Making Work Work – for Edinburgh Women
Since 2021, the Making Work Work team at The Challenges Group have helped 400 women across Scotland to make work work following a career beak. Making Work Work – for Edinburgh Women is free of charge for eligible women, and open to women on a career break or who have taken a career break in the past. We help women re-enter the workplace or progress on from work where they were not working at the level, salary or hours at which they are capable.
Women can face challenges in finding work commensurate with their skills, ambition and availability after a career break (for example for childcare, elderly care, health or other reasons). Our programmes help women refresh skills and build confidence and networks for success.
By helping women to transition into work aligned with their values, skills and ambitions, we can raise family incomes, improve workplace diversity and help women live fulfilling lives.
Participants take part in a peer-led skills refresher programme which facilitates the confidence and networks essential to finding work that works for them. With the help of our expert trainers, all women returners themselves, participants get to know other women in their situation, who provide mutual support and learning, helping each other along a transformative journey.
Making Work Work – for Edinburgh Women is offered in partnership with The City of Edinburgh Council and Capital City Partnership and is funded by the UK Government's Local growth Fund.
Our purpose:
to empower women to find or progress in work that works which is fulfilling and meaningful
Our aims:
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To contribute to more positive and productive workplace cultures where people can contribute in a way which fits with their lifestyles and commitments
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To improve the diversity of workplaces and address the Gender Pay Gap by supporting women to enter, return to or progress in work commensurate with their skills and aspirations
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To lift incomes of families by enabling women to work
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To help women to devise (work)life blends that suit them, their families and lifestyles
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To help normalise flexible and part-time working and the idea that not all careers are linear
What we cover:
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Designing your (work)life blend
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Networking
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Management and Leadership - what good looks like
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Performance Management
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Exploring and Building Confidence
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Flexible Working
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Skills, CVs and Interviews
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Building a Professional LinkedIn profile