Borders College Access Department

11/03/2025

Citizens’ Rights Project is a charity providing information, advice, and support for migrants in Scotland

Their advisers will be visiting Scottish Borders and will be offering free advice and support with:

➡️Welfare and financial issues – For pre-settled and settled status holders: benefits, employment, housing, energy, debt & others.
➡️EU Settlement Scheme – Late applications, pre-settled to settled status, family reunion & others.
➡️eVisa applications – Available to all migrants: help with switching physical documents to eVisa.

⏰Saturday 22nd March, 11:00-16:00
📍Focus Community Centre, Livingstone Pl, Galashiels TD1 1DQ

People interested in attending the event can just drop in between 11:00-16:00 or email [email protected] to book an appointment

11/03/2025

AVATAR is a new charity in the Borders run by and for autistic adults

Please see the attached poster with details about upcoming events.

27/01/2025

Open Day 2025 Open Day 2025 🕋 Galashiels Campus and Newtown St Boswells Campus.🗓️ Wednesday, 29th January 2025, 1.30 pm – 6.00 pmDiscover Your Future: Join us for our Open Day 2025!• Apprenticeships • Course Advice and Information • Funding and Transport   • Interactive Demonstrat...

27/01/2025

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴

Would you like to be an intern for Project SEARCH?
Join us to learn more about Project SEARCH at the Chaplaincy Centre, Borders General Hospital.

🗓️ Thursday 20th February 2025 - 6.30 pm - 8.30 pm.

To confirm your attendance, please contact:
Nicky Gass - [email protected] or tel. 07818 538 360
Sean Niven - [email protected] or tel. 07989 731 775

🔗 https://www.borderscollege.ac.uk/courses/project-search-1

19/12/2024

🎄 Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and Prosperous New Year 🎄

🎥 Press play to watch our Christmas Greeting.

19/12/2024

Creating Hope at Borders College 😊

Congratulations to the Student Support Services team for becoming the second service in the Scottish Borders to achieve the Creating Hope Champions Award.

The Creating Hope scheme, run by NHS Borders and Breathing Space, is open to any organisation or group in the Scottish Borders that wishes to demonstrate their commitment to being a mentally healthy and su***de safer community.

To achieve the award, the student services team demonstrated their efforts to promote good mental health practice, create supportive environments and safe spaces, implement mental health and trauma training, and identify mental health and su***de champions within the team.

➡️ Read more: https://bit.ly/3DhwuSN

19/12/2024

Merry Christmas to you all 🌲 🎅 Best wishes

🗓️ Christmas Holiday Dates 🎄

04/12/2024

Winter leaver or just looking for a new direction, apply now for one of our January 2025 start courses and unlock a world of possibilities! Courses on offer Click on the course title to find out more and apply.

14/11/2024

💥 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 💥
Galashiels Campus and Newtown St Boswells Campus.
🗓️ Wednesday, 29th January 2025, 1.30 pm – 6.00 pm

Discover Your Future: Join us for our Open Day 2025!

• Apprenticeships
• Course Advice and Information
• Funding and Transport
• Interactive Demonstrations
• Students’ Association Activities
• Skills Development Scotland
• Developing the Young Workforce
• Campus Tours
• Refreshments
• Support

Borders College,
Scottish Borders Campus,
Nether Road, Galashiels,
TD1 3HE

Borders College,
Newtown St Boswells,
Scottish Borders,
TD6 0PL

𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬: www.borderscollege.ac.uk/openday

14/11/2024

14/11/2024

Date for the diary...

10/09/2024

The next Drop In is Tuesday 24th September 👌 12 to 1 p.m. in the iLearn room - Scottish Borders Campus.

The Drop-In will run every fortnight from 12 to 1 p.m. and provide a space for students and staff to meet with local support organisations.

A new initiative called ‘The Drop-In’ will launch today from 12 to 1 p.m. in the iLearn room - Scottish Borders Campus.

The Drop-In will run every fortnight from 12 to 1 p.m. and provide a space for students and staff to meet with local support organisations.

Organisations you can meet:

☑️ Borders Sexual Health
☑️ Citizens Advice
☑️ NHS Wellbeing
☑️ Andy's Man Club
☑️ Scottish Borders Housing Association
☑️ Peer to Peer Mindfulness
☑️ Wee Campus Project (Why Not Trust)