Supported Employment

Our FREE service to individuals AND employers

  • Tailored packages of support

  • Job-Matching
  • Vocational Profiling

  • Job Analysis
  • Job Coaching


Restart Orkney – employ, reuse, recycling

Our Furniture Reuse Project

  • Restoration of donated furniture

  • Reuse of salvaged materials to manufacture original products: Orkney Heritage Bookcases & Wall Shelves, Raised Grow Beds & Tables, Bird Nest Boxes

  • Resale of donated furniture, white goods & household goods

  • House clearances

  • Collection and delivery service

  • Low-cost Showroom, Scotts Rd, Hatston 11am-3pm Mon-Sat

  • Concessions for anyone receiving benefits


Employability Orkney is registered in Scotland as a charitable company limited by guarantee.

We develop and promote the employability of individuals furthest from the labour market in Orkney, through social enterprise.

We also provide a range of supported volunteering, training and paid work opportunities.