Gender Equality United Kingdom Project #19331

Get the clothes, get the confidence, get the job

by Smart Works

Get the clothes, get the confidence, get the job

Project Report | May 5, 2015
Client Success Stories

By Robina Brennan | Manager

Welcoming clients

We are extremely lucky to have really incredible supporters that understand and strengthen our mission to help more women gain financial independence through employment.

We rely on volunteers to provide styling and interview preparation sessions for our clients. We rely on amazing donors to keep our dressing room rails stocked up with beautiful interview outfit options. We rely on our retail and corporate partners to engage in campaigns with us, spread the word about Smart Works and support us through events and corporate programmes.

We have been able to create visual presentations with some amazing images a professional photographer took of some of our willing clients. This shows the journey our clients take when visiting Smart Works and also the huge impact in makes to their confidence and journey.

We are able to use these presentations at events and referral partner meetings, the images tell a thousand words, they really show the importance of the service Smart Works provides better than words could express.

When a woman has been successful at interview following her visit to Smart Works, she is welcomed back for a 'Second Dressing' to get some more items to add to her work wardrobe. At this point, if she is happy to tell her story- we capture these details as a 'Client Success Story'.

Every single donation given to Smart Works enables us to help more and more women, we are hugely appreciative of every bit of support we are given.

Checking details and fit

Checking cuffs

Interview training

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