The Employability Team offer various training courses and assistance to young people and adults seeking employment. The team can help with interview prep, CV writing and more. Our Team can also provide specific qualifications required for a career in different sectors.

Foyer Learning is a busy team delivering three different skills programmes:
King’s Trust Team Programme
REACH Programme
Foyer Families Programme
These take part all year round in many different locations in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire (with some online options).

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Foyer Learning offers programmes for young people, adults and parents. The course participants gain qualifications, carry out community projects and build their confidence.

Guiding young people's futures
Foyer Futures is guided by the belief that a person’s unique strengths and capabilities will determine their journey as well as define who they are.

Foyer Futures work with young people, ages 12-24, on 1-to-1 basis, to discover their potential and guide them to their positive destination, whether it be going into education, going to work or even volunteering.

Being homeless means not having a safe place to sleep. This includes couch surfing; staying with your friends, family, or strangers; in a homeless shelter; or supported housing project.

The Foyer can support young people into a 6-month tenancy in Aberdeen and help them gain the skills they need for independent living.

There is also Housing Support for those in Aberdeenshire at risk of homelessness. This service supports young people to manage a tenancy, learn to budget and develop life skills.

Nightstop is a service in Aberdeen that provides a safe place for a young person aged 16 – 25 to stay for a night or two within vetted and trained host households.

Nightstop is established and ran successfully throughout the UK. Delivering both crisis response (young people presenting as homeless) and early intervention (respite for young people who are experiencing conflict within the family home but may be able to move back home with support).

Potential Hosts are encouraged to get in touch with Aberdeen Foyer and note their interest now.

Foyer Communities work with young people and adults at our Marywell Centre in Aberdeen City Centre and in the community. The team focus on tangible ways of supporting people in overcoming challenges, from basic needs to complex issues, ensuring support every step of the way.

Together with our volunteers the Communities team create safe and inclusive communities by providing different opportunities including employability support, wellbeing programmes and opportunities for people to come together socially for everyone to feel valued and included.

The team provide free, confidential, and impartial money and budgeting advice to people aged 16 and over. This includes maximising income, Better Off Calculations and managing debt.

Foyer Fitmind provides counselling (psychotherapy) and a wide range of other activities aimed at increasing psychological awareness and skills among staff and clients.

Fitmind provide Counselling, Suicide prevention activities, Training and workshops, and Consultations, while also taking the lead on implementing trauma-informed practices and principles across the organisation.

The Vinery is a community space that provides opportunities for children, young people, adults and families to take part in a wide range of different programmes to enable them to achieve their full potential.

The Vinery grounds host many different activities for members of the community from gardening to craft workshops. The produce grown in the glasshouse is used in the café to provide nutritious meals or given to clients to cook with at home.

Initiated by Aberdeen Foyer and funded by the National Lottery’s Community Fund, Reboot is a collaborative that works alongside and with young people in Aberdeen to explore fresh perspectives on real and current issues facing them, their families and their communities.

Together, we use innovative ways and collective means to discover and understand the barriers young people encounter within the systems they find themselves in – and the opportunities for change that exist. This includes their schools, places of further education, employment opportunities and housing provision.