# SMART WORKS READING

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1164723
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [09626510](https://opencompanies.uk/company/09626510)
- **Registered:** Dec. 7, 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=1164723


## Contact

- **Address:** Enterprise House, 95 London Street, Reading
- **Postcode:** RG1 4QA
- **Phone:** 0118 959 4245
- **Email:** helen.francis@smartworks.org.uk
- **Website:** https://reading.smartworks.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE AMONG WOMEN LIVING IN READING 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 READING IS A UK CHARITY THAT IS FOCUSED ON HELPING OUT-OF-WORK WOMEN ON LOW INCOMES GET BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE. WE PROVIDE INTERVIEW COACHING, HIGH QUALITY INTERVIEW CLOTHES AND STYLING ADVICE.  WE HELP WOMEN TO FEEL CONFIDENT, LOOK FABULOUS, SUCCEED AT THEIR JOB INTERVIEW AND MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIFE.




## Classification

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



## Geography

- Bracknell Forest
- Buckinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Reading
- Slough
- West Berkshire
- Windsor And Maidenhead
- Wokingham





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Louise Verrier Jones |  | April 29, 2021 |
| Melanie Prater |  | May 10, 2023 |
| Padmavathi Knowles |  | May 10, 2023 |
| Rachel Bradley |  | May 15, 2024 |




