July 2025

Who's in your Wardrobe?

Milton Keynes International Festival is bringing Zwermers’ Pan~// Catwalk to this year’s Festival. Pan~// Catwalk challenges the urge to label or judge others based on appearance and reveals a celebration of fluidity and self-expression. This is through a mixture of fashion, choreography, music and theatre.

Before the Zwermers performances on Friday 18 July, the company are inviting up to 30 people from Milton Keynes to take part in a four-day workshop with them that will lead to two community performances of Pan~//Catwalk at Unity Place on Saturday 19 July.

You can work with the artists to explore your identity through clothing, accessories or props to be used in the performance. Wear what feels comfortable. 

You can find more information about this exciting event in the following link:
https://ifmiltonkeynes.org/pan-catwalk-community-participation 

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June 2025

Donations, donations and more donations!

It is not easy trying to pick an interview outfit which is both suitable for the workplace and makes you feel comfortable and confident. 

We want to thank Soroptimist MK team for bringing in bags of donations as well as organising and steaming them ready for our clients.

Our clients have a wide range of interview clothes and accessories to choose from and can feel supported in their goal to find employment.

If you are interested in booking a Working Wardrobe session with us or you would like to donate any good quality interview clothes, you can call us on 07852963744 or send an email to [email protected]


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March 2025

​Supporting International Women’s Day with MK Soroptimists

We were delighted to attend the International Women’s Day event organised by MK Soroptimists, where an inspiring afternoon tea was held to raise funds for our local women’s domestic violence service. The event also supported their important project aimed at engaging young boys in conversations about women’s rights and domestic violence awareness.
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The afternoon featured insightful talks from the Mayoress, Marie Bradburn, and MP Emily Darlington, highlighting the incredible work being done to support women in our community.
It was an honour to be part of such a meaningful cause, and we are grateful to MK Soroptimists for their dedication to raising awareness and making a difference.

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March 2025

​We are always interested in feedback on our services and strive to listen to your concerns. Our courses and workshops have helped clients to tailor their job search, structure their CVs, provide tools to help their confidence and we even help clients develop their English speaking skills. Many of these skills are important in the world of work or socialising and there will always be people that are in need of a little support. 

You can find upcoming courses on our website by clicking 'Support for you' and then 'Course training schedule'. If you would like more information, then do not hesitate to contact us by email on [email protected] or calling 07852 963744

Here are a couple of testimonials we have received from clients about the services we provide.


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June 2024

We are excited to be running a clothes drive in centre:mk. We support many people in Milton Keynes with their return to work through coaching and building confidence to find work that aligns with their interests and needs.
The aim of this event is to ensure we have a range of sizes and styles to support as many of our clients as possible. We create a personalised look and capsule wardrobe so that people can put their best step forward at interviews and in their first weeks on the job. If you are a businesses please share this initiative with staff. We have already received generous donations of women's and men's suits and blouses from generous people and hope to collect more over the weekend. 
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Thank you to centre:mk for helping us make this event a success!

​Below is a map on where you can find our Retire your Attire event. 

Donations update

Works for Us wants to thank Loupe Jewellers at centre:mk for their generous donation of interview and work outfits. These will really benefit our clients who are looking to impress potential employers and feel confident in their return to work 

If there are any other businesses in Milton Keynes who are looking to donate good quality Interview clothes, please feel free to drop in at our event in centre:mk between 28th June and 30th June. 



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April 2024
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We are excited to be starting our first Skills Reach Mk Outreach at Broughton Pavilion.

Through a collaborative project with  Guinness, Hyde and Peabody Housing Association's, we have been able to open some Digital Training and Employment Workshop here and  Kingston Library. 
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February 2024

Returning to our roots...

Our charity originally began as Women and Work back in 1978. It wasn't until 2013 that we rebranded as Works for Us and saw more men accessing our holistic support and looking to gain confidence and personal skills for a return to work. 

We have always valued the need for specialised support for Women, particularly single parents who have taken an extended time out of work and due to childcare commitments would struggle to access our in-person support. The programme provides a flexible and manageable option to be better prepare for their return. 

The New BeginHER's project will be running through 2024. 

Through funding from Places for People we have been able to bring together a specialist programme of one-to-one coaching and courses design especially for Women contemplating or ready for a return to work. 


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February 2024

​A big THANK YOU to Cesca and the Good Things Foundation for donating 500 note books and personal folders. We have already started making use of these within our Art class as wellbeing journals.

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October 2023

We are grateful to Volkswagen for holding a Retire your Attire and collecting professional work and interview wear for our working wardrobe. A special thank you to Anna who delivered and helped sort and organise the clothes. 

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Vice Chair Amanda Carter-Phillpot

 
​We are deeply saddened to hear of the loss of a very special person.

Trustee Vice-Chair and dear friend of Works for Us, Amanda Carter-Phillpot.

​Sincere condolences from Trustees, Staff, and Tutors.

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Alexa Wilkinson MBE Chair of WfU

Dear All,

We are delighted to announce that Works for Us has now merged with Citizens Advice Milton Keynes! 
This has been a long and complex process but both organisations totally believe it is absolutely the right decision for both organisations.

​Works for Us has served the Milton Keynes community since 1978, and It is important to state Works for Us will not disappear, the services we have provided are still available and will be enhanced due to the services provided by Citizens Advice MK. ​

We look forward to continuing to help and support the community of Milton Keynes now and in the future. For further information about these exciting developments, please contact WfU here or visit the CAMK website here.

 I wish to thank WfU Trustees, Staff and Tutors for there support and commitment during this process and personally look forward to being able to actually see clients and chat to them again as I did pre COVID.

Best wishes to All,
Alexa
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Alexa C Wilkinson MBE
Chair of Works for Us