Launching on November 29th 2021, in partnership with Creative & Cultural Skills (CCSkills), Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) and Historic Environment Scotland (HES), Discover! Creative Careers (Scotland) will shine a spotlight on the cultural heritage sector as well as other sub-sectors of the creative and cultural industries.

Discover! Creative Careers, an award-winning, industry-led initiative that aims to inspire and inform young people about the job roles and pathways into the creative and cultural industries, will launch in Scotland this autumn with an online Discover! Creative Careers week taking place Monday 29th November – Friday 3rd December 2021. 
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Tech companies are being given the chance to help the next generation of school pupils enhance their digital technology skills thanks to a new toolkit detailing the support available from more than 10 different partners.
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The Tech Industry in Schools toolkit brings together Scottish Government, Education Scotland, tech trade body ScotlandIS, the Scottish Tech Army, Developing the Young Workforce, Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and others to make it as easy possible for the tech industry to sign up to the myriad of education-related programmes available.

Find out about the Young Person’s Guarantee and how supporting young people could benefit your organisation.
​The ambition of the Young Person’s Guarantee is that within two years every young person in Scotland aged 16-24 will have the opportunity of a job, apprenticeship, further or higher education, training programme or volunteering.

The impact of the pandemic on employers and young people alongside a challenging labour market means that there’s never been a more important time to consider young talent within the workforce. 

£70 MILLION INVESTMENT IN YOUTH EMPLOYMENT. 
 
Young people looking to enter the workforce will benefit from £70 million of investment from the Scottish Government.
 
The Young Person’s Guarantee aims to protect people from the economic impact of COVID-19 by offering every 16-24 year old in Scotland the opportunity of a job, apprenticeship, further or higher education, training programme or volunteering.

Designed and delivered nationally by the Employer-Led DYW network, the DYW Skills Academy is a series of virtual activities and employability experiences. These are ran in collaboration with industry to support young people to build capacity to enter the labour market.    
 
Currently in its second year of delivery, the programme of activity provides a blend of pre-recorded content (“Industry Insight and Skills Sessions”) alongside e-learning, a CV check and a virtual mock interview.

Our Scotland’s Biggest Parents’ Events are a series of four broadcasts which ran throughout the summer, which allowed parents, carers and guardians to hear about the things that matter to them right now. The events provided parents and carers with information about options and next steps for young people, including where they can go to make informed judgements to support their young person's next steps.

The final events in the DYW Skills Academy programme will be a series of live webinars “Up2U20” for young people from Monday 24th August to Friday 28th August.
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The DYW Up2U episodes will include conversations and live Q & A with employers, young people and specialists from different pathways you can take. We hope these events will support you to find the next step in your #NoWrongPath journey. Follow the conversation on social media and hear about opportunities in your area #DYWUp2U20.

On Tuesday 4th August, Scottish Results day, DYW 21 regional groups supported the #NoWrongPath campaign.  
 
#NoWrongPath is a social media movement which aims to provide inspiration and reassurance to young people receiving their results.​  

Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) 21 regional groups launched an awareness campaign across Scotland which ran from the 1st - 5th June. The campaign showcased roles within the key sectors to make young people more aware of the types of jobs involved and what skills and qualities would be required. 

We tapped into the energy of key workers to push this campaign forward and inspire the next generation. The campaign was promoted across social media platforms and featured a variety of sectors and job roles. 

On Thursday 23rd April 2020 Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) 21 regional groups worked together to inspire young people to consider a variety of careers when being home schooled and who better to do that than parents and guardians.

As many parents/guardians are juggling working from home and home schooling, we wanted to use this as an opportunity to encourage anyone who can get involved with Bring your Child to Work Day (Home Edition!)