Bridges Project
@bridgeslothian.bsky.social
Charity that helps young people aged 12-25 in East Lothian and Midlothian take their next steps in life. Inspiring Young People to Build a Confident Future.
A huge thank you to Grace and @elfoodbank.bsky.social for donating another set of food parcels to our young people 🙏
Our Independent Living Support Worker Stevie went along to pick up the parcels 🥰
Our Independent Living Support Worker Stevie went along to pick up the parcels 🥰
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A huge thank you to Grace and @elfoodbank.bsky.social for donating another set of food parcels to our young people 🙏
Our Independent Living Support Worker Stevie went along to pick up the parcels 🥰
Our Independent Living Support Worker Stevie went along to pick up the parcels 🥰
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Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people?
Do you want a flexible, varied and meaningful job in a supportive team?
Educational Support Worker with @bridgeslothian.bsky.social
📍Musselburgh
💷 £24,000 – £26,000
📅25 - 26hpw
tinyurl.com/4zekcssf
#YouthWork #EastLothian
Do you want a flexible, varied and meaningful job in a supportive team?
Educational Support Worker with @bridgeslothian.bsky.social
📍Musselburgh
💷 £24,000 – £26,000
📅25 - 26hpw
tinyurl.com/4zekcssf
#YouthWork #EastLothian
Educational Support Worker with Bridges Project – Goodmoves
Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people? Do you want a flexible, varied and meaningful job in a supportive team? Do you value great employee benefits such as g...
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October 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people?
Do you want a flexible, varied and meaningful job in a supportive team?
Educational Support Worker with @bridgeslothian.bsky.social
📍Musselburgh
💷 £24,000 – £26,000
📅25 - 26hpw
tinyurl.com/4zekcssf
#YouthWork #EastLothian
Do you want a flexible, varied and meaningful job in a supportive team?
Educational Support Worker with @bridgeslothian.bsky.social
📍Musselburgh
💷 £24,000 – £26,000
📅25 - 26hpw
tinyurl.com/4zekcssf
#YouthWork #EastLothian
📣Deadline extended to apply for our Educational Support Worker role!
Delivering Bridges Pathways, the successful candidate will support young people to develop skills needed for work or other destinations✅
📆 New deadline 27 October
ℹ️ For more info & to apply:
bridgesproject.org.uk/current-vaca...
Delivering Bridges Pathways, the successful candidate will support young people to develop skills needed for work or other destinations✅
📆 New deadline 27 October
ℹ️ For more info & to apply:
bridgesproject.org.uk/current-vaca...
October 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
📣Deadline extended to apply for our Educational Support Worker role!
Delivering Bridges Pathways, the successful candidate will support young people to develop skills needed for work or other destinations✅
📆 New deadline 27 October
ℹ️ For more info & to apply:
bridgesproject.org.uk/current-vaca...
Delivering Bridges Pathways, the successful candidate will support young people to develop skills needed for work or other destinations✅
📆 New deadline 27 October
ℹ️ For more info & to apply:
bridgesproject.org.uk/current-vaca...
It's #YouthMentalHealthDay!
This year's theme is #ShareSupport, with a particular focus on peer support 👥
Our own Listening Peers programme shows the mental health benefits of peer support. Just last year, 37 young people who engaged with the programme improved their mental health 🌟
@corra.scot
This year's theme is #ShareSupport, with a particular focus on peer support 👥
Our own Listening Peers programme shows the mental health benefits of peer support. Just last year, 37 young people who engaged with the programme improved their mental health 🌟
@corra.scot
September 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
It's #YouthMentalHealthDay!
This year's theme is #ShareSupport, with a particular focus on peer support 👥
Our own Listening Peers programme shows the mental health benefits of peer support. Just last year, 37 young people who engaged with the programme improved their mental health 🌟
@corra.scot
This year's theme is #ShareSupport, with a particular focus on peer support 👥
Our own Listening Peers programme shows the mental health benefits of peer support. Just last year, 37 young people who engaged with the programme improved their mental health 🌟
@corra.scot
This week, we're supporting #SCQFWeek - challenging perceptions about learning and celebrating the wide range of learning pathways that help people succeed🌟
Qualifications are not just gained in the classroom but through various avenues- #AllLearningCounts 👊
@scqfpartnership.bsky.social
Qualifications are not just gained in the classroom but through various avenues- #AllLearningCounts 👊
@scqfpartnership.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This week, we're supporting #SCQFWeek - challenging perceptions about learning and celebrating the wide range of learning pathways that help people succeed🌟
Qualifications are not just gained in the classroom but through various avenues- #AllLearningCounts 👊
@scqfpartnership.bsky.social
Qualifications are not just gained in the classroom but through various avenues- #AllLearningCounts 👊
@scqfpartnership.bsky.social
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So great to come along to Rosehill High School’s first ever charities fair.
So many great conversations between young people and charities! @supportchas.bsky.social
@bridgeslothian.bsky.social
So many great conversations between young people and charities! @supportchas.bsky.social
@bridgeslothian.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
So great to come along to Rosehill High School’s first ever charities fair.
So many great conversations between young people and charities! @supportchas.bsky.social
@bridgeslothian.bsky.social
So many great conversations between young people and charities! @supportchas.bsky.social
@bridgeslothian.bsky.social
Maya, one of our Young Ambassadors and Listening Peers Mentors, and our Young Ambassadors Coordinator Grant have been at a @ypi-scotland.bsky.social event at Rosehill High School to talk to students about what difference we could make if we were selected to receive £3,000 through the initiative!
September 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Maya, one of our Young Ambassadors and Listening Peers Mentors, and our Young Ambassadors Coordinator Grant have been at a @ypi-scotland.bsky.social event at Rosehill High School to talk to students about what difference we could make if we were selected to receive £3,000 through the initiative!
Thanks to Kyle from @yfoes.bsky.social for meeting with our Young Ambassadors 🤝 We look forward to welcoming Kyle back in a few weeks' time to talk about all things campaigning!
August 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Thanks to Kyle from @yfoes.bsky.social for meeting with our Young Ambassadors 🤝 We look forward to welcoming Kyle back in a few weeks' time to talk about all things campaigning!
This week's Throwback Thursday quote is from the carer of a young person supported by our Bridges Pathways programme, previously known as Support2Thrive 😊
Bridges Pathways is funded by @therobertsontrust.bsky.social!
#ThrowbackThursday #Impact #Stories
Bridges Pathways is funded by @therobertsontrust.bsky.social!
#ThrowbackThursday #Impact #Stories
August 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This week's Throwback Thursday quote is from the carer of a young person supported by our Bridges Pathways programme, previously known as Support2Thrive 😊
Bridges Pathways is funded by @therobertsontrust.bsky.social!
#ThrowbackThursday #Impact #Stories
Bridges Pathways is funded by @therobertsontrust.bsky.social!
#ThrowbackThursday #Impact #Stories
📣 We're looking for a new Educational Support Worker to deliver our Bridges Pathways programme!
The successful candidate will support young people to develop skills needed for work or other destinations✅
📆 Deadline 8 September
ℹ️ For more info & to apply:
bridgesproject.org.uk/current-vaca...
The successful candidate will support young people to develop skills needed for work or other destinations✅
📆 Deadline 8 September
ℹ️ For more info & to apply:
bridgesproject.org.uk/current-vaca...
August 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
📣 We're looking for a new Educational Support Worker to deliver our Bridges Pathways programme!
The successful candidate will support young people to develop skills needed for work or other destinations✅
📆 Deadline 8 September
ℹ️ For more info & to apply:
bridgesproject.org.uk/current-vaca...
The successful candidate will support young people to develop skills needed for work or other destinations✅
📆 Deadline 8 September
ℹ️ For more info & to apply:
bridgesproject.org.uk/current-vaca...
A huge thank you to @therobertsontrust.bsky.social for awarding us a grant of £105,000 to continue our educational support programme for another 3 years, enabling the programme to keep supporting young people to gain the skills they need to move on to employment & other meaningful destinations!
August 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
A huge thank you to @therobertsontrust.bsky.social for awarding us a grant of £105,000 to continue our educational support programme for another 3 years, enabling the programme to keep supporting young people to gain the skills they need to move on to employment & other meaningful destinations!
Our Build You Up team have completed the full course including fire safety, practical skills and employability support. A massive well done to all that attended!
June 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Our Build You Up team have completed the full course including fire safety, practical skills and employability support. A massive well done to all that attended!
Throwback to when our Build You Up group visited our good friends at BuildU for a practical workshop delivered by Balfour Beatty on trade skills and building planters out of pallets!
Build You Up is delivered by our Support2Thrive programme, funded by @therobertsontrust.bsky.social ☺️
Build You Up is delivered by our Support2Thrive programme, funded by @therobertsontrust.bsky.social ☺️
June 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Throwback to when our Build You Up group visited our good friends at BuildU for a practical workshop delivered by Balfour Beatty on trade skills and building planters out of pallets!
Build You Up is delivered by our Support2Thrive programme, funded by @therobertsontrust.bsky.social ☺️
Build You Up is delivered by our Support2Thrive programme, funded by @therobertsontrust.bsky.social ☺️
Our Young Ambassador & Listening Peers Mentor Kerra delivered a training session on trauma informed practice to other young people as part of her PDA in Youth Work!
The session was a culmination of a placement Kerra has done with us for the PDA, delivered by @edinburghcollege.ac.uk 😊
@corra.scot
The session was a culmination of a placement Kerra has done with us for the PDA, delivered by @edinburghcollege.ac.uk 😊
@corra.scot
May 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Our Young Ambassador & Listening Peers Mentor Kerra delivered a training session on trauma informed practice to other young people as part of her PDA in Youth Work!
The session was a culmination of a placement Kerra has done with us for the PDA, delivered by @edinburghcollege.ac.uk 😊
@corra.scot
The session was a culmination of a placement Kerra has done with us for the PDA, delivered by @edinburghcollege.ac.uk 😊
@corra.scot
Thanks to Mitch and @volunteerel.bsky.social for having our Young Ambassadors Kerra and Shea on their podcast for Volunteers' Week to talk about how volunteering has helped them and why other young people should consider volunteering 🤝
The episode is available from 8 June!
The episode is available from 8 June!
May 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Thanks to Mitch and @volunteerel.bsky.social for having our Young Ambassadors Kerra and Shea on their podcast for Volunteers' Week to talk about how volunteering has helped them and why other young people should consider volunteering 🤝
The episode is available from 8 June!
The episode is available from 8 June!
Another example of our incredible Listening Peers Mentors going above and beyond to help their fellow Mentors!
When Mikhail got an interview for a job at a care home, Kerra and Amber, who both have experience of caring for a family member, decided to do a mock interview with him 👏
@corra.scot
When Mikhail got an interview for a job at a care home, Kerra and Amber, who both have experience of caring for a family member, decided to do a mock interview with him 👏
@corra.scot
May 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Another example of our incredible Listening Peers Mentors going above and beyond to help their fellow Mentors!
When Mikhail got an interview for a job at a care home, Kerra and Amber, who both have experience of caring for a family member, decided to do a mock interview with him 👏
@corra.scot
When Mikhail got an interview for a job at a care home, Kerra and Amber, who both have experience of caring for a family member, decided to do a mock interview with him 👏
@corra.scot
Kira, one of our Young Ambassadors and Listening Peers Mentors who also accesses our Support2Thrive programme, bumped into fellow Young Ambassador and Peer Mentor Baillie during a tour at @edinburghcollege.ac.uk with our Educational Support Worker Zac!
@therobertsontrust.bsky.social
@therobertsontrust.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Kira, one of our Young Ambassadors and Listening Peers Mentors who also accesses our Support2Thrive programme, bumped into fellow Young Ambassador and Peer Mentor Baillie during a tour at @edinburghcollege.ac.uk with our Educational Support Worker Zac!
@therobertsontrust.bsky.social
@therobertsontrust.bsky.social
This week's Throwback Thursday quote is from the parent of a young person supported by our @therobertsontrust.bsky.social funded Support2Thrive programme 🧡
#ThrowbackThursday #Impact #MakingADifference
#ThrowbackThursday #Impact #MakingADifference
April 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This week's Throwback Thursday quote is from the parent of a young person supported by our @therobertsontrust.bsky.social funded Support2Thrive programme 🧡
#ThrowbackThursday #Impact #MakingADifference
#ThrowbackThursday #Impact #MakingADifference
From next week, Katrina will join Zac in delivering our Support2Thrive programme!
Together, they will support young people into positive destinations through mentoring sessions & sector-focused courses ✅
Support2Thrive is funded by @therobertsontrust.bsky.social 😊
Together, they will support young people into positive destinations through mentoring sessions & sector-focused courses ✅
Support2Thrive is funded by @therobertsontrust.bsky.social 😊
April 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
From next week, Katrina will join Zac in delivering our Support2Thrive programme!
Together, they will support young people into positive destinations through mentoring sessions & sector-focused courses ✅
Support2Thrive is funded by @therobertsontrust.bsky.social 😊
Together, they will support young people into positive destinations through mentoring sessions & sector-focused courses ✅
Support2Thrive is funded by @therobertsontrust.bsky.social 😊
📣 We're recruiting for a new Support Worker (Young Carers) to deliver our Young Carers Programme, which provides support to young people with caring responsibilities aged 15-25 in East Lothian!
📆 Closing date: 12 May
ℹ️ For more information and to apply:
bridgesproject.org.uk/current-vaca...
📆 Closing date: 12 May
ℹ️ For more information and to apply:
bridgesproject.org.uk/current-vaca...
April 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
📣 We're recruiting for a new Support Worker (Young Carers) to deliver our Young Carers Programme, which provides support to young people with caring responsibilities aged 15-25 in East Lothian!
📆 Closing date: 12 May
ℹ️ For more information and to apply:
bridgesproject.org.uk/current-vaca...
📆 Closing date: 12 May
ℹ️ For more information and to apply:
bridgesproject.org.uk/current-vaca...
Kerra, one of our more experienced Listening Peers Mentors, recently provided training to one of our new Mentors, Mitchell!
Another example of how young people take the lead on every single aspect of our Listening Peers programme & how the programme continues to grow organically ⭐ 🌱
@corra.scot
Another example of how young people take the lead on every single aspect of our Listening Peers programme & how the programme continues to grow organically ⭐ 🌱
@corra.scot
April 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Kerra, one of our more experienced Listening Peers Mentors, recently provided training to one of our new Mentors, Mitchell!
Another example of how young people take the lead on every single aspect of our Listening Peers programme & how the programme continues to grow organically ⭐ 🌱
@corra.scot
Another example of how young people take the lead on every single aspect of our Listening Peers programme & how the programme continues to grow organically ⭐ 🌱
@corra.scot
Thanks to a £39,789 grant from @eastlothiancouncil.bsky.social 's No One Left Behind Employability Grants Programme, we're able to continue our Spark Your Future programme for another year & we're recruiting for the ESW 16+ who'll take over the delivery of it!
bridgesproject.org.uk/current-vaca...
bridgesproject.org.uk/current-vaca...
April 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Thanks to a £39,789 grant from @eastlothiancouncil.bsky.social 's No One Left Behind Employability Grants Programme, we're able to continue our Spark Your Future programme for another year & we're recruiting for the ESW 16+ who'll take over the delivery of it!
bridgesproject.org.uk/current-vaca...
bridgesproject.org.uk/current-vaca...
Five our our young people who have completed the two-day @mybnkuk.bsky.social Money Works course 👏
They will now all gain an SCQF Level 4 Personal Money Management qualification as a result ✅
A huge thanks to Josh from MyBnk for delivering the course 🤝
They will now all gain an SCQF Level 4 Personal Money Management qualification as a result ✅
A huge thanks to Josh from MyBnk for delivering the course 🤝
March 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Five our our young people who have completed the two-day @mybnkuk.bsky.social Money Works course 👏
They will now all gain an SCQF Level 4 Personal Money Management qualification as a result ✅
A huge thanks to Josh from MyBnk for delivering the course 🤝
They will now all gain an SCQF Level 4 Personal Money Management qualification as a result ✅
A huge thanks to Josh from MyBnk for delivering the course 🤝
Our Young Ambassadors recently responded to a consultation on the proposed Youth Work (Scotland) Bill put forward by
@martinwhitfieldmsp.bsky.social 🗳
They voted unanimously in favour of the principles of the Bill✅
⬇️Here are some of the responses they submitted to explain their support for it✍️
@martinwhitfieldmsp.bsky.social 🗳
They voted unanimously in favour of the principles of the Bill✅
⬇️Here are some of the responses they submitted to explain their support for it✍️
February 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Our Young Ambassadors recently responded to a consultation on the proposed Youth Work (Scotland) Bill put forward by
@martinwhitfieldmsp.bsky.social 🗳
They voted unanimously in favour of the principles of the Bill✅
⬇️Here are some of the responses they submitted to explain their support for it✍️
@martinwhitfieldmsp.bsky.social 🗳
They voted unanimously in favour of the principles of the Bill✅
⬇️Here are some of the responses they submitted to explain their support for it✍️
We have a national kickboxing champion 🥊 🥇
This young person, supported by our @therobertsontrust.bsky.social funded Support2Thrive programme, got a gold medal in the WKA Scottish Open!
A huge congratulations from everyone at Bridges Project! What an amazing achievement 👏
This young person, supported by our @therobertsontrust.bsky.social funded Support2Thrive programme, got a gold medal in the WKA Scottish Open!
A huge congratulations from everyone at Bridges Project! What an amazing achievement 👏
February 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We have a national kickboxing champion 🥊 🥇
This young person, supported by our @therobertsontrust.bsky.social funded Support2Thrive programme, got a gold medal in the WKA Scottish Open!
A huge congratulations from everyone at Bridges Project! What an amazing achievement 👏
This young person, supported by our @therobertsontrust.bsky.social funded Support2Thrive programme, got a gold medal in the WKA Scottish Open!
A huge congratulations from everyone at Bridges Project! What an amazing achievement 👏