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Jai and Gary - Former Routes to Work Clients For years, the employability sector has measured success in a fairly narrow way: "How many people moved into work?". It's an important number and one Routes to Work is proud of with 1400 clients entering employment in 2025/2026. However, anyone who has spent time in a caseworker's office, a training room, or on the other end of a support call knows that the real story is bigger than a job start figure. This is why social value is i

Read about some of our recent success stories and celebrations of employability support for ERSA Employability Day 2026 in this blog.

2026 has started the way we mean to go on - being busy, purposeful, and full of our team making real change and progress. Our Start of Year 2026 newsletter covers a lot of ground. We reflect on 3 fantastic job fairs across North Lanarkshire that brought together 680 attendees and many employers that we are partnered with, share an update on our bespoke training routeways and the 37 clients who have already moved into work through them, and take a look at the visits from North

We have been welcoming special visitors to our offices and outreach centres across North Lanarkshire. North Lanarkshire's Members of Parliament came to spend time with our team, see what we do up close, and hear directly from the team behind the work. These were not just quick drop-ins. They were open, honest conversations about the challenges people in our communities face when it comes to progressing in their journey to work. We were grateful for these MP visits to Routes

Our End of Summer Fair last month at the Cliftonville and Coatdyke Community Centre was an incredible success!

The Motherwell Jobs Fair held recently was nothing short of a resounding success. With glowing feedback from employers and clients alike,...

Our recent Coatbridge & Airdrie Jobs Fair was a tremendous success – we received fantastic feedback from both employers and, most...

The board of RTW are delighted to announce the appointment of Kate Clark into the role of Chief Executive following a recent recruitment...

In October, Routes To Work was announced as a finalist at the ERSA Employability Awards in 2 categories: “Social Value – Working For...

Introduction We are thrilled to announce that our precious client Gary Swan has been selected as a finalist for the ERSA Employability...

Follow the story of Routes To Work clients reaching out for a better future, gaining confidence, finding motivation and setting goals....

To celebrate and recognise the importance of International Transgender Day of Visibility, we are sharing our recent progress towards...

Since 2022, Routes To Work have been supporting the Ukrainian Resettlement Project across North Lanarkshire, offering guidance and...

We are committed to excellence and operate as a learning organisation and have been working with the IIP standard since 2006 to...

On 19th March 2019 Routes to Work added its name to a charter aimed at helping employees who become terminally ill at work. The Charter...