Youth Employability Apprentice 2026

Giving Back has given me the opportunity to work in both cafe and office environments. This is then given me confidence and work experience. This confidence is not just limited to work, but also helps me improve socially with friends at university.Thanks so much to the Giving Back team for this experience.

Youth Employability Apprentice 2026

This helped me further my career in writing, by giving me the chance to work independently, but also getting used to an office environment. It has also given me the chance to meet new people, who are trying to achieve a similar goal to me.Who are like minded and it’s encouraging and it’s helped me to get out the house and get active, when I wouldn’t be doing anything otherwise.

Youth Employability Apprentice 2026

Before joining Giving Back’s Dundee’s Youth Employability Programme. I was unsure of many things and uncertain about my future. After taking part in the Youth Employability Programme I am now more confident in my abilities as a newly found adult and this programme has given me the opportunity to work on many aspects of myself, as well as understand more about the adult world and of itself. Overall I must say that the Youth Employability Programme has been a positive experience.

Youth Employability Programme 2026

Giving Back has absolutely changed my life for the better. I have met lots of new people and gained real life skills. All the Giving Back staff have been the nicest people I’ve met in a long, long time.I really look forward to working with Giving Back in the future as a potential peer workerThan you again to all the Giving Back staff for ginger me this opportunity.

Youth Employability Apprentice 2006

I’ve really enjoyed working with Giving Back and overall, it has been a really positive experience. I’ve learnt a lot of new things, being with them and I am happier with who I am. They have helped me a lot with my confidence, working, people skills, mental health and meeting new people. My placement allowed me to build up my confidence, working skills and people skills. I was scared to give it a go in the beginning but I ended up really enjoying it as time went on and it changed me a lot, giving me life lessons and skills that I will use for the rest of my life, and help me step out my comfort zone and meet new people.

Youth Employability Pilot Apprentice 2025

Giving Back helped me with my confidence and allowed me to get involved with the design and delivery of events for the community. This developed my skills and has helped me talk to others learn new skills and will help me in the future.

Youth Employability Pilot Apprentice 2025

Giving back gave me the chance to work in Tico delis and develop my confidence and work skills.

Youth Employability Pilot Programme 2025

Giving Back helped me make new friends and have new experiences. My work placement was an incredible experience with a lot of nice colleagues. Giving Back had a relaxed environment, being part of fund raisers and events gave me new talents. it was a great experience and opportunity.

Giving Back works with the young people to develop coping mechanisms and strategies around their mental health. They complete a plan on personal development and discuss issues they may be having and ways they feel they could move forward in this area. We also give the young people a free gym membership with is god for their physical and mental wellbeing.

The young people on the programme work on areas of self care such as focusing on their sleep pattern, journaling, connecting with friends and limiting social media. This self care allows the young people to take a more focused position around their own personal development in areas they feel they could start to work on.

On the programme the young people work on budgeting, cooking skills through the placements, developing a more structured routine around work, training, exercise and socialising. This enables the young people to become more focused on their strengths and develop better routines.

The Youth employment programme develops social networks in the young people by engaging and taking the lead in community events and fun days. this enables the young people to not only design events but work with other services and young people to develop their social skills and social networks.

On the Programme the young people work both in Giving Back office space as well as in the community in one of our supporting placements. This enables the young people to gain different skills, meet different people and have two references on their CV at the end of the programme. They also leave with accredited qualifications through the Youth Achievement awards.

On the Programme we work with the young people to develop new relationships with their peers through meeting others. We also discuss positive relationships and promote positive advocacy so they are able to discuss issues in relationships and have the confidence to be able to have conversations around this.

As part of the programme the young people discuss what addictive behaviours they have and how this is effecting their life. This could be drugs, alcohol, screen time, vaping etc. By working with a staff member the young people are encouraged to develop more positive behaviours such as going to the gym.

While on the programme the young people take on new responsibilities through time management for their shifts as well as projects and tasks. This enables them to develop their skills and strategies that will help them in college or a work environment.

On the programme the young people discuss their future employment or careers and what they are interested in. this encourages discussions around their own identity what they are good at and encourages a positive outlook. they are then tasked with activities that fit into this. this could be social media, writing a piece or designing an event from scratch.

By the end of the programme the young people have developed a lot of skills, qualifications and experiences. Using the Development Star approach they are able to see their personal goals and personal development growth. This enables them to feel more confident and see the change in themselves giving more hope for the future.