New Start Highland is looking for a Painter/ Decorator with the ability to lead and train a small team based in Inverness.

New Start Highland creates work opportunities and training for people who are unemployed. It is a growing and dynamic social enterprise delivering a number of services which create transformation in the lives of individuals experiencing social exclusion, challenge or crisis.

If you are a highly motivated and industry competent Painter/Decorator there is an opportunity for you to join our dynamic and evolving team. A valid driving licence is required along with confident communication skills.

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If you have any questions about the job please don't hesitate to get in touch with Jan Stephen on 01463 728 784

Closing Date : 5th March 2012

New Start is an equal opportunities employer and works with a range of vulnerable groups. The successful candidate will require a disclosure check.

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Bumper Furniture and Bikes Warehouse Sales starting 28th January - 9 Carsegate Road North, Inverness & Cromlet Drive, Invergordon, 10 am - 2 pm

Did you know that you can have an affordable new look in your home, whilst helping to bring a transformational change to your community?

New Start Highland's retail of new and used items, offers competitive prices with every penny going back into our community.

Furniture, White goods, Bikes and lots more to be found at great prices !

Check out some of our latest offers on furniture and bikes in our shops and on our Facebook page.

The Enterprise Centre has already created over 40 job opportunities for the local community. It is expected 50 more will be created over the next three years.

The opening of the new Centre marks a significant milestone in the success story of New Start Highland. Formed in 1999, this social enterprise began life by seeking to achieve the dual social benefits of waste diversion and social inclusion while providing practical assistance to vulnerable people. However, the organisation’s subsequent growth and expansion into new areas such as furniture re-use, housing support, training for unemployed people, painting/ decorating, removals, and bike recycling and training, has required the company to find additional space to accommodate this growth.

Located next to New Start’s existing premises in Carsegate Industrial Estate, the new Centre offers meeting and training facilities; three self contained starter units for other businesses; space for the ongoing development of New Start including warehouse and office accommodation; and an environment where support can be offered to other enterprises in the Highlands using New Start’s track record and support.

The Centre has been funded through an investment from Social Investment Scotland, as well as from HIE, the Highland Housing Alliance Charities Trust and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

 At today’s opening of the Centre, Fergus Ewing MSP, the Scottish Government’s minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism, unveiled a plaque and enjoyed a tour of the new facilities.

James Dunbar, chief executive of New Start Highland, said: The completion of our new Enterprise Centre highlights the enterprising future for New Start Highland, one of the few carbon negative organisations in Scotland.

It represents the culmination of three years of work. More importantly, it reflects our ambitions to create a centre of excellence from which our wide range of services can be delivered and where many of our partner organisations can come together with us to share in best practice and develop common ground.

The purpose of the Enterprise Centre is to generate growth. It will increase what New Start Highland can offer individuals and greatly enhance the operating efficiency of the other enterprises that use the Centre. In spite of a challenging economic climate the development of the Centre has already facilitated the creation of over 40 new jobs. We also plan to create an additional 50 new jobs over the next three years.

Income generated from the Centre leads us towards our ambition to become self sufficient, free from future grant funding.

Chief executive of Social Investment Scotland, Alastair Davis, said: “We’re delighted to have been able to support New Start Highland in the construction of this new Centre. The organisation has demonstrated an impressive level of growth since its formation and this new facility will help them deliver more services to more people who need them. I’m looking forward to following New Start’s progress as it continues to demonstrate a positive social impact by diverting waste from landfill and tackling social exclusion.”

New Start Highland's shop on Carsegate Road North has reopened.

Our new office and warehouse building is nearing completion. Latest photographs can be seen here.

                                                                                                                                                                    

New Start Highland are now on Facebook, as shown in the module on the right hand side of our webpage.

A Smart Living event, hosted by RoWAN (Ross-shire Waste Action Network) is taking place at Eastgate shopping Centre on 7th and 8th May.  The event in partnership with a number of ‘waste aware’ organisations including New Start Highland, New Start Bikes, Highland Council, Energy Saving Trust, Highland Real Nappy Project and Master Composter will be a platform to raise awareness of ‘green issues’ ranging from food waste to energy efficiency, furniture reuse to the use of real nappies.

Our Bike Workshop is open Monday - Friday 10 am - 5 pm and Saturdays 10 am - 2 pm for fantastic deals on Bikes, Servicing and Repairs.

This week we are unveiling a series of bus adverts, as part of a collection campaign in partnership with Blythswood Care and Waste Aware Scotland, which will detail information on our FREE collection service and the items required.