1 | A fresh transition model is needed.
The UK Government should lead work to rethink transition and develop a more flexible and accessible transition model that starts early, looks to the longer-term, puts the individual at the centre and is integrated within military systems from sign-on. | - | - |
NotesThe Scottish Government’s actions are not being assessed against this recommendation as it is primarily for the UK Government to deliver. The Scottish Government can and does contribute, however transition remains fully reserved to the UK Government and it is only they who can deliver a fresh transition model.
Scottish Government Update - For information only
The Scottish Government continues to engage and collaborate closely through pan-UK groups such as the Devolved Administrations Working Group and the Covenant governance structures. |
2 | Serving personnel should be prepared by the military for working life beyond Service.
This preparation should be built into training and career development programmes and transition thinking. Planning should be introduced early and reinforced throughout military careers and when leaving. | - | - |
NotesThe Scottish Government’s actions are not being assessed against this recommendation as it is primarily for the UK Government to deliver. The Scottish Government can and do contribute, however transition remains fully reserved to the UK Government and it is only they who can deliver a fresh transition model.
Scottish Government update - For information only
A programme of activity is in progress to attract and retain people in Scotland. This includes a Ministerial Industry Advisory Group on rUK talent attraction that has been established to share expertise on talent attraction and how to connect businesses with existing pools of talent including veterans. The Talent Attraction and Migration Service for Scotland is progressing into the development phase and is working towards a launch in 2023-24. This will align with our identified priority growth sectors and provide a joined-up "landing zone" for targeted employees and their families. |
3 | Serving personnel and veterans need to take responsibility for their transition.
They need to ‘own it’, fully engage in it and embrace the support on offer throughout their military career and beyond. | - | - |
NotesThe Scottish Government’s actions are not being assessed against this recommendation as it is primarily for the UK Government to deliver. The Scottish Government can and do contribute, however transition remains fully reserved to the UK Government and it is only they who can deliver a fresh transition model.
Scottish Government update - For information only
An updated version of Welcome to Scotland was published in April 2023 following extensive consultation with the Armed Forces, third sector and public sector organisations to ensure that the guide is both up to date and contains the most important information for personnel and their families ahead of relocation to Scotland. |
4 | Advice and support is clearly sign-posted and promoted proactively, offered in a timely and accessible way and backed by advice and guidance which is informed by the latest local labour market information and circumstances. | | |
Scottish Government actions and updatesAction | Update | Status | The Scottish Government will work with veterans and early service leavers and their representative organisations to help us identify the areas for improvement across both Scottish Government and partner services and will act quickly on the findings. | The Scottish Government maintains its strong collaborative relationship with the veterans sector including public, private and third sector organisations. We provide funding to representative organisations primarily through the Scottish Veterans Fund and the Veterans Scotland Grant which directly supports veterans and their families. The Scottish Veterans Fund for 2023-24 remained at the increased value of £500,000 and prioritised support in the face of the cost of living crisis and for Early Service Leavers (ESLs). Seventeen projects have been funded for 2023-24 onwards, six of which offer support to veterans impacted by the cost-of-living crisis and two which offer support to ESLs. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | SG has a strong collaborative relationship with the veterans sector including public, private and third sector organisations. We provide funding to representative organisations primarily through the Scottish Veterans Fund and the Veterans Scotland Capacity Building Grant which supports directly veterans and their families. The 2022-23 Scottish Veterans Fund was increased to £500k per annum and the priorities this year were projects offering support to Early Service Leavers and projects encouraging collaborative working in the veterans community. Six of the projects funded this year fell into one of these categories. | | For disabled veterans who may struggle to identify as such, the Scottish Government will consider what further action we can take to re-signposting of services to ensure veterans identifying as disabled are aware of wider support such as the UK Government’s Access to Work funding, as well as their employment rights. | The Scottish Government has established the Local Delivery Service which can provide free guidance and information. The Service supports people in the process of applying for Social Security Scotland benefits. This can be in a meeting at home, or at a local venue, in a hospital or prison, via video call or via a telephone appointment. The Scottish Government also funds the Independent Advocacy Service which supports disabled people to get help applying for any Scottish social security benefits. This service will help disabled people be aware of their rights, express themselves and feel understood when applying for Scottish social security benefits. These services are unique to Scotland and provide support and advice to ensure that disabled people can access the financial support they are entitled to. We hold regular discussions with Veterans UK and the Ministry of Defence, who administer veteran specific benefits, to ensure there is consistency in the messaging provided to veterans. Furthermore, as part of our stakeholder communications plan, we ensure that third party organisations, including those that support veterans, understand the overlaps and are in a position to adequately advise and assist veterans during their interactions with Social Security Scotland or the UK Government agencies administering reserved benefits. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | The Scottish Government has established the Local Delivery Service which can provide free guidance and information. The Local Delivery Service supports people in the process of applying for Social Security Scotland benefits. This can be in a meeting at home, or at a local venue, in a hospital or prison, via video call or via a telephone appointment. The Scottish Government also funds the Independent Advocacy Service which supports disabled people to get help applying for any Scottish social security benefits. This service will help disabled people be aware of their rights, express themselves and feel understood when applying for Scottish social security benefits. These are new services that are unique to Scotland and provide support and advice to ensure that disabled people can access the financial support they are entitled to. We hold regular discussions with Veterans UK and the Ministry of Defence, who administer veteran specific benefits, to ensure there is consistency in the messaging provided to veterans. Furthermore, as part of our stakeholder communications plan, we ensure that third party organisations, including those that support veterans, understand the overlaps and are in a position to adequately advise and assist veterans during their interactions with Social Security Scotland or the UK Government agencies administering reserved benefits. | | The Scottish Government will ensure that Scotland’s Apprenticeship suite of offerings will continue to be promoted to Early Service Leavers, veterans and their families. | Skills Development Scotland undertakes a variety of work to promote apprenticeships to Early Service Leavers, veterans and their families. Apprenticeships.scot, which contains guidance on apprenticeships and all live vacancies, continues to be promoted within the Armed Forces community and with the Champions networks. The Skills Development Scotland (SDS) My World of Work site also includes specific information for Service Leavers and employers to help them recognise the meta skills that veterans have but also information pointing them to Apprenticeships.Scot for further guidance. Foundation Apprenticeships continue to be promoted and supported in schools. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | Apprenticeships.scot continues to be promoted within the Armed Forces community and with the Champions networks. Foundation apprenticeships continue to be promoted and supported in schools. | | The Scottish Government will review its contribution to the Forces Families Jobs website, exploring ways to further promote Scottish Government jobs to Service families. | Scottish Government jobs continue to be posted on the Forces Families Jobs website. In addition, the Scottish Government again had a stand at the CTP careers fair in April where we had the opportunity to engage Service and veteran families to discuss employment opportunities in the Scottish Government. Forces Families Jobs continues to be promoted in our Welcome to Scotland publication. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | SG jobs continue to be posted on the Forces Families Jobs website. In addition, the Scottish Government had a stand at the CTP careers fair in May where we had the opportunity to engage Service and veteran families to discuss employment opportunities in the Scottish Government. Forces Families Jobs is also promoted in our Welcome to Scotland publication. | | The Scottish Government will look to expand the Going Forward Into Employment Scheme which aims to offer veterans employment within the Scottish Government after a streamlined recruitment process. | The Scottish Government remains committed to increasing the number of veterans it employs and continues to explore a number of ways to achieve this including through the Going Forward into Employment (GFIE) and Guaranteed Interview scheme, which was introduced this year and gives veterans the best possible chance of securing an interview when applying for Scottish Government jobs, provided they meet the minimum criteria. We are continuing to explore how best to embed the GFIE programme into our core recruitment practices. There are now over 100 self-declared veterans working within the Scottish Government. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | The Scottish Government continues to offer work placements and Fixed Term Appointments (FTA) to veterans and the partners/spouses and veterans and Serving personnel through the Going Forward Into Employment (GFIE) programme. In addition, this year the Scottish Government has also added a field on veteran status as part of the employee data voluntarily provided by Scottish Government staff. This is helping us to monitor the progress of activities aimed at increasing the number of veterans employed by the Scottish Government. Since 2021 at least 34 veterans have joined the Scottish Government (veteran status is self-declared so there may be more). Three veterans have been employed in SG on Fixed Term Appointments (FTA) through the Going Forward into Employment programme which offers 23 month FTA with the option to convert to permanent after 12 months. This programme is ongoing with plans to identify more vacancies and match these to suitable veterans, their partners or partners of currently serving personnel. | | The employability and skills landscape will vary across 32 local authorities. We will work across Local Government, including with Armed Forces and Veterans Champions and the relevant employability and skills teams, to identify opportunities to ensure that advice and support is clearly sign-posted and promoted proactively and to ensure that the latest local labour market information and circumstances are understood and capitalised upon. | Through analysis of local labour demands, Local Employability Partnerships (LEPs) will continue to make decisions based on forecasts on local need. This analysis also takes account of user needs to ensure that the principles of No One Left Behind are at the front and centre of the employability decisions made within each local authority (LA). Through engagement with LEPs and Local Authority Armed Forces and Veterans Champions, the local demands and needs can be matched to skills and experience of Service leavers.
More generally, Skills Development Scotland (SDS) leads on much of the work improving skills advice and as noted against other recommendations, SDS Armed Forces Champions meet with local veterans groups to raise awareness of SDS support and, under their memorandum of understanding with the MOD, a joint referral process has been agreed and is in place at operational level for those Early Service Leavers (ESL) who may be entitled to or will benefit from SDS Careers Information, Advice and Guidance services. Additionally, as noted elsewhere, we have increased our engagement with the network of Local Authority Armed Forces and Veterans Champions this year with two Ministerial meetings having taken place and we continue to determine the support and training they may need to deliver their roles, including local authority obligations under the Armed Forces Covenant Duty.
SDS has undertaken active engagement with the Royal Navy (RN) and will be presenting to a UK-wide group of RN officers in late July about SDS, My World of Work (MyWoW) and the Military Skills Discovery Tool. SDS Champions continue to engage with the Armed Forces community in their local areas and with particular areas of work (local employer engagement for example). An example of this is the Lanarkshire Armed Forces Covenant Group. SDS Champions have met with local Veteran groups - Larkhall Volunteer Centre and Veterans Hub in North Lanarkshire to raise awareness of the support that SDS can give to veterans and their families and offer the presence of a Careers Adviser. Champions also attend the Firm Base meetings and have delivered a presentation to Councillors in South Lanarkshire.
SDS also works with third sector partners to build capacity. SDS Champions organised meetings with SAMH with regards to their EmployAble programme and Forces Children Scotland to discuss their Mindful Connections project. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | Through analysis of local labour demands, Local Employability Partnerships (LEPs) will make decisions based on forecasts on local need. This analysis also takes account of user needs to ensure that the principles of No One Left Behind are at the front and centre of the employability decisions made within each LA. Through engagement with LEPs and LA Champions the local demands and needs can be matched to skills/experience of Service leavers. | |
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5 | Statutory support should be extended to spouses and partners with additional ‘wrap-around’ packages considered for Early Service Leavers and those struggling in a more competitive jobs market. | | |
Scottish Government actions and updatesAction | Update | Status | The Scottish Government will use all the levers we have at government and stakeholder level, including working collaboratively across the devolved administrations, to press the UK Government for an extension of support to spouses and partners. | As per our update in 2022, we discussed the extension of support to spouses/partners with the MOD last year and there was no indication of an intention to change from the current rules that spouses and partners could take up Enhanced Learning Credit (ELC) eligibility in the event of the death of the individual as a result of time in Service, or if they are unable to take up the offer as a result of a health problem or disability, also acquired in service or as a result of it. No One Left Behind continues to provide tailored individual wrap-around support which some Service leavers may need. This can be holistic support as well as employability services support. Support to spouses/partners of veterans is provided under No One Left Behind including wrap-around support for those unable to take up support offers due to health or disability. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | On the extension of support to spouses/partners, this was discussed with MOD in May 2022, with no indication of an intention to change from the current rules that spouses and partners could take up ELC eligibility in the event of the death of the individual as a result of time in Service, or if they are unable to take up the offer as a result of a health problem or disability, also acquired in service or as a result of it.
Through No One Left Behind delivery of phase 2 which began roll out on 1st April 2022, decisions on delivery of employability support are taken at local level through Local Employability Partnerships (LEPs). Support is provided based on user needs as well as the needs of the local area in terms of skills and employment opportunities in those areas. Support to spouse/partners of Veterans is provided under No One Left Behind including wrap around support needed for those unable to take up support offers due to health or disability. | | For spouses and partners aged 25 and over, the Scottish Government will seek to build on existing services such as the Women Returners Programme which aims to support women who have had a career break back into work. The programme has a particular focus on supporting women that experience additional barriers to employment including female veterans and spouses/partners of veterans. Successful projects commenced in January 2021 and include RFEA - The Forces Employment Charity's Female veteran/spouse employment within Scotland project, and Muckle Media’s Women into Communications project which aims to support women and partners from the Armed Forces into PR and communication jobs. | Our Women Returners funding has, from 2021-2023, supported over 2,100 women with their route back to work helping us fulfil our 2018-19 Programme for Government commitment by the end of the 2022-23 financial year. The programme is only one measure that provides employability support to women who will continue to have access to wider provision through devolved employability services such as no one Left Behind and Fair Start Scotland. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | SDS have been delivering the Women Returners Programme from October 2021 on behalf of Scottish Government. 12 providers were chosen to deliver projects following a public procurement exercise for an initial 6 month programme (Oct 21 - Mar 22). 11 of these providers are continuing to deliver for a further 12 months with projects on track to complete in March 2023. No projects specifically target female veterans and spouses of veterans but individuals are still eligible to apply to projects if they fall into programme eligibility of having previously worked and been unemployed for over 6 months. Current projects available here. | | Many early service leavers and those struggling in the more competitive labour market will be young people. They are eligible for support through the Young Person’s Guarantee. The ambition of the Young Person’s Guarantee is that, within two years, every person aged between 16 and 24 will have the opportunity to study; take up an apprenticeship, job or work experience; or participate in a formal volunteering or enterprise opportunity. | Under Skills Development Scotland's (SDS) memorandum of understanding with the MOD, a joint referral process has been agreed and is in place at operational level for those Early Service Leavers (ESL) who may be entitled to or will benefit from SDS Careers Information, Advice and Guidance services.
The new SDS ESL coordinator is in post and SDS and the Career Transition Partnership will continue to work together to ensure referrals are smooth and effective. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | Under SDS' MOU with MOD, SDS and CTP are developing a referral process for those Early Service Leavers (ESL) who may be entitled to or will benefit from SDS Careers Information, Advice and Guidance services. There is also a new SDS ESL Adviser in post. SDS has also built relationships with the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity who support those who experience difficulty in transitioning out of the Navy, in particular younger leavers. Further meetings will be held to plan the delivery of Continued Professional Development sessions to raise awareness and establish closer links and referral process. | |
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6 | Funding for further learning or training should be re-examined to simplify the ‘offer’ and ensure ease of access and fit with the transition model for today. In addition, the Enhanced Learning Credits Administration Service learning credit support packages should be re-examined to ensure their fit with that more flexible model. | | |
Scottish Government actions and updatesAction | Update | Status | As with Recommendations One and Five, the Scottish Government will use all the levers we have at government and stakeholder level, including working collaboratively across the devolved administrations, to press the UK for a review of Enhanced Learning Credit Administration Service (ELCAS) learning support packages. | Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Partnership (SCQFP) are continuing to engage with the MOD on its review of ELCAS and the most recent meeting took place in June 2023. However, the work has stalled somewhat within the MOD because of personnel changes. We have asked for and await the details of a new point of contact.
The publication of the Withers Review of the skills landscape and the recently published Purpose and Principles of Post-school Education, Research and Skills are likely to have significant implications for delivery of post-school education and skills, and should result in clearer pathways to learning for veterans as part of the broader working age population. Ministers will respond to the Withers report later in the year. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | MOD have confirmed a review of Enhanced Learning Credits (ELC) is underway with a view to increasing uptake. The review is looking at the range and level of qualifications, links to national skills shortages (such as the recent and ongoing LGV driver shortage), and accessibility of learning. | | Ongoing work to better align the work of further and higher education funded through the Scottish Funding Council and Skills Development Scotland’s skills offer will also support this recommendation. | As above. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | Alongside simplification of the employability offer through No One Left Behind, which now includes skills support for unemployed adults, the National Strategy for Economic Transformation, the Scottish Government recognises the need for a skilled workforce able to upskill or retrain throughout their working lives. The strategy commits to delivering a Lifetime Skills Offer that is more straightforward for people and business to access and benefit from. Work on this commitment has begun with evidence gathering underway through evaluations of existing programmes and research on successful national and international lifetime skills programmes being undertaken. As part of the Programme for Government 2022/23, a review of the Scottish Skills Landscape has been announced and will commence shortly. | | In the longer term, a simplification of ‘the offer’ through the skills agencies, local government and Scottish contracted support will be achieved through the roll out of No One Left Behind which seeks to reduce the number of individual programmes at a national level, with appropriate provision to meet the needs of individuals aligned to local/regional labour markets available at a local level. | As above. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | As above. | |
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7 | Work on the alignment of existing military and civilian skills and qualifications in Scotland should be completed and all new qualifications placed on both the RQF and SCQF frameworks as appropriate, to give veterans the best chance to compete for jobs when settling in Scotland. | | |
Scottish Government actions and updatesAction | Update | Status | A clear resolution to this would be the inclusion of the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) alongside the work to align military skills and qualifications to the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF). We will continue to ask the UK Government for this change. | SCQFP continues to liaise with the MOD in supporting their long-term plan for the Defence Awarding Organisation (DAO). This is to further enhance its role in terms of bringing more learning programmes which are delivered to the Armed Forces under their responsibility and eventually onto the SCQF as well as the RQF.
The Scottish Government provided additional funding in 2022-23 for the continued development of the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Partnership’s (SCQFP) military skills discovery tool which was formally launched in spring 2023 with stakeholders from across the veterans community in attendance. The tool was further developed to include over 40 new job roles ensuring a wider range across all three Services. The SCQFP is also training personnel from organisations supporting veterans and those in the Armed Forces in understanding the tool so they can better support those individuals in identifying their skills. SCQFP and Skills Development Scotland are also working on a joint plan to promote and use the tool more widely.
This year the Scottish Government launched a campaign working with the business community to help employers understand the benefits that veterans bring to the workforce. The campaign promoted and discussed the benefits of employing veterans, and helped businesses to understand how they can bring veterans into their organisation. The approach used interventions to reach employers across Scotland, with a particular focus on reaching the small and medium enterprise sector. Additionally, a new website, www.recruitveterans.scot, was launched to provide employers with information on the benefits of recruiting veterans, tips on how to integrate them into the workforce via employer case studies, and signposting employers to the organisations who can help them reach the veterans workforce.
Employers, stakeholders and industry experts were welcomed to Hampden Park in Glasgow in March 2023 to hear from a wide range of speakers and discuss the benefits of hiring veterans. At least four veterans were recruited following the event by employers who had attended. We are in the process of considering the next steps for the campaign. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | SCQF have confirmed that they are in close and regular contact with the MOD on the work they are doing and have great support and cooperation from them. MOD and SCQF also both sit on the VESG where the SCQF tool has been discussed this year, not least during its launch in Feb 22.
SCQF have also had a meeting with TESSR (MOD) and the Defence Awarding Organisation (DAO) to discuss the possibility of bringing more provision onto the SCQF and they explained their the long term plan which is to bring everything under the DAO umbrella and stop using multiple awarding bodies. They also want to ensure that more unrecognised qualifications are formally recognised. There is currently also a large piece of work taking place to review qualifications on the RQF. | | A grant of £35,000 for SCQF was approved in February 2021 to enable skills profiling and qualification mapping to commence and for improved visibility of skills/qualifications and options available to service leavers and veterans. This work is ongoing. | As above. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | The qualifications and skills mapping tool went live in February 2022 and a project report was provided along with recommendations. The tool was tested with Service leavers and it was agreed that the number of job roles should be expanded. This work is currently taking place and an additional 19 jobs are ready for inclusion which are primarily Army roles and the next stage is to identify more Navy and Air Force roles. SDS is further developing the Skills Discovery tool to suggest suitable job roles for users and, eventually, actual job vacancies. SCQFP intends to organise a formal launch and wider promotion of the tool once this work is complete. SCQFP is also working with the MOD to ensure information relating to qualifications contained within the tool remains current. MOD is looking at developing a database to support this. The Scottish Government will provide a further £13,500 of funding this year to support the ongoing development of the skills tool. | | The Veterans Employability Strategic Group (VESG) will refresh planning on how to build understanding and recognition amongst Scottish employers (especially SMEs) of the skills and qualifications gained in the military. | As above. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | The Scottish Government's 2021-22 Programme for Government has committed to securing improved opportunities for veterans, ensuring that those who have risked their lives in the service of the nation can access good jobs once their time in the military is over. We will launch a public awareness campaign targeting employers and the business community to help increase employment opportunities for veterans. Furthermore, the VESG's Employer Engagement Group, chaired by Officers Association Scotland (OAS), has developed a range of tools to help address negative employer perceptions of veterans which has included a series of infographics and videos to be presented at a series of regional roadshows. | |
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8 | Connections to the business community should be broadened and enhanced to ensure reach out to small and medium-sized enterprises as potential employers or as mentors to veterans looking to start their own business. | | |
Scottish Government actions and updatesAction | Update | Status | The Veterans Employability Strategic Group will consider refreshing membership of the group to broaden attendance. | During 2022 and into 2023 we conducted a light-touch review of the Veterans Employability Strategic Group to determine the most appropriate areas of focus and its membership. This work continues and we are working closely with partners and stakeholders to ensure a coordinated, collaborative approach which reduces duplication of effort and, ultimately, results in the best possible employment and skills-related outcomes for veterans and their families.
In particular, we are working with Veterans Scotland to determine how best to coordinate and reduce the duplication of the VESG and the Veterans Scotland Employment Group, and whether there is value in merging the Groups. This is currently under consideration. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | Membership of the VESG has been refreshed with new employer members recruited to offer perspective from large and small, public and private organisations including SG NHS workforce officials. A further review of purpose and format of the group is underway to ensure the group continues to have a clear purpose and appropriate membership. The VESG action plan includes the work of an employer engagement group chaired by Officers Association Scotland. In the last year, the group has developed a range of tools to help address negative employer perceptions of veterans including a series of infographics for employers and videos being made with both non-military and clients of support services to be presented at a series of regional roadshows.
Chambers of Commerce and SME employers are now part of the VESG. They have contributed positively to the Group. | | The Scottish Government has reached out to Chambers of Commerce, NHS Scotland and key SME employers asking for volunteers to join and influence the direction of the Veterans Employability Strategic Group (VESG) with the aim of improving visibility of veterans and the positive contributions which they can make. | As above. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | As above. | | The Scottish Government will engage with organisations such as X-Forces Enterprise and Joint Forces Alba to build relationships with veterans who own their own business or are considering a self-employed career. | As above. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | SG has engaged with organisations including Joint Force Alba and FDM Group (British Ex-Forces in Business Awards 2021 Employer of the Year), who help support and provide employment opportunities for veterans. We will continue to work this these organisations as needed. SG has presented at an X-Forces Enterprise networking sessions for veterans who own their own business. Furthermore, the Cabinet Secretary will meet FDM Group soon to hear more about the opportunities they provide for veterans and their families. | |
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9 | In this time of social renewal, social enterprises should be considered as a model to support community development, provide services, facilities and employment for veterans to ensure they do not experience any disadvantage due to their military Service. | | |
Scottish Government actions and updatesAction | Update | Status | The Scottish Government will survey work already under way within the sector to identify ways in which Social Enterprises can support the veteran community. | Social Enterprise Scotland (SES) were engaged during the development of our campaign working with the business community to help employers understand the benefits that veterans bring to the workforce. In addition, we shared our recruitment toolkit with SES, which is available to download from the new recruitveterans.scot website. We will engage directly with SES to determine what, if any, action has been taken following the campaign and determine how Social Enterprise can support the veteran community.
In addition, the Veterans Minister visited Scotland’s Bravest Manufacturing Company during 2023 to hear more about their work and how they are supporting veterans into employment. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | The Scottish Government is engaging with Social Enterprise Scotland in the first instance to scope out current and future activity that will enhance support for the veteran community through social enterprise, noting what is already being achieved for veterans across the sector through the work of organisations like Scotland's Bravest Manufacturing Co., Scotland’s leading social enterprise employing ex-service personnel. | | The Scottish Government will engage with organisations such as Senscot and Social Enterprise Scotland in order to identify opportunities to promote their work among the veteran community. | As above. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | As above. | | Work will be undertaken to understand the current social enterprise landscape in Scotland; identify the organisations that are already supporting veterans and how this can be built upon. | As above. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | As above. | |
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10 | Greater collaboration is needed across veterans’ charities and associated charities operating in Scotland and with central and local government to avoid duplication of effort and focus resources on areas of greatest need in the areas of Employment, Skills and Learning. | | |
Scottish Government actions and updatesAction | Update | Status | Work will be undertaken to map the service charities operating in Scotland, to identify what they provide so that areas of duplication can be identified and avoided and opportunities for better collaboration identified and progressed. | Poppyscotland developed an aide-memoire on the main organisations in the public and voluntary sectors offering employment support to veterans. In addition, Veterans Scotland published a guide for veterans of support across a wide range of topics including employment. We are having additional discussions with stakeholders in the third and charity sectors, including through the Veterans Employability Strategic Group, to better understand how collaboration could be improved where necessary. | | Show 2022 update 2022 update | Poppyscotland has led on the development of an aide-memoire which is nearing completion on the main organisations in the public and voluntary sectors offering employment support to veterans. In addition, Veterans Scotland publish a guide for veterans of support across a wide range of topics including employment. VESG third sector members do feel there is already close collaboration across the sector. | |
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