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Bridges Programmes

Last updated: 6th October 2025

Support Type:

Voluntary

Need supported:

  • Employability / Training / Career
  • Life Skills
  • Social Isolation

Aim/Purpose:

Bridges Programmes was founded in 2001, and has supported thousands of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants to safely rebuild their lives in Scotland, through employability and workplace integration. We are a welcoming and inclusive organisation with a strong focus on being person-centred and non-judgemental. Our diverse workforce is unique because it has a wealth of lived experience of arriving in the UK as New Scots.

Suitability criteria:

  • All genders
  • Middle-aged adult (36-55), Older adult (56 and older), Young adult (18-35)

Exclusions:

We support anyone with English as a second language, the majority of our clients are New Scots and Ethnic Minorities.

Assessment/referral process:

  • Any agency, Self-referral

Agencies or individuals can complete the referral form on our website www.bridgesprogrammes.org.uk

Further Information:

Stay informed about Bridges’ activities through our social media. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BridgesProgs/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bridgesprogrammes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bridges2024 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bridges-programmes/