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Bits and Bobs is a recycling arts and play store for the whole community.  It runs as a social enterprise to provide supported employment for people with disabilities.

As a national organisation operating throughout Scotland, Careers Scotland has a clear and simple purpose - to help the people of Scotland secure the jobs of tomorrow.

COSS provides a free and confidentail advice and information service for residents of Broomhouse, Sighthill and the surrounding areas. 

The Edinburgh Compact Partnership is the primary context within which statutory partners come face to face with a range of voluntary and community sector (sometimes called the ‘third sector’) interests.

ILA Scotland is a Scottish Government scheme that helps you pay for learning that you can do at a time, place, pace and in a way to suit you.  If you are over 18 and living in Scotland, you could get up to £200 towards the cost of learning new skills with an individual learning account from ILA Scotland.  If you earn £18,000 a year or less, you could get £200 a year towards the cost of learning. If you earn more than £18,000 a year, you could get £100 a year.

Fab Pad is a unique youth housing project, working with the most vulnerable young people in Scotland. The project focuses on an individual young person’s needs at a vital stage in their progression out of a chaotic lifestyle - when he or she starts a new tenancy.  Courses are currently offered in WHALE.

Keep Well is a free health check for people aged 45-64 living in certain areas of Scotland. It involves simple checks for conditions like heart disease and suggestions for ways to improve your health.  The South West Edinburgh project is based in Sighthill Health Centre.

Platform aims to offer learning opportunities that best meet the educational, personal and economic needs and aspirations of learners, irrespective of age, gender or culture.  Platform provides informal learning for adults in the community, particularly skills around everyday writing and numbers and using computers.

Powerful Partnerships is a Citizen Advocacy Organisation which supports people throughout Edinburgh.  They aim to support people labelled as having a learning disability to speak up for themselves, or to speak up on their behalf, in order that they can, as fully as possible, participate in decisions made about their lives.

Prospect Community Housing provides and manages 888 homes for rent in Wester Hailes.  Our aim is to constantly improve our services through our own efforts and by working with other organisations.

Named as one of the top 10 modern universities by the Sunday Times Good University Guide, QMU offers a small and friendly environment.  They offer professionally relevant courses designed to meet the changing needs of students, employers and society and their new campus is the most sustainable in the UK.

Re-Union Canal Boats is a social enterprise that hires out a canal boat on Edinburgh's Union Canal for staff away days, events, training, conferences and community activities.

SWAP promotes access to Higher Education for mature students throughout Scotland.  SWAP works in partnership with the colleges and universities of Scotland to provide a route into Higher Education for adults with few or no qualifications or out of date qualifications.

Volunteer Centre Edinburgh works with volunteers and volunteer involving organisations in the Edinburgh area.   They can put people in contact with organisations where they can volunteer,  provide advice and information to organisations on involving volunteers and promote social inclusion through volunteering.

WHALE Arts Agency works in partnership with the local authority, voluntary organisations, Further and Higher education institutions and Primary and Secondary Schools,  to provide innovative activities and progressive routes to life long learning for excluded individuals in Wester Hailes and across the city of Edinburgh.

Working for Families is an initiative funded by the Scottish Government to help parents access employment or training courses.  Our community based advisers provide friendly and practical support with childcare advice, options and costs; advice on job opportunities, training, volunteering, work placements and money and benefits solutions.