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Department of Work and Pensions Employment Project Directory
Projects in Aberdeenshire
which accept people with either Mental Health or learning disability (they may not exclude other people) 
ORGANISATION Aberdeen City Council Economic Development Dept
CONTACT Linda Murray
ADDRESS Raeden Park Road,,, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland AB15 5PD
TELEPHONE 0122 431 2550
DESCRIPTION Activities include: Various Work Placements, Various Training Courses, Horticulture Training, Woodwork/Garden Centre, Horticulture Training, Light Engineering. Services include: Rehabilitation Centre/Project, Vocational Training.
SERVICES S14(Vocational training); S24(Supported employment/placement - Remploy interworks); S29(Work rehabilitation);
AREA COVERED Aberdeen City.
 
ORGANISATION Aberdeen Mental Health Employment Strategy
CONTACT Rob Hughes
ADDRESS Social Work Services Department, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Cornhill Road, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland AB25 2ZH
TELEPHONE 01274 557255
DESCRIPTION Provides work experience/training to individuals to enable them to re-enter/return to employment.
SERVICES S9(Building self-confidence/esteem); S15(Job training); S20(Work placement);
AREA COVERED Aberdeen City
 
ORGANISATION Aberdeenshire Council
CONTACT Alison Davidson
ADDRESS Woodhill House, Westburn Road,, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland AB15 6GB
TELEPHONE 01224 664974
DESCRIPTION Specialist mental health employment development workers work with individuals or vocational profiling, help to access work/training, supported employment (Workstep). Access to work training through social enterprises.
SERVICES S5(Information and advice); S7(Vocational guidance; career mapping); S9(Building self-confidence/esteem); S20(Work placement); S24(Supported employment/placement - Remploy interworks); S40(Job retention support);
AREA COVERED Aberdeenshire
 
ORGANISATION Alford Centre
CONTACT Maria Cameron
ADDRESS 8 Alford Place,,, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland AB10 1YB
TELEPHONE 01224 573188
DESCRIPTION Social support setting for people with mental health problems. Aims to encourage self reliance, personal responsibility. Also provides café facility, in house work experience and training in catering, payment via therapeutic experience.
SERVICES S9(Building self-confidence/esteem); S10(Interpersonal skills development; social skills); S21(Job taster); S32(Therapeutic work);
AREA COVERED Aberdeen City
 
ORGANISATION Easter Anguston Farm Training Centre
CONTACT George Phillip
ADDRESS Easter Anguston, Peterculter,, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland AB14 0PJ
TELEPHONE 0122 4733627
DESCRIPTION Activities include: Horticulture Training, Agriculture Training. Services include: Vocational Training
SERVICES S7(Vocational guidance; career mapping); S9(Building self-confidence/esteem); S14(Vocational training); S17(Job club; job search/finding);
AREA COVERED U.K.
 
ORGANISATION Forest View Centre
CONTACT Kath Allen
ADDRESS 0, Woodview Place, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland AB39 2TD
TELEPHONE 01569 764545
DESCRIPTION A day centre for people with learning difficulties and work with clients through colleges. Supported employment and open together with educational training.
SERVICES S7(Vocational guidance; career mapping); S9(Building self-confidence/esteem); S14(Vocational training); S17(Job club; job search/finding); S20(Work placement);
AREA COVERED South Aberdeenshire
 
ORGANISATION Garden Craft Products
CONTACT
ADDRESS Units 3 and 4, Farburn Industrial Estate Estate, Dyce, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland AB15 8EZ
TELEPHONE 0122 472 5479
DESCRIPTION Activities include: Various Training Courses, Woodwork/Garden Centre, Manufacturing, Garden Centre/Contract/Landscape Gardening, Furniture/Bed Manufacturing. Services include: Sheltered Employment.
SERVICES S14(Vocational training); S36(Supported/sheltered factory/business/workshop/Remploy factories);
AREA COVERED Aberdeen City Council
 
ORGANISATION New Futures Fund Project
CONTACT Lynda Wilde
ADDRESS Brownhill Croft, Nether Kinmundy,, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland AB42 4YH
TELEPHONE 01779 821804
DESCRIPTION Enable physically disabled and/or sensory impaired adults to access learning opportunities.
SERVICES S12(Educational programme (including literacy/numeracy));
AREA COVERED Aberdeen City.
 
ORGANISATION Remploy Ltd - Aberdeen
CONTACT Ron Murray
ADDRESS 14 St Machar Road,,, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland AB24 2UU
TELEPHONE 01224 483828
DESCRIPTION Products/services include: Packing and Assembly. Tasks undertaken are: Hand packing and assembly.
SERVICES S36(Supported/sheltered factory/business/workshop/Remploy factories);
AREA COVERED Within Scotland
 
ORGANISATION SAMH's Pantry
CONTACT Mary Ferguson
ADDRESS Matrix Factory,,, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland KY7 5LT
TELEPHONE 01383 821975
DESCRIPTION SAMH's pantry offers practical project based training, structured around the needs of the individual, allowing people to progress at their own pace.
SERVICES S14(Vocational training);
AREA COVERED Fife council
 
ORGANISATION Square One
CONTACT Fran McPherson
ADDRESS Archibald Simpson, 27 King Street,, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland AB24 5AA
TELEPHONE 01224 633322
DESCRIPTION Square one is a social enterprise which provides opportunities for people who have experience of a severe and/or enduring mental health problem to train and progressively build work skills and confidence in a supported environment.
SERVICES S9(Building self-confidence/esteem); S14(Vocational training); S25(Social firm; emerging social firm);
AREA COVERED Aberdeen city.
 
ORGANISATION Turning Point Aberdeen
CONTACT Colin Fraser
ADDRESS 15 Palmerston Road,,, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland AB11 5QP
TELEPHONE 01224 575 196
DESCRIPTION Provides social enterprises as vehicles for service users to receive vocational training and work experience together with core skills training.
SERVICES S14(Vocational training); S20(Work placement); S25(Social firm; emerging social firm);
AREA COVERED Aberdeen City