Back-to-work coaching
CV workshops, mock interviews and a jacket that fits, the last mile between wanting a job and signing one.
64 people back in work or training in 2025
After two years without work, the hardest thing to repair is not the CV. It is the voice that says you will not be picked anyway.
The need
Long-term unemployment locks people out twice: employers screen out the gap in the CV, and the person slowly stops applying. Standard job-centre appointments are too short to undo either.
What we do
- A six-week cycle: CV and cover-letter workshops, then filmed mock interviews with real recruiters who volunteer their lunch breaks
- A clothing room where every jobseeker leaves with an interview outfit that fits, theirs to keep
- Transport cards and childcare relays for interview days, the practical walls nobody talks about
- A named coach for six months after hiring, because keeping a job is a second victory
The impact
64 people signed a contract or entered training in 2025, 58% of that year’s cohort. The average time to the first interview fell from five months to six weeks.
Two ways to carry this action
66%
of your donation comes back to you as an income-tax reduction.
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2 h
a month are enough to join the team behind this programme, tell us your availability below.
VolunteerBecome a volunteer
Saturday morning at the grocery, Tuesday night on the rounds, Wednesday with the kids and their fractions, tell us when you are free, we will find your spot.
- No experience needed, every new volunteer is trained and paired with a regular
- Even two hours a month count, the rota is built around real lives
- You choose the mission: rounds, grocery, tutoring, sorting, help desk
"The coffee is average. The mood is unbeatable.", a volunteer, every single week