Appendix 3 - Case Study Example - Veterans Employability Support

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Appendix 3
Case Study Example – Veteran Employability Support
CASE STUDY EXAMPLE EMPLOYABILITY
Robin Hood & HGV training for armed forces veterans
Nithcree Training Ltd received grant funding through the Scottish Government’s No
One Left Behind (NOLB) Programme locally. This support is managed by the
Council’s Skills and Employment Support Team. Nithcree provides a skills academy
in Freight Logistics HGV Skills where they train, nurture and mentor their participants
to ensure they move on to positive employment or even set up their own business.
An example of the positive impact the project has already had is X, who was referred
to the project as a veteran via Robin Hood of SouthWest RnR (SWRnR), a charity for
ex-servicemen and women to help them gain workplace skills and enter back into
employment. Nithcree have worked with SWRnR for many years in Dumfries and
last year this was further expanded to other areas in Scotland, including Perth and
Kinross. X was then enrolled onto our NOLB programme to gain his CE licence.
SWRnR supported him with theory training, tests and resits so by working
collaboratively together, we helped X achieve his goal of gaining his HGV licence. X
initially gained work with Evri but has since started work at Stewarts of Tayside in
November and is enjoying being on the open road and has had his confidence
boosted by the fact that Nithcree, SWRnR and PKC all believed in him and gave him
this opportunity to gain new skills and support him into employment