The Conscious Closet wraps up 2018
By Anna Macfarlane Our retail social enterprise The Conscious Closet has enjoyed yet another busy and successful year of trade in 2018, with great thanks to our incredible volunteer staff and the support of a loyal (and ever-growing!) customer base. Throughout the year, our Melbourne shop has celebrated many national events, including collaborating with RMIT […]
2018 has been another busy year across National Programs.
By Merredith Murphy The year began with another group of mature age women participating in the Money for Jam program with PerCapita, to set up their own micro-enterprise initiatives. As the pilot ends this year, we are looking forward to following the progress as the women continue to build and grow their exciting micro-enterprise […]
A Year of Key Partnerships.
by Amanda Carlile. This year has further strengthened long-established partnerships and developed several new and exciting ones. Partnerships which have enabled us to provide more services, build vital organisational capacity and pilot new projects Australia-wide. In May this year, we took part in the Benefit Cosmetics ‘Bold is Beautiful Campaign’ where 100% of Benefit profits […]
What a year 2018 has been for Fitted for Work!
By Donna de Zwart 2018 has been an exciting year for Fitted for Work. So much of the hard work that has been carried out behind the scenes have started to come to fruition. In our Client Services, we’ve expanded our footprint. Along with our traditional face to face services that we deliver in […]
Jackie’s Story
“I came to Fitted for Work about three years ago as a young single mum who had recently been experiencing homelessness. I was looking to return to the workforce when my daughter started school. I was feeling apprehensive about this because I didn’t have appropriate clothing for the corporate work that I was planning to […]
Rachel’s Story
I worked in China for almost 4 years as a Telecommunications engineer before March, last year; I resigned and came to Australia to marry my husband. After that, I was home all day long worrying about my career. I found it hard to fit in the life in Australia due to a language and culture […]
AMAZING EFFORT ALERT – Ruby – A Future leader Making A Difference
Throughout Term 2, Ruby arranged for notices to go into the school newsletter. She set up a small stall each morning for a few weeks, taking in clothing collection And it had the effect of capturing a lot of imaginations of fellow students and parents….there was a lot of clothes! Ruby and her proud […]
Client Story: Fitted for Work to the United Nations
Dear Donna, I am happy to report that I am not currently looking for work, but thank you for ‘checking in’ respectfully. I wish you all the best success with your SheWorks Social Enterprise programme. In fact, I was referred to Fitted for Work at an unusual point in my life. Despite having graduated university, […]
Here are 5 Ways to Improve Youth Outcomes
Fitted for Work in Sydney has been working exceptionally hard to support the Sydney community. Over the past month, here are FIVE ways we have been making a difference – let us know what you think! ONE: Creating Partnerships that Make Sense Fitted for Work has been an integral part of a career exploration program […]
Final Investment in Prison Breakout Program
Fitted for Work haas just completed the final year of a 3 year funded program to support 120 female ex-offenders in Victoria to transition into sustainable employment. This program was funded through grants by the RE Ross Trust and Clayton Utz Foundation. These women are among the most disadvantaged, vulnerable and marginalised individuals in our […]
