Skillnet Edinburgh Limited is a unique independent voluntary organisation set up in 1996 to enable people from minority ethnic communities to compete more fairly in the job market by pursuing further educational and training opportunities, careers advice, and support to enhance their employability.

As an organisation led by a Board of Directors mainly from minority ethnic communities; with a ten-year track record of meeting the needs of our client group, Skillnet Edinburgh is best placed to make a significant impact by maximising their economic participation through our targeted services.

All our services are devised, developed, and delivered in line with user's needs identified through networking, focus groups, outreach, and through informal feedback, as well as by working with mainstream service providers.

Skillnet is based at Norton Park in Edinburgh.  Most of our clients are from Edinburgh and the Lothians, but we are currently developing best practice pilot responses to the needs of minority ethnic communities that are to be mainstreamed across Scotland after 2009.

 

Objectives:

1. We identify gaps in service provision and barriers to appropriate training and sustainable employment opportunities by networking with mainstream service providers
2. We work with a range of employers and policy makers highlighting the labour market situation for minority ethnic communities in Scotland
3. We provide an adult guidance service and information resource as the first port-of-call for visible minorities that enables service users to obtain information on careers, education and training opportunities provided by mainstream agencies.
4. We develop and deliver targeted, responsive services in a welcoming and supportive environment to combat multiple disadvantage