Aberdeen City and Shire
Langstane Working Rite - started in July 2010
Project Co-ordinator: Kirstie Golightly
Langstane Housing Association, 680 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 1SL.
Tel. 01224 423198
Working Rite has received investment from the Learning Launchpad fund, a social investment fund that aims to support the most innovative educational social enterprises in Britain.
Working Rite won the Centre for Social Justice Social Enterprise Award 2009
Working Rite CIC was founded with support from the Wood Family Trust and the Laidlaw Youth Trust.
Working Rite Projects
We directly deliver seven projects in Scotland under contacts secured with Skills Development Scotland. Our Project Co-ordinators are based in local housing associations.
North Ayrshire
North Ayrshire Working Rite - started in July 2010
Project Co-ordinator: Gary Taylor
Irvine Housing Association, 44-46 Bank Street, Irvine Ayrshire, KA12 0LP.
Tel. 01294 316 789
Argyll & Bute
Argyll Working Rite - started in September 2010
Project Co-ordinator: Stan Morris
West Highland Housing Association, Crannog Lane, Oban, PA34 4HB.
Tel. 01631 566 451
Caithness & Sutherland
Caithness & Sutherland Working Rite - started in October 2010, in association with Pentland Housing Society
Project Co-ordinator: Gill Halliday
Pentland Energy Advice, The Cottage, Davidsons Lane, Thurso, Caithness, KW14 7HT.
Tel. 01847 896524
Forth Valley
Clackmannanshire Working Rite - started in January 2011
Project Co-ordinator: Anne Wright
Paragon Housing Association, Invergrange House, Station Road, Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, FK3 8DG
Tel. 01324 664 966
The Borders
Borders Working Rite Project - started January 2009
Project Co-ordinator: Davie Gillchrist
Berwickshire Housing Association, 55 Newtown Street, Duns, TD11 3AU
Tel. 01361 883 115
Glasgow
Glasgow West Working Rite Project
This project is being re-launched in November 2011. It will build on the pilot project we delivered in Drumchapel in 2010
The following 3 projects are directly deliver by other organisations. They each follow the Working Rite method and we continute to play a supportive role.
Perthshire
The Toolkit Project - started in June 2006
Project Co-ordinator: Jimmy Shephard
Fairfield Housing Co-operative, 5 Fairfield Avenue, Perth PH1 2TF.
Tel. 01738 630738
Dundee and Angus
The Toolbox Project - started in September 2009
Project Co-ordinator: Yvonne Watt
Hillcrest Housing Association, 4 South Ward Road, Dundee DD1 1PN
Tel. 01382 346959
East Sussex
East Sussex Work Pairing Project
Project Co-ordinator: Andrew Morse
40 St. Leonard Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 3LZ
Other Work-Based Mentoring Projects recommended by Working Rite
Edinburgh
Port of Leith Housing Association's TOIL Project (Training Opportunities in Lothian) - started in 2004
TOIL was launched before the formation of Working Rite and is therefore not a Working Rite project. It was the first to pioneer this work-based mentoring approach in Scotland and we fully support their activities.
For more information about the TOIL Project, contact:
Emma Salisbury at Port of Leith Housing Association, 108 Constitution Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6AZ Tel. 0131 554 0403
Glasgow South West
The YETS Project (Youth Employability and Transition Support) - started in January 2006
This project was launched with consultancy support from Working Rite. It delivers work-based mentoring as well as offering a wider package of support to young people.
For more information about the YETS Project, contact:
John Currie at Glasgow South West Regeneration Agency, 1 Broomloan Place, Ibrox, Glasgow G51 2JR Tel. 0141 445 4554
Gateshead
Gateshead Works - started in April 2010
This project was launched with consultancy support from Working Rite.
For more information about the Gateshead Works, contact:
Jacqueline Jones at Places for People, 4th Floor, Maybrook House, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5JE Tel. 0791 873 4456