Fair Start Scotland Results
From April 2018 the new Fair Start Scotland service will aim to help at least 38,000 people to find employment, including those facing barriers to entering the labour market.
On 4 October 2017 the Minister for Employability and Training, Jamie Hepburn MSP, announced the award of Contracts up to £96m to deliver Fair Start Scotland, with more than half of provision delivered by supported businesses and by third sector and public sector bodies in Scotland, in 9 Contract Areas across Scotland, as below:
Contract area | Local authority | Successful Bidder | Delivery Partners/Sub Contracted | Estimated Value (up to £ million) |
1 – Glasgow | Glasgow | People Plus Group Ltd (Private) | · Remploy (Supported Business)
· Momentum (Third Sector) · The Lennox Partnership (Third Sector) |
19.1 |
2 -Lanarkshire | N Lanarkshire
S Lanarkshire |
Remploy Limited (Supported Business) | · ENABLE Scotland (Third Sector)
· Routes to Work South (Third Sector) |
12.6 |
3 – Tayside | Angus
Dundee City Perth and Kinross |
Remploy Limited (Supported Business) | · Rathbone (Third Sector)
· The Wise Group (Third Sector) |
7.3 |
4 – Forth Valley | Falkirk
Stirling Clackmannanshire |
Falkirk Council (Public Sector) | · Falkirk Council (Public Sector)
· Clackmannanshire Council (Public Sector) · Stirling Council (Public Sector) · NHS Forth Valley (Public Sector) |
5.0 |
5 – East | City of Edinburgh
East Lothian Midlothian Scottish Borders West Lothian Fife |
Start Scotland Limited
(Private and Third Sector Partnership) |
· Momentum (Third Sector)
· Triage (Private) · Working Links (Private) |
21.3 |
6 – Southwest | North Ayrshire
South Ayrshire East Ayrshire Dumfries and Galloway |
Start Scotland Limited (Private and Third Sector Partnership) | · Working Links (Private)
· Rathbone (Third Sector) · The Lennox Partnership (Third Sector) · The Wise Group (Third Sector) |
10.1 |
7 – Northeast | Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire |
Momentum Scotland (Third Sector) | · Life Skills Centres Limited (Private)
· ENABLE Scotland (Third Sector) · Aberdeen Foyer (Third Sector) · Scottish Association for Mental Health (Third Sector) · Enterprise Mentoring Ltd (Private) |
5.6 |
8 – Highlands and Islands | Argyll and Bute
Eilean Siar Highland Moray Orkney Islands Shetland Islands |
People Plus Ltd (Private) | · Argyll and Bute Council (Public Sector)
· Life Skills Centres Ltd (Private) · Lochaber Hope (Third Sector) · Momentum Scotland (Third Sector) · Third Sector Hebrides (Third Sector) · 2020 Clearview Ltd (Private) |
6.2 |
9 – West | E Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire E Dunbartonshire W Dunbartonshire Inverclyde |
The Wise Group (Third Sector) |
· Scottish Association for Mental Health (Third Sector)
· The Lennox Partnership (Third Sector) · Working Links (Private) · ENABLE Scotland (Third Sector) · Royal National Institute for the Blind (Third Sector) |
8.8 |