Smart Works Birmingham’s Post

🌟 What do women aged 16-25 have? Passion, determination and ambition. 💭 What do they want? “Meaningful, long-lasting careers.” But we are in the midst of a youth employment crisis. Unemployment in this age group is at 13.9%, while the national average sits at 4.2% 📉 and right now, there are 379,000 women, between the ages of 16-25, not in education, employment, or training. This #InternationalDayOfTheGirl, Smart Works is calling on employers to be bold and harness the potential of young women across the UK. We are asking young women to not give up hope and to hold on to their confi dence. ✨ Come through our doors for coaching, interview training, and a free outfi t to help you shine on the day of your interview! Young women can’t gain experience if they’re never given the chance. So, we urge society to look beyond what’s missing in a CV and focus on the talent, drive, and potential they already have. Let’s break barriers and build futures by giving young women the opportunities, mentoring and networks they need to thrive. Help us nurture their ability: they are the future. 💙 #BreakBarriersBuildFutures #SmartWorks #YoungWomen #EarlyCareers #FirstJob #YouthEmployment #WomenSupportingWomen #FutureLeaders #BoldMoves

📣 FINAL CALL FOR OUR VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT EVENING! 📣 Join the best volunteer team in the city! 🩵 Our Smart Works service is only made possible by our incredible team of volunteers. If you have the skills, experience, and passion to empower women in the workforce, we would love for you to join our team. We are holding a volunteer recruitment evening on the 26th September from 6pm-7:30pm! Together we can make a significant impact and bring about positive change ⚡️ If you’d like to attend please email us birmingham@smartworks.org.uk 💙 #volunteer #volunteering #coaching #styling #smartworksbirmingham

💥💙 She’s ready for her interview! Meet our incredible client, Michelle, who visited us at Smart Works Birmingham last week for some support ahead of her job interview this week! Michelle left the centre looking great and feeling confident, and told us that her time with Smart Works was ‘amazing start to finish’! 🩵 Please join us in wishing Michelle the best of luck in her interview, we can’t wait to hear all about it! 😊🩵 #outfitinspo #interviewoutfit #smartworksbirmingham #readyforherinterview #empoweredwomen

Over the weekend Smart Works Birmingham were at The Good Clothes Show at the Birmingham NEC. It was such a fantastic opportunity to raise awareness of what we do. We also had a pop up Fashion Sale at the show to raise funds for our vital work. More details about this in our latest newsletter, and exciting information about our next Fashion Sale at the x+y club on the 16th October.

Smart Works Birmingham have loved being part of The Good Clothes Show at The NEC, Birmingham this weekend. Thankyou to all our supporters who helped the weekend run smoothly, Restore Harrow Green delivered the stock, our ambassador Scarlett Lily Allen-Horton came along and beautifully shone a light on what we do, we had volunteer support from Bureau Veritas UK and Smart Works Birmingham who all manned our clothing stall and championed us. Both our fantastic chairwoman Alison Armstrong (McKerracher) and our client champion Steph took centre stage and inspired attendees! Thankyou to you all, we are incredibly fortunate to have such passionate supporters! #sustainablefashion #makingadifference #fashionasaforceforgood Ann Louise Powell Danielle Owens Anne Dewison carmen burkett mireille yamdjeu