Support for Secondary Pupils and School Leavers

Alternatively, if not quite ready for that next step, Youth Guarantee Agreements are available to support eligible young people to develop the skills and experience needed to move on.

• Access a range of services and local jobs via the local employment partnership websiteDG Employment Tap  
• Contact the local Employability and Skills Team who offer employment and skills support for young people, including those preparing to leave school at dgemployability@dumgal.gov.uk, on their Facebook Page or call 01387 260060. 
• Call the SDS Careers Centres in Dumfries on 01387 272500 or Stranraer on 01776 889793 for information advice and guidance on careers, redundancy support, learning and training opportunities.
• Find out about opportunities for young people aged 16-25 in Dumfries and Galloway on the Youth Work DG Facebook page  
• Search the range of services in Dumfries and Galloway in the local employability partnership's Directory of Services 
• Find out about courses at Dumfries and Galloway College  and SRUC Barony
• To get information on student wellbeing and general student enquiries, email studentadviser@dumgal.ac.uk 
• For general Dumfries and Galloway college enquires, email info@dumgal.ac.uk 
• For businesses or individual enquiries about short courses at Dumfries and Galloway College, email shortcourses@dumgal.ac.uk 
• For open learning candidates, email openlearning@dumgal.ac.uk  

Contact the Employment and Key Worker for your area: