OPPORTUNITY: Join the Future of Work Experience Event

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Volunteering details

Want to make work experience better for young people in Scotland? Come along to an engagement event hosted by Young Scot, Institute of Directors Scotland and Federation of Small Business Scotland where your voice will help shape how businesses create fair, meaningful work-experience opportunities for people your age.

About the event

When: Tuesday 18th November – 10am – 3:00pm

Where: Forth Valley College, Falkirk Campus (Grangemouth Rd, Falkirk FK2, UK)

For those aged between 15 – 25 years old

For those living in Scotland

Free food and snacks included at the event

Receive Young Scot Reward Points for taking part. Don’t have free membership with Young Scot yet? Sign up and access exclusive rewards and discounts!

We can support you with travel to/from the event – let us know when you register!

Record your participation as volunteer hours with Saltire Awards

Why get involved?

Have your say: Share your ideas on what makes a good work experience and what support young people really need.

Work with employers: Join businesses and organisations to co-create new approaches that could help more young people into jobs.

Make a difference: Help design practical solutions that tackle barriers to work and improve opportunities for young people across Scotland

What to expect

A welcome from the Minister and sector experts

Creative workshops and idea sessions

Activities to map out what fair work experience should look like (in-person, online and hybrid)

The chance to meet employers and connect with other young people

You don’t need any experience or knowledge to apply, we are keen to hear from young people with a variety of experiences and from all sorts of backgrounds and communities. 

Your perspective matters. Join us to help shape better pathways into work and influence how businesses support young people in the future.

We are happy to make reasonable adjustments to help you take part based on your needs. All young people are welcome at Young Scot including those with disabilities, neurodiversity, queer young people and ethnic minorities. 

We’re keen to collaborate with young people who can sometimes have more barriers to taking part in opportunities due to their personal circumstances. This includes ethnic minorities, disabled young people, young carers, care-experienced young people, and young people who live in low-income households.   

This application form is also available as a word document and we also accept verbal applications made using video or voice recordings. If you need any support with signing up, please contact us at [email protected] and we’ll be happy to help.   

Experience required

You don’t need any experience or knowledge to apply, we are keen to hear from young people with a variety of experiences and from all sorts of backgrounds and communities. 

Your perspective matters. Join us to help shape better pathways into work and influence how businesses support young people in the future.

Travel details

We can support you with travel to/from the event – let us know when you register! We encourage you to use your Young Scot National Entitlement Card with free bus travel for under 22's where possible!

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