Work with us
We work with businesses who are keen to support mums in the South West back into the workplace via a meaningful work placement over a 4 week period. The mums we work with may be looking for a career change or more usually have been out of the workplace for at least a year. They may have faced challenges including domestic abuse, lone parenting, children with SEN or home displacement.
The primary outcomes for every participant at the Women's Work Lab are for them to leave being closer to work and with improved confidence & mental wellbeing. The work placement offers vital current work experience for our participants and gives them concrete skills that they can talk about in job interviews. We believe that with good planning and buy-in from across your organisation, our women will thrive.
Read more about Jade and Michelle’s work placement at Pelican here
Katy enjoyed a fantastic work placement at Bristol Sport Foundation and is now working there!
2024 programmes
The primary outcomes for every participant at the Women's Work Lab are for them to leave being closer to work and with improved confidence & mental wellbeing. The work placement offers vital current work experience for our participants and gives them concrete skills that they can talk about in job interviews. We believe that with good planning and buy-in from across your organisation, our women will thrive.We ask employers to offer volunteer work placements for 15 hours per week, usually Tues, Weds, Thurs 9.30-2.30pm in an entry level type role. Often employers do rotating placements so mums can find out different things about an organisation.
There is no limit to the type of placement as we make bespoke matches depending on the mums interests. Examples in the past have included admin roles, retail, hospitality, support and charity work, TAs, healthcare plus other more practical roles.
We will support you to create a placement plan for your mum to include meetings and a project for the placement so that our mums will have something tangible to work on and then speak about.
In 2024 we are delivering 11 programmes across Bath, Bristol, South Glos, North Somerset and Somerset. Please do get in touch if you feel you could offer a placement.
Support Us
Recognising that different companies aim to deliver social value in their communities in different ways, the Women’s Work Lab works with organisations in several ways.
As a registered C.I.C, we are run entirely for the benefit of the communities that we support. As such, any profits are always reinvested to create greater impact, not to generate shareholder dividends.
There are currently opportunities to work with us as an Employer Partner, Employer Sponsor or a Placement Provider. Contact us for more information on these different opportunities.
