# SMART WORKS (GREATER MANCHESTER)

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1163594
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [09425123](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09425123)
- **Registered:** Sept. 16, 2015
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1163594


## Contact

- **Address:** 2nd Floor, Mellor House, 65-81 St. Petersgate, STOCKPORT, Cheshire
- **Postcode:** SK1 1DS
- **Phone:** 0161 974 0669
- **Email:** greatermanchester@smartworks.org.uk
- **Website:** https://greatermanchester.smartworks.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE AMONG WOMEN LIVING IN GREATER MANCHESTER IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY PROVIDING WORK-APPROPRIATE CLOTHING FOR INDIVIDUALS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT AND/OR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROVIDING JOB-SEEKING ADVICE, TRAINING AND EDUCATION AND PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO SUCCESSFULLY PROCURE EMPLOYMENT OR AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, AND PROVIDED THAT SUCH BENEFITS MAY BE PROVIDED TO MEN WHERE IT IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES, IN THE COURSE OF ADVANCING THE OVERALL OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY.

**Activities:** Smart Works Greater Manchester offers a service to unemployed women who have a job interview pending and need support in preparing for the interview. Smart Works offers an individualised tailored service by means of personalised styling service with full free outfit for the interview which is their to keep. Plus an hour training on interview skills and techniques.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Bury
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West &amp; Chester
- Lancashire
- Manchester City
- Oldham
- Rochdale
- Salford City
- Stockport
- Tameside





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Alison Lever |  | Jan. 15, 2018 |
| Chloe Taylor Smith |  | July 31, 2025 |
| Efua Uke |  | Oct. 27, 2025 |
| Emma Victoria Pickering |  | July 24, 2024 |
| Helen Rendle |  | May 8, 2024 |
| Helen Spence |  | Sept. 15, 2025 |
| Kay Truelove-Barratt |  | March 12, 2020 |
| Natasha Talia Rose Gada |  | July 24, 2024 |




