result in the withdrawal of computer services from yourself and your user account being closed. Where your actions are of a serious nature and/or contravene the aforementioned legislation and policies, and/or bring the College into disrepute, you may be suspended from the College pending a full investigation.

If you have a technical problem with the ICT equipment you should email the fault to IT Support.

The route for complaints or comments about the Service or appeals against withdrawal of Service should be in the first instance to the Administration Manager. You may appeal against this decision to the Depute Principal and if you are still dissatisfied the final level of appeal is with the Principal whose decision is final.

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Enjoy a high quality learning experience within an historic heritage site. View our prospectus to see if Newbattle will be the next chapter in your life.

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When you are thinking about going to college, one of the most important things to consider is funding and how you intend to pay for some of the costs that might come with being a student.

You will need to consider two things: How you will pay for any tuition fees (course costs) and how you will pay for your other living costs including travel, food, and accommodation (if this applied to you).

Some general funding information:
- If your course is below a certain academic level (below HNC level) and you are a UK resident there is usually no cost to you and no application for course fees is needed.

Edinburgh College have this handy Funding Tool so you can check what you'll need to do/what you'll be expected to pay: Funding Tool | Edinburgh College

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A Further Education bursary is available for eligible full-time students aged 18 and over on some courses

An Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) is available for eligible students. The EMA programme aims to provide financial support to 16- to 19-year-olds who are attending non-advanced learning in college, or are on an Activity Agreement.

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Newbattle Abbey College - Late but in earnest

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Newbattle Abbey College Organsiational Structure

The purpose of this policy is to ensure the proper use of the Newbattle Abbey College email system and make users aware of what Newbattle Abbey College deems as an acceptable and unacceptable use of its email system. The College reserves the right to amend this policy at its discretion. In case of amendments, users will be informed appropriately.
Legal Risks
Email is a business communication tool and users are obliged to use this tool in a responsible, effective and lawful manner. Although by its nature email seems to be less formal than other written communication, the same laws apply. Therefore, it is important that users are aware of the legal risks of email: namely Data Protection, FO1, Copyright etc.

* If you send emails with any defamatory, offensive, racist or obscene remarks, you and the College can be held liable.

* If you forward emails with any defamatory, offensive, racist or obscene remarks, you and the College can be held liable.

* If you unlawfully forward confidential information, you and the College can be held liable.

* If you unlawfully forward or copy messages without permission, you and the College can be held liable for copyright infringement.

* If you send an attachment that contains a virus, you and the College can be held liable.

By following the guidelines in this policy, the email user can minimise the legal risks involved in the use of email. If any user disregards the rules set out in this Email Policy, the user will be fully liable and Newbattle Abbey College will disassociate itself from the user as far as legally possible.
Legal Requirements
The following rules are required by law and are to be strictly adhered to:

* It is strictly prohibited to send or forward emails containing libellous, defamatory, offensive, racist or obscene remarks. If you receive an email of this nature, you must promptly notify your Guidance Tutor if a student or your Line Manager if a member of staff.

* Do not forward a message without acquiring permission from the sender first

* Do not forge or attempt to forge email messages.

* Do not send email messages using another person's email account without permission from the account holder.

* Do not copy a message or attachment belonging to another user without permission of the originator.

* Do not disguise or attempt to disguise your identity when sending mail.

Personal Use
Although the College's email system is meant for College use, the College allows the reasonable use of email for personal use if certain guidelines are adhered to:

* Personal use of email should not interfere with your studies or your work.

* Personal emails must also adhere to the guidelines in this policy.

* Personal emails should be kept in a separate folder, named 'Private'. The emails in this folder should be deleted weekly so as not to clog up the system.

* The forwarding of chain letters and junk mail is strictly forbidden.

* Employees/students should only use email for personal use in their own time.

* Employees/students should not waste college resources by contacting large numbers of people either simultaneously, by entering a large number of addresses on a single email or by sending a large number of emails for non college purposes.

* All messages distributed via the College's email system, even personal emails, are subject to this policy.

System Monitoring
You must have no expectation of privacy in anything you create, store, send or receive on the College's computer system. Your emails can be monitored without prior notification if the College deems this necessary. If there is evidence that you are not adhering to the guidelines set out in this policy, the College reserves the right to take disciplinary action, including termination of your email account and/or legal action.
Retention and Disposal
The College's Retention and Disposal procedures which dictate the length of time records should be held and then destroyed should also be used to determine an e-mails record life cycle.

Staff and students are responsible for managing e-mail records in a manner that ensures their integrity and guards against inappropriate loss or destruction.
Email Accounts
All email accounts maintained on our email system are the property of the College. Passwords should not be given to other people.
Review of Policy
This policy will be reviewed every 3 years or whenever changes affect it.

×

Before using computers, equipment or services of Newbattle Abbey College (hereinafter called the "Service") you must first agree to abide by its rules and regulations. The rules below are in force to ensure that the Service is being used for College supported activities only, in accordance with the purchase agreements for our hardware and software, and with the Copyright (Computer Software) Amendment Act 1985.

The Data Protection Act 1984 requires that personal data may only be held in accordance with the registration of such data and that any person or body who holds un-registered data is liable to severe penalties by law. The data collected in this form will only be used for the purpose of account administration within the College, and will not be disclosed to any external sources.

You should be aware that e-mail messages remain the property of Newbattle Abbey College and that it may be necessary to intercept traffic for security purposes. You should also be aware that as part of our security procedures and of our security auditing, ICT staff will be able to monitor where you have been on the internet, what pages you have opened, what pictures you have looked at and/or downloaded. This activity is monitored to maintain the integrity of the system and ensure that the Colleges' legal obligations and requirements are being met.

Any person or persons using the facilities of the Service shall be deemed to have read these rules and agreed to be bound by them.

*

No persons or persons shall use the facilities of Newbattle Abbey College without due authorisation.

*

Every allocation of computing resources shall be made on the understanding that such allocation is to be used only for the purpose for which it was requested and may only be used by the person on whose behalf the request was made. Use shall not be made of computing resources allocated to another person unless such use has been specifically authorised in writing by Newbattle Abbey College.

*

No person or persons shall by any wilful or deliberate act jeopardize the integrity of the computing equipment, its system, its programmes, or other stores of information.

*

Food and drink are not allowed in any areas that are set aside for computer use, if users are found with food and/or drink in these areas their account may be suspended.

*

No person or persons using the facilities of the Service shall by any wilful or deliberate act copy, modify, disseminate, destroy or use any information or part of any information in which another person or body has a rightful interest without first obtaining written permission from that person or body.

*

Users are not permitted to exploit commercially, programmes, results, or other material developed using the Service.

*

College computing resources are provided to facilitate a person's work as an employee or student of the College, specifically for educational, training, administrative or research purposes.

*

Use for other purposes, such as personal electronic mail or recreational use of the World Wide Web, is a withdrawable privilege, not a right. Any such use or any other form of personal use must not interfere with the user's duties or studies or any other person's use of computer systems and must not, in any way, bring the College into disrepute.

*

Commercial work for outside bodies, using centrally managed services is not permitted.

*

The College accepts no liability for the correctness of any results produced using the service, nor of any failure of the equipment to produce results, nor for any consequential loss or damage.

*

Your Password should only remain known to yourself and should not be given to anyone else. No staff member of the college should ever ask you for your password and you should not leave your password where others may have access to it. A good password should contain 8 characters or more, with at least three, preferably all, of the following: Uppercase letters, lowercase letters and numbers. Do not use names, numbers or initials which relate to you or your family.

*

When you have finished your session on the computer ensure that you log off the computer, otherwise another person could send e-mails and conduct other activities that would appear to come from you. If a computer is found to be logged on in a public area with nobody at it, this may result in disciplinary action.

*

No liability will be accepted for injuries neither resulting from the incorrect use of equipment nor using equipment in a way that it was not designed for. If in doubt, ask the ICT Support Co-ordinator for assistance by emailing IT Support.

*

Staff data files on centralised server based storage will be backed up by the IT service. However, if files are copied to mobile storage devices such as laptops, memory sticks etc. for update purposes, it is the responsibility of staff to ensure that updated versions of the data files are subsequently uploaded back to centralised server based storage as soon as possible after update to ensure that data integrity is maintained.

*

It is the responsibility of staff to ensure that copies of files maintained on laptops, memory sticks, mobile devices and any other portable media are, wherever possible, in encrypted form and in all cases are transported and secured in a responsible manner. Staff must be aware of their responsibilities in the terms of current Data Protection legislation when in possession of potentially sensitive data.

*

Users must not attempt to load any unauthorised software on to any College system. All software must be installed by a member of ICT staff.

*

The user undertakes to comply with the provisions of the following Acts of parliament (or any re-enactment thereof): as well as all other relevant legislation and legal precedent (this list is not exhaustive):

*

The Copyright Design and Patents Act (1988)

*

Computer Misuse Act (1990)

*

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

*

Data Protection Act (1998)

*

Defamation Act 1996

*

Equality Act 2010

*

JANET Acceptable Use Policy

*

Obscene Publications Act 1959

For special cases where the rigid application of these rules would adversely affect a particular College supported activity, then Newbattle Abbey College must be consulted beforehand and any dispensation agreed in writing.

Any deliberate transgression of these rules and regulations may result in disciplinary action against the user and a claim for payment of any penalty imposed upon the College as a consequence of the transgression.

The use of the computer facilities at Newbattle Abbey College is seen as a necessity. Failure to abide by these rules and regulations could result in the withdrawal of computer services from yourself and your user account being closed. Where your actions are of a serious nature and/or contravene the aforementioned legislation and policies, and/or bring the College into disrepute, you may be suspended from the College pending a full investigation.

If you have a technical problem with the ICT equipment you should email the fault to IT Support.

The route for complaints or comments about the Service or appeals against withdrawal of Service should be in the first instance to the Administration Manager. You may appeal against this decision to the Depute Principal and if you are still dissatisfied the final level of appeal is with the Principal whose decision is final.

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Student Funding - Newbattle Abbey College

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STUDENT FUNDING At Newbattle Abbey College, we are committed to supporting our students in accessing the financial aid they need to succeed in their studies.

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Edinburgh college has a learning support department who offer a voluntary and confidential service to help students who tell us about a disability or additional support need. They can help plan for you/your young person's learning needs while they attend college. Please click the picture above for more details.

For some young people with certain specific needs or disabilities (e.g. significant physical needs) there may need to be additional consideration and planning made for how they can access their course. Edinburgh college have learning support staff that will be able to plan for their learning needs, but if there are any social care needs (e.g. personal care needs) this should be discussed and planned for well in advance as the college will likely not be able to provide this themselves - rather it will need consideration and assessments thorough social care teams. For further information, please discuss with your social worker.

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Additional needs

Our Learning Support team offers a voluntary and confidential service to help students who tell us about a disability or additional support need. We help students who disclose:

A specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, ADHD or ADD.

A visual or hearing impairment.

An autistic spectrum condition.

Mental ill-health.

A physical impairment.

Long-term illness.

The Learning Support team can help with applications for the Disabled Students Allowance for those who are coming onto a HNC or HND course.

Learning Support process

1. When you apply, include your disability or additional support need in your application.

2. When you accept an offer of a place on your course (conditional or unconditional), the Learning Support team will make contact with you to discuss your needs.

3. They will ask you to share any records you have of your additional support need and/or disability; a member of the team can support you with this. It could be medical records, letters, certificates, a dyslexia screening report or an SpLD diagnostic report. If you are unsure or don't think you have this kind of information, a member of the team will advise on next steps.

4. Your Learning Support Advisor (Further Education Students) or Needs Assessor (Higher Education students) will arrange an appointment (face to face or online) with you to discuss how you feel your additional support need and/or disability will impact on your teaching, learning and assessment experience, agreeing reasonable adjustments with you and your teaching team as appropriate to ensure you have the support you need.

For more information about the process watch the video below.

If you have a disability or additional support need, please contact us by emailing learning.support@edinburghcollege.ac.uk so we can arrange to meet with you before you start your course.

If you are applying for one of our Access to Continuing education (ACE) programmes, referrals to Learning Support are made via the ACE team as required. Any questions about support for learning should be discussed with the ACE team in the first instance.

For Schools College Partnership pupils, the Learning Support team liaise directly with schools to gather and share additional support needs information with teaching teams.

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We welcome students of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. Our Learning Support team are here to help you get the best out of your time at college.

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Please click the picture above to see the current supported post school courses at Edinburgh College. These courses known as the 'Routes into Education and Employment' options (previously known as Accessing Continuing Education or ACE courses).

Adjustments to these classes may include such things as: smaller class sizes, higher staff ratios, adapted courses etc. Support during break times and issues with navigation around campus can be planned for if needed with guidance from the college.

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Routes into Education or Employment | Edinburgh College

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Newbattle Abbey college learning support department provide confidential support to create a personal learning plan, offering targeted support to people who have a range of support for learning requirements.

The college also has a care experienced forum, who consult with their care-experienced students on developments that can enhance the support already available.

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Support for Learning - Newbattle Abbey College

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Support for Learning AccessAble For a complete campus access guide, visit AccessAble. This website provides a guide to college facilities, car parking and building access. Featured access guides include: getting to Newbattle the Italian Garden the Lord Ancram Building the Main Building Peter Wright Hut the Residency Building Need to know more? Contact Us The

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Please click the picture above to access their website.

Edinburgh Project SEARCH (EPS) provides employment and learning opportunities for young people with a disability who live within Edinburgh and the Lothians. A full time course for 1 year for those who are looking for full time work.

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Edinburgh Project SEARCH (EPS) provides employment and learning opportunities for young people with a disability.

It is a partnership between

The City of Edinburgh Council

Edinburgh College

NHS Lothian

Virgin Hotels

What you will do

Starting in August and lasting one college year, you will:

attend every Monday to Friday from 9am to 4pm

complete three different internships

complete over 600 hours of work experience and gain a college qualification

learn from the tailored Project SEARCH curriculum

gain skills needed for work

Our tutors and job coaches provide internship training room learning support. Outcome results are very high with 60 to 100% moving into paid jobs.

Requirements

You must

be between 16 and 29 years old

want to secure a full time job (16+ hours)

live within Edinburgh and the Lothians

have a recognised disability

be able to commit full time for one year

be able to travel alone or learn how to do this by the start of the programme.

Information events

We are holding information sessions for our next cohort of interns, who will begin the programme in August 2024. These sessions are for interested young people, parents/carers, support staff and employability providers and will be held at Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh, EH8 8BG. Come along join us and find out more about the programme and advice on how to apply. You can book a place here - Edinburgh Project SEARCH 2024/25 Information Sessions (office.com)

Monday 19 February 2024, 6-7pm

Wednesday 21 Februrary 2024, 6-7pm

Monday 26 February 2024, 6-7pm

Wednesday 28 Februrary 2024, 6-7pm

Tuesday 5 March 2024, 6-7pm

We will also be holding an online session on Microsoft Teams on Thursday 7 March, 2-3pm.

If you have any accessability requirements please contact us to discuss.

Apply now

We are now accepting applications for our 2024/25 programme. Please complete the application form and return it to project.search@edinburgh.gov.uk by 12pm on Monday 22 April 2024.
Visit the Edinburgh Project Search Facebook page

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Project SEARCH provides employment and learning opportunities for young people with learning disabilities.

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Number 6 provides free social opportunities and 1-1 advice and support on a range of issues. It's based in Edinburgh and is for those over 16 yrs, who have autism but no additional learning disability.

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Number 6 One stop shop for adults with high-functioning autism

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Supporting young people and their families who might normally face barriers, to secure independent and sustainable employment, study or further training.

Offering support services throughout East Lothian to those applying for college, looking for a job or apprenticeship.

Individual programmes to help young people aged 15-29 years to gain valuable life and work skills, qualifications and practical work experience.

Support extends to parents/carers to provide a more extensive family package.

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Our current programmes are outlined below. For more details on each one, please click on the document box at the bottom of this page;

Explore -

Explore is available at our Edinburgh centre and is aimed at young people aged 15-18 who are struggling to engage with school and are soon due to leave.

Barnardo's Best -

Barnardo's Best is available at our Edinburgh and Midlothian centres and offers flexible appointments for young people to work on a variety of factors that could be impacting their next steps to education and employment.

NOLB Moving Forward - (stage 1 of the employability pipeline)-

Moving Forward is available at our Edinburgh centre and supports young people who are aged 15.5 - 19 (or up to age 26 for those who have multiple barriers) but not in education, employment or training.
NOLB Family Support -
Barnardo's works with parents of the young people who are engaging with our service who are themselves in need of support in different areas including help to apply for benefits, employment and training, amongst others.

Head2Work -

Head2Work is available at our Edinburgh centre and is an 8-week group course that runs 2 days per week. It is about learning and gaining skills whilst having fun and making friends.

Step2Work - (stage 2 of the employability pipeline)

Step2Work is available at our Edinburgh and Midlothian centres and is a 13-week employability group programme designed to support individuals to explore different career options and gain a vocational qualification.
Bright Family Futures -
Bright Family Futures is available at our Edinburgh Centre and is a 12 -week programme aimed at supporting parents who are New Scots displaced from Ukraine to progress to, and advance in, employment and/or education.

Discovering Your Potential -

Discovering Your Potential is an extra support system offered to care experienced young people aged 16-29.

Amazon JOBS (Journey of Becoming Successful) -

This project between Barnardo's Works and Amazon is based at our Dunfermline centre. Those taking part will develop a range of valuable employability skills whilst also building their self-confidence.
The Sky Up Project-
This is a 15-week employability programme for young people aged between 18-29 who have experienced care at some point in their lives. The programme includes 3 weeks of work experience with Sky in Livingston. The programme will help young people develop employability skills such as: CV writing, interview skills and teamwork skills. It will also provide the opportunity for confidence building and enhancing life skills through a combination of one-to-one support and groupwork.
The JOBS Project Edinburgh -
This is a 10 week programme is based at our Edinburgh centre and provides employability support to young people between 16-29 at stage 3 of the employability pipeline. The programme consists of 1-2-1 support, group work and volunteering opportunities, focussing on confidence building, raising self-awareness and other employability development.

There will be opportunities to gain additional qualifications, attend employer talks and take part in activities from external organisations to support and develop the young people's wellbeing.

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Barnardo's Works East of Scotland - Barnardo's ETS

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Barnardo's Works East of Scotland is an innovative service supporting young people and their families, who might normally [...]

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There are over 20 colleges around Scotland.

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Highlands and Islands

UHI North, West, Hebrides
(Proposed Merger between UHI West Highland, UHI North Highland, UHI Outer Hebrides)
https://www.rural-islands-merger.uhi.ac.uk/
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Colleges Scotland is the collective voice of the college sector in Scotland; striving to create cohesive and sustainable partnerships, demonstrate positive impact, acting as representatives, and campaigning for the sector.

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The jump from school to the world of work and further education and training can seem daunting. East Lothian Works (ELW) will support you if you have already left school and need advice to help guide you through your next stage.

ELW currently support Meadowpark to offer a range of Pre-Vocational courses to our students, including foundation apprenticeships and school-college partnership courses.

They also offer a College Transition programme, and a Leavers programme.

Find out more about East Lothian Works by clicking on the picture above.

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The jump from school to the world of work and further education and training can seem daunting.

East Lothian Works will support you if you have left school and need advice to help guide you through your next stage.
Our team are fully equipped to support you whether you:

need help applying for jobs

want to stay in education and go on to college or university

want to secure an apprenticeship or volunteer

Still in school?

Your journey to work starts in school. We have a mentoring programme for young people in S2-S6 as well as have prevocational programmes for secondary school students to help you develop social and practical skills and prepare you for life beyond school. The programmes are designed to help you gain valuable life skills that will help towards employment or a place in college or university.

Support if you're still in school:

College transition support:

This is offered to young people before, during and after their transition from school to college. The support is tailored to suit each individual and is varied:

help with college applications

visits to college to ensure the pupils are confident with the transition

support with college interviews

ongoing support as required once you have started your college course

School College Partnership (SCP):

The School to College Partnership programme gives pupils the opportunity to participate in a wide range of exciting, college based, vocational courses during their Senior Phase (S4-S6).

Doing a college course while still at school provides you with additional skills and experiences that can boost your employment prospects and enhance your CV for college/university/employment applications.

Some of the courses include work placements to complement your studies, offering more post-school choices, which can set you on a pathway to a rewarding career. Some courses will help you get fast track entry into the second year of university or college.

Pupils attend Edinburgh College's Milton Road or Midlothian campus and transport is provided for the courses co-ordinated by East Lothian Works. Open learning courses will be available to complete in your own time via online learning.

Applications for SCP courses open at the same time as course choosing each year and you should discuss your choice with your guidance teacher before applying.

Case studies
Read about some young people we have supported

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Inclusion Works! programme to support young disabled people, aged 16 – 24, to increase their confidence, develop key transferable skills, and improve their health and wellbeing. Their focus is helping disabled and neurodivergent people and those with long-term health conditions achieve their goals of finding and keeping a paid job.

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Inclusion Works! East Lothian - Into Work

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We are expanding our Inclusion Works! programme for young disabled people to support people in East Lothian.

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A range of programmes and activities to help those with additional support needs to access the facilities, sports and activities available with Edinburgh Leisure.

Also available is information about:

Carer Access Cards - designed to enable carers to support the individuals they are caring for when they visit Edinburgh Leisure facilities.

Disability concessionary rates are designed to provide support to enable people with disabilities or additional support needs to get active.

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Teens+ is a full time, transitional education project for young adults from age 17 onwards, with complex and severe communication needs, such as autism, who have left school and are entering adulthood. Teens+ support young people to achieve their goals and aspirations through an educational service tailored for the individual. They provide further education, life and social skills, offer work placement support, transition to ownership of tenancies and lifelong learning.

Teens + currently operate four sites, two in Edinburgh, and two in Musselburgh in East Lothian.

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TEENS+ is a unique service which provides further education, life and social skills, offers work placement support, transition to ownership of tenancies and lifelong learning, to young people who, due to their needs, would ordinarily be excluded from accessing any form of further education once they have left school.

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Upward Mobility provides tailored services either at home, or in the community, for adults with learning disabilities and autism, aged from 16 to 65. They offer a range of workshops, the offerings are mostly group ones, but occasionally 1:1 work can be accommodated.

Their East Lothian site is at Prestonpans Community Centre, however they also have several sites in Edinburgh such as at St Margaret's House, and in Leith. They provide educational support across a wide range of areas, including SQA courses.

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Upmo will be closed for our Festive Break from Friday 23 December at 5pm and will reopen on Wednesday 4 January. We look forward to welcoming students back then!

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Next Steps is a guided extension of Teens+ that enables young people with additional complex needs to develop skills & explore new experiences and discover what independence can look like for them.

They do this by creating opportunities for social inclusion and building a network to provide young people with access to new skills and training opportunities that align with their interests and goals in life.

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Whether it's getting a job, doing their own shopping, or learning new skills that enhance their everyday lives, the possibilities with Next Steps are endless.

We're creating opportunities for social inclusion and building a network to provide young people with access to new skills and training opportunities that align with their interests and goals in life.

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Edge offers full-time and part-time programmes and services for young adults, from age 16 onwards, who are autistic or have other additional support needs (ASN), who need a more holistic, vocational approach to support their transition to adulthood. Their programmes focus on sport, outdoor activities and learning, bespoke planning, cooking for independence, employability, volunteering and travel training.

They are based in Musselburgh and engage in activities across East Lothian.

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Welcome! We are a specialist transitions service for young autistic and ASN adults aged 18 to 35 in Musselburgh, Edinburgh and surrounding areas.

We are proud to be person-centred support specialists, evidence-based practitioners and mentors for all of our young people.

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Edge Group Scotland | Believe. Transform. Achieve.

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Specialist holistic 1:1 person-centred support, supported day services and outdoor adventures for autistic & ASN young adults 18-35 in Edinburgh, East Lothian and beyond. Find out more.

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Fairhill Rise offer a work and living skills development programme as part of an adult social care offer for individuals over the age of 16 who have left school. Its 60 acre site based near Longyester, comprises of mixed woodland, small holding, a range of workshop spaces, kitchen and horticulture buildings, a herb garden and apple orchard. Their programme focuses on practical work and living skills development, and social enterprise activities.

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The Day Service in Musselburgh offers various opportunities for autistic individuals, supporting people to learn and develop new skills and take a full and active role in the community. Individuals are supported to identify their interests, wishes and aspirations, which are used to build a bespoke support plan.

There is also opportunity to work towards achieving qualifications through the Borders College Accreditation Programme.

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Lothian Day Service

Our Lothian Day Service in Musselburgh offers various opportunities for autistic individuals. We support people to learn and develop new skills and take a full and active role in the community. Experienced practitioners support individuals to identify their interests, wishes and aspirations, developing outcome focused support plans which detail how each person will achieve their goals. The building offers large, spacious rooms for group activities as well as small rooms for focused activities such as art therapy, development of communication and technology skills and relaxation. The large kitchen area provides opportunities for individuals to develop food preparation and cooking skills which can then be transferred to their home setting. There is also a sensory room providing a calm environment to relax and unwind in.

Working Together

Individuals who access the service have the opportunity to work towards and achieve recognised qualifications through the Borders College Accreditation Programme. Our team of staff are trained to support individuals to gather information to evidence their skills and knowledge on specific topics.

Lothian Day Service has established an excellent relationship with Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, offering student placements in the service. This allows students to develop practical experience whilst offering autistic individuals the chance to express themselves through art, music and drama therapy groups.

Our day service is delivered by a dedicated team of practitioners who receive regular autism-specific training. All of our day and vocational services are reviewed by the Care Inspectorate and full details of recent inspections can be found on their website: www.careinspectorate.com

Meet Konor

Konor is a young autistic man who accesses our Lothian Day Service. He had a very smooth transition from school into the service. Consultations with Konor's parents, social work and his school were central to the success of the move. A person-centred approach looking at Konor's school and home life was used to develop a programme to support Konor recognising his need for routines while giving opportunities for choice. In Lothian Day Service there is a wider choice of activities to take part in compared with life at school. Gradually, Konor has been introduced to new activities including a walk in the local community. In his last year of school, going for walks was something that Konor struggled with due to issues around wearing shoes.

With carefully planned support, Konor is now able to walk with staff in the local area with his shoes on. Transition can be challenging, as the strategies learnt in the school environment are sometimes difficult to apply to an adult environment. However, Konor has coped very well in adapting to his new environment thanks to the detailed support plan developed by staff in collaboration with his parents and multi-disciplinary team.

You can find out more on How to Access this service or contact us by filling out the form below.
Service Enquiries Form

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Apprenticeships allow students from age 16 to learn while having the opportunity to gain experience in the workplace. Apprenticeships can range from one to four years and are designed to fit around employer requirements. They're designed to be assessed practically and provide the apprentices with skills for work and a qualification on successful completion. Edinburgh College provides apprenticeships in partnership with Skills Development Scotland (SDS). They offer three types of apprenticeship: Foundation Apprenticeship (FA); Modern Apprenticeship (MA); Pre-apprenticeship.

Click on the picture at the top to find out more.

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Apprenticeships allow students to learn while having the opportunity to gain experience in the workplace. They are designed to be assessed practically and provide the apprentices with skills for work and a qualification on successful completion. Edinburgh College provides apprenticeships in partnership with Skills Development Scotland (SDS).

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Find out about apprenticeships; what apprenticeships you could do, which employers you could work with and the qualifications you'll gain; search vacancies; read apprentice stories.

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Find an apprenticeship vacancy

Employers

Grow your business with an apprenticeship

We'll help you find the right fit for your business and support you with the costs. You'll get the skills you need for the growth you want.

A Modern Apprenticeship was the best way for Viktoryia to learn on the job and gain experience in engineering.

Watch Viktoryia's story

Get the experience only an apprenticeship can offer

I knew a Graduate Apprenticeship would be a good idea. I'll get my full Bachelor's degree, work full-time, gain experience and I'm getting paid. It's a win-win in every aspect.

Watch Goudham's story

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Garvald is based on the Rudolph Steiner model, and has been running since 1969. Its focus is on the Arts, crafts, music and creativity. They offer a range of Creative Day services and workshops across three sites; two in Edinburgh, and one in Dalkeith. They also have a shop in Morningside where they sell their workshop crafts.

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Garvald Edinburgh is a charity that offers people with disabilities creative workshops and sells beautiful handmade gifts.

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The are centres in Musselburgh, Haddington, and Port Seton.

Fisherrow Hub is based in Musselburgh and provides support and weekday opportunities for young people and adults predominantly with a learning disability who are resident in East Lothian. We provide a range of structured activities at our Fisherrow base and in a range of community settings.

Tynebank Resource Centre offers support to young people and adults with learning disabilities with a particular focus on complex and additional support needs. We strive to encourage people to “be all they can be” by developing needs led activities and creative opportunities in both community and centre-based settings.

Port Seton Resource Centre is part of a lively, vibrant and thriving community centre. We offer support and structured activities that enable young people and adults with a learning disability and physical disability to take part and do things that are purposeful and meaningful to them, developing links within their own communities and other local facilities.

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Adult Resource Centres | Adult Resource Centres | East Lothian Council

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East Lothian’s adult resource centres support young people and adult with learning and physical disabilities aged 16 and over.

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Our ASN Adventurous Activities Provision delivers regular sessions of outdoor activities to East Lothian children who are unable to access mainstream activities due to the impact of their Additional Support Need.

These sessions offer the opportunity to experience activities such as water activities, archery, orienteering, bushcraft and tree climbing in a safe and supported environment.

This programme is part-funded by East Lothian Council.

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Inclusive outdoor activities in East Lothian — Venturing Out

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We deliver Adventurous Outdoor Activities for children with additional support needs and disabilities. Our ASN provision is part funded by East Lothian Council and is open to families living in East Lothian whose children have an ASN that prevents them from accessing mainstream activity,

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Street Soccer Scotland work across multiple locations using football inspired training and personal development as a medium to empower people who are affected by social exclusion. It uses the power of football to inspire people to change their lives.

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POSITIVE CHANGE THROUGH FOOTBALL

Football can change lives by providing relationships, hope and structure.

Street Soccer provide free football-themed training & personal development opportunities for socially disadvantaged groups across Scotland.

OF PLAYERS FELT street soccer had improved their WELLBEING & HEALTH

Players engaged in street scotland soccer sessions since 2009

of players with criminal background no longer involved with prison

PLAYER PATHWAY

There are key steps on every journey towards positive change.

ENGAGEMENT

Our weekly drop in sessions across Scotland offer free football, access to support and a strong family welcome.

DEVELOPMENT

Players have the chance to access training, gain qualifications and life changing experiences. Personal development is done at your own pace.

EXPERIENCE

Street Soccer have a proud army of volunteers. Opportunities are always available to learn about how you can give back to the community and to help others on their positive change pathway.

SUPPORT

We are always around. Every week of the year. Street Soccer are fully accessible as a support system, no matter where you are at on your journey.

'The work Street Soccer do by using football to help those facing a range of life’s challenges is admirable, and I’m delighted to back them as they continue with their good work.'

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'The positive influence football has on many of our lives should not be underestimated, especially during these difficult times'

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Street Soccer Scotland | Positive Change Through Football

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Street Soccer provide football-themed training & personal development opportunities for socially disadvantaged groups across Scotland.

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Here you can find practical tips to boost your wellbeing

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For more general information, advice and support on what to expect for your young person in the lead up to leaving school, click on the picture above

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We help students and their families 24/7 by providing personal support that fits alongside the family and meets the needs of the young person.

Our service operates outside of our Teens+ opening hours but uses the resources of our Teens+ service to offer safe and enjoyable activities for young people with complex communication needs, autism and its complexities.

We can offer weekday evening social clubs, one to one weekend or 24-hour support. We’re here to be flexible to your family’s needs.

If your young person is not currently a student at Teens+, but you are interested in using our Friends+ service, please contact us to discuss how we can help.