Smart Works Leeds

Women into Work is expanding! 🚀

The Smart Works team are delighted to announce that we are holding our first North Yorkshire Jobs Fair ⭐️

📆 Thursday June 11th
🕰️ 10am- 2pm
🏢 Patch, The Bonding Warehouse, York.

The Women Into Work Jobs Fair is an opportunity for any woman looking for a job or employment support in York and surrounding areas to speak to a range of employers and businesses with a variety of live vacancies and training opportunities, who are keen to support more women 💙

A CV clinic will also be available offering advice and guidance on how to make your CV stand out to prospective employers 💡

Sign up for a free ticket here, or simply pop in on the day! We can’t wait to see you there 🎉

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/smartworksleeds1/2077434

Huge thank you to Beyondly for funding our work in North Yorkshire and powering this event 🙌

One year ago we embarked on a special project to expand our services into Bradford. We set out with a goal in mind- to work with women in Bradford to build their confidence, supporting them to secure employment and change the trajectory of their lives.

As our first year draws to a close, we are delighted to share the progress of our project to date.

Our achievements include:
🚀 179 outreach engagements attended
🚀 32 group sessions delivered supporting 266 women
🚀 147 unique beneficiaries accessed our core service
🚀 39 women have got the job so far

Our project to reach communities in Bradford has been made possible thanks to funding provided by the Charitable Foundation. We would like to sincerely thank the Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation for empowering us to bring Smart Works to Bradford. We would also like to give a huge shout out to our partners, who have welcomed us to Bradford and collaborated with us to bring value and support to their customers.

As move into our second year of the project, we will expand the reach and visibility of core service provision within Bradford, develop workshop offering and expand its remit and reach, pilot core service delivery within Bradford and more.

Do you want to get involved in our project? Find out more here: https://leeds.smartworks.org.uk/smart-works-bradford 🚀

🎉 Masonmeh got the job! 🎉

When we met Masonmeh she was a year into her journey to find a job. One of the barriers for Masonmeh was not yet having work experience in the UK. She said that everything here was new for her- from the language, to the culture, the processes involved in looking for a job in the UK and more. She told us that she lost count of how many jobs she had applied for.

Masonmeh learned about Smart Works with her local library, who referred her to us.

She came to see us ahead of a brilliant opportunity- an interview to be a Graduate Engineer Geologist. After her appointment with Smart Works, she got the job!

Masonmeh said that 'a job for me means being in society and doing something meaningful.'

She added 'I am very much glad that I found you. Smart Works is a community helping women find their confidence. Smart Works is friendly, essential and supportive. This service is important because having more confident women in society makes the whole society a better place. In most cases, women need just a little push to fly.'

Masonmeh is pictured here, in the clothes she picked out at Smart Works ahead of her job start.

It was our honour to help you to fly, Masonmeh. Good luck! 🤩