Employment & Volunteering
Cyfle Cymru
📍 Cardiff/Wider Wales • Free to access
What they offer
Cyfle Cymru provides person-centred practical support to help People overcome barriers, build confidence and move towards positive and sustainable futures. Support can include one-to-one mentoring, employability, training and skills development, volunteering opportunities, help accessing other services, and peer mentoring from people with lived experience.
Support Available
Education & training • Employment & employability • Volunteering • Community activities • Health & wellbeing • Criminal justice & resettlement • Confidence & personal development • Peer support
Programs & opportunities
Peer Mentoring Qualification • Five Ways to Thrive • Lived Experience Progression Pathway • Online learning portal
Who is it for?
People aged 16+, who has experience of Mental health and/or Substance use issues, who may be experiencing barriers and would benefit from support to build confidence, skills and move towards positive change.
How to access
Self-referral • Professional referral • Drop-in • Referral through a specific service or pathway
Glamorgan Voluntary Services (GVS)
📍 Vale of Glamorgan • Free to access
What they offer
Glamorgan Voluntary Services provides information and guidance on all aspects of volunteering. They promote hundreds of volunteering opportunities across the Vale of Glamorgan, with some opportunities also available in Cardiff, and can help people find roles that match their interests, needs and circumstances.
Support Available
Volunteering opportunities · Volunteering advice & guidance · Community opportunities · Additional support to access volunteering
Programs & opportunities
One-to-one volunteering guidance · Help finding suitable volunteering opportunities · Support contacting organisations · Accompanied introductions or first sessions where needed
Who is it for?
People of different ages who are interested in volunteering and would like support finding an opportunity that suits them.
How to access
Drop-in / no referral required
St Giles Trust / Inspire
📍 Cardiff · Vale of Glamorgan · Wider South Wales · Free to access
What they offer
The Inspire programme provides opportunities for people with lived experience to support their peers through education, training, employment and volunteering.
Support Available
Employment & employability · Education & training · Confidence & personal development · Peer support
Programs & opportunities
Employment coach & careers guidance · Learning to Advise course
Who is it for?
People aged 18+ living in South Wales who are looking for a route into employment.
How to access
Self-referral · Professional referral
What they offer
The Palmerston Centre provides courses and support for adults who are not currently in work, education or training, helping people build confidence, develop skills and move towards positive next steps.
Support Available
Education & training · Employment & employability · Confidence & personal development · Counselling & emotional wellbeing · Domestic abuse support
Programs & opportunities
Adult learning courses · Confidence-building support · Employability support · Counselling · Journeys Beyond Abuse programme delivered with ValeDAS
Who is it for?
Adults aged 18+ in the Vale of Glamorgan who are not currently in work, education or training. Some support is also available to people working 16 hours or less per week.
How to access
Self-referral · Referral through a specific service or pathway
Vale of Glamorgan Council – Palmerston Centre
📍 Vale of Glamorgan · Free if eligible
3SC
📍 Wider South Wales · Free if eligible/funded
What they offer
3SC delivers a range of services and programmes designed to help individuals develop new skills, increase opportunities and progress. Their support includes specialist neurodiversity-related provision.
Support Available
Neurodiversity support · Criminal justice support · Education & training · Employment & employability · Confidence & personal development
Programs & opportunities
Neurodiversity Support for people on probation
Who is it for?
People on probation who may benefit from neurodiversity support.
How to access
Professional referral - Speak to Probation Officer