The event was held at Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBi), Europe’s largest assisted factory facility, which is operated and managed by City Building (Glasgow) LLP and predominantly employs people who have a disability or who have learning difficulties. Business volunteers from both organisations took part to raise student’s awareness of potential jobs and training for people with learning disabilities within Amey and City Building. Each organisation showcased three job roles, providing an insight into the positions and hands on activities for the pupils.
Facilitated by Scottish Business in the Community, the employability event offered students, who have a range of learning disabilities, the opportunity to learn about the workplace and learn skills direct from business volunteers.
Gordon Wilson, service director at Amey said: “Amey has created over 2,000 jobs in Scotland in the last decade and we strive hard to deliver local training and create employment opportunities whenever possible, particularly for those furthest removed from the workplace. It was a pleasure to take part in SBC’s initiative and to meet and support the enthusiastic young people who attended.”
Amey (in Scotland) is Scottish Business in the Community’s Large Company of the Year and runs a number of employability schemes and initiatives aimed at young people and those from excluded groups.
Over the next 10 years in Amey’s highways, street lighting and winter maintenance partnership with North Lanarkshire Council will create almost 180 job opportunities including assisting 60 long-term unemployed individuals and 20 ex-offenders to find employment. Amey will also improve the skill set of over 500 people across North Lanarkshire through initiatives like second chance apprenticeships which target 18 to 24 year olds.
Scottish Business in the Community works with member organisations to build relationships with schools throughout Scotland. Increasing the capacity of Scotland’s young people to enter the workforce and continue to build the Scottish economy is a key priority for SBC.
Graham Paterson, City Building (Glasgow) LLP said: “We were delighted to host this event at RSBi, to demonstrate to the pupils, the possibilities that are available to them in terms of future employment. This event compliments RSBi’s Schools Vocational programme that has been running for the past 6 years.”
Notes to Editors:
Amey is a leading UK public services provider with more than 11,000 staff. In Scotland we deliver a diverse portfolio of services working with local authority, central Government and private sector clients across road, rail, education and aviation sectors. Our clients include Transport Scotland, Network Rail, BAA, Ministry of Defense and numerous Scottish councils.
We employ over 2,000 staff in Scotland across 11 Amey offices and depots and achieve a turnover of approximately £100m annually.
Our work supports over 65,000 school pupils and more than 20 million airport passenger journeys. We examine around 1,500 kilometers of rail network and maintain more than 3,500 kilometers of local and strategic road network.
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