August 2020 Update

Thank you to everyone who tuned in to our #DYWUp2U20 webinars last week! We were delighted to have collaborated with the likes of Skills Development Scotland, the NHS and Doosan Babcock to name a few. Also, a special thanks to our presenter Gavin Oattes from Tree of Knowledge!

If you missed it, all webinars are available to view now at www.dyw.scot/sbpe.

Thank you to everyone who contributed and registered for the very first DYW Skills Academy! Each week focused on a different aspect of getting young people "industry ready".

We had great input from some of Scotland's biggest names across various sectors. Visit www.dyw.scot/skills-academy or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-VfGN33IG0uE4DZpQbyAbw/videos to hear from the likes of Diageo, the NHS, The Prince's Trust and more.

In its 4th consecutive year, the #NoWrongPath campaign continues to grow and share inspirational stories of those who've not taken the conventional path to career success. You can see some of those stories by visiting our website.

We'd like to extend a special thank you to A.C. Whyte & Co. Ltd. Many of their staff got involved with the campaign, you can find out more about the various journies they've experienced on their Twitter & Facebook pages.

As well as those we've featured, we'd also like to thank Kier Group, Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce & Dunbartonshire Chamber of Commerce. The campaign reached an amazing level of involvement and coverage all over the country with around 15,000 posts and 9,000 individual contributors which reached over 17 million people! We're extremely grateful. Until next year!

Our colleagues at East Renfrewshire run a Barista programme as part of their extensive vocational offering. To compliment the young people's training they are seeking employers to offer work experience. If you can assist please contact our Programme Executive for East Renfrewshire, Jan, at jan.mcmahon@dywwest.co.uk

Participants work towards achieving their SCQF Level 5 Barista Skills award and take part in a work experience.The course covers:
• Coffee Roasting and blend selection
• Learning to operate a coffee machine
• Maintenance and cleaning of coffee machine
• Setting the coffee grinder
• Perfecting espresso extraction times
• Tamping and packing coffee for shots
• Assessing the qualities of the coffee
• Milk steaming and how to make silky micro foam for the milk based coffees
• Making the coffees including espressos, lattés, cappuccinos, flat whites etc
• Latte Art
• General barista skills
 
Placements usually a day a week and during school times.

Young unemployed people, from Monday 17^th August, can apply to get £250 to help with the costs of starting a new job.

The Job Start Payment is a new benefit to support you with those costs. It’s for 16 to 24-year-olds living in Scotland who have been unemployed and in receipt of a qualifying benefit for at least 6 months. The payment is for anything that you need to get you into their new job – clothes, tools, travel or childcare costs. People who have a child will get £400.

Find out more