WHat We Do
Our aim is to improve awareness of and access to the extensive opportunities available within the rural sector to all secondary school children in Scotland.
Countryside Learning Scotland supports this aim by delivering in-school engagement sessions, rural awareness and skills events, work experience placements, mentoring, training for teachers and industry staff, and residential programmes—to demonstrate that rural careers are accessible to everyone, regardless of academic ability or additional support needs.
This work is facilitated through our core initiative, Pathways to Rural Work.
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Within our Pathways to Rural Work initiative we have various different projects running alongside our regional delivery. Many of these are offered across Scotland to schools, teaching and careers staff and to rural related businesses. Find out more about Pathways to Rural Work here.
Click on the projects below to find out more:
Pathways to Rural Work
Rural Employability Scheme
ADHD Rural Connect
Teacher Training
Youth Led
Residentials
Rural Mentor Qualification
Live Chat A Rural Worker
Regional Partnership Delivery
Our initial area of work was in the Tayside area and we successfully piloted the programme in 2017 with Scone estates, Strathmore and Glamis estates and a cluster of primary and secondary schools in the area. From this we built relationships with other rural businesses and organisations to link with all routes into rural employment. With the kind assistance of our funders, we are building a network of regional coordinators across Scotland to engage with young people, schools and businesses.
As part of our regional growth plan, we now have Regional Coordinators in Tayside, the Cairngorm area, Dumfries & Galloway and the North West Highlands.
Click on the links below to find out about work in each region:
Cairngorms Region
Dumfries & Galloway Region
North West Region
Tayside Region
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