Women Like Us

Bringing women and employers together with flexible work

 

In the news

Here you can read the latest stories about Women Like Us. Click on the links below to download each document.

If you are a journalist and would like to speak with one of our team, then please call Alex Campbell or Jo Salen on 020 7281 6522 or email them from here.

Businesses can beat the credit crunch

Women Like Us reports an increase in employer demand for part-time vacancies as businesses aim to beat the credit crunch with flexible employment.
Businesses can beat the credit crunch (29K)

New for Waltham Forest mums – free career coaching and recruitment services from Women Like Us

Mothers living in Waltham Forest can now access free career coaching and recruitment services from Women Like Us.
New for Waltham Forest mums – free career coaching and recruitment services from Women Like Us (29K)

Mums in Tower Hamlets can now access free career coaching and recruitment services from Women Like Us

Mothers living in Tower Hamlets who are thinking of returning to work in September, when the new school year begins, can start their planning and search process now with Women Like Us.
Mums in Tower Hamlets can now access free career coaching and recruitment services from Women Like Us (31K)

Five Things Mothers in London Need to do before September – if not before!

Tips from Women Like Us on how mums can get back to work
Five Things Mothers in London Need to do before September – if not before! (27K)

Karen Mattison is crowned inspirational business mum of the year

Karen Mattison, who founded Women Like Us, has scooped the prestigious title of 2008 Prowess ‘Inspirational Business Mum of the Year’ sponsored by Yell.com – the online service from Yellow Pages.
Karen Mattison is crowned inspirational business mum of the year (37K)

Reception at 11 Downing Street recognises the needs of women returners

25 June 2008 - Women Like Us is hosting a reception on 25 June 2008 at 11 Downing Street, by kind permission of Rt. Hon Alistair Darling MP, to recognise its success at helping women with children to get back to work.
Reception at 11 Downing Street recognises the needs of women returners (36K)

Helping mothers in Hackney get back to work

10 June 2008 - Mums living in Hackney who want to go back to work after having a family will now have access to free career coaching from Women Like Us. Two mums from Hackney talk about their experiences getting back to work that is locally based and flexible to fit around their family lives.
Helping mothers in Hackney get back to work (103K)

North London mums consider a firefighting future

London Fire Brigade along with Women Like Us held a drop-in event at Campsbourne School in Haringey, to raise awareness of the career option of becoming a female fire fighter.
North London Mums consider a firefighting future (36K)

Harriet Harman celebrates arrival of Women Like Us to South London

9 November 2007 - Women Like Us today celebrated its launch in South London with Harriet Harman, Minister for Women and Equalities and MP for Camberwell and
Peckham.
Harriet Harman celebrates arrival of Women Like Us to South London (31K)

Women Like Us welcomes promise of improved flexible working

8 November 2007 - Karen Mattison, Director of Women Like Us, welcomes the Prime Minister’s commitment to the work-life balance agenda in the Queen’s Speech as a significant step forward to tackling the issues facing many women trying to balance work with family life, but warns that progress will only occur if we offer additional support to employers.
Women Like Us welcomes promise of improved flexible working (29K)

Women Like Us wins national Best New Social Enterprise award

17 October 2007 - Women Like Us has been awarded Best New Social Enterprise at tonight’s prestigious national Enterprising Solutions Awards 2007.
Women Like Us wins national Best New Social Enteprise award (31K)

Women Like Us selected as example of best practice in Europe

24 July 2007 - Award-winning social enterprise, Women Like Us, has been selected by the London Councils European Service as an example of best practice for its initiative in promoting equal opportunities at a local level.
Women Like Us selected as example of best practice in Europe (149K)

New business support for women entrepreneurs in Camden

6 June 2007 - Women Like Us and Centa have joined forces to offer a free Starting Your Own Business programme of workshops and one-to-one sessions to entrepreneurial women living in Camden.
New business support for women entrepreneurs in Camden, 6 June 2007 (451K)

Women Like Us scoop share of the Big Lottery's Reaching Communities Funding

19 March 2007 - Women Like Us receives funding which will help the planned expansion into south London a reality this Autumn.
Women Like Us scoop share of the Big Lottery's Reaching Communities Funding, 19 March 2007 (155K)

Recruitment Consultant - a novel approach to recruitment

16 February 2007 - The Recruitment Consultant features Women Like Us' approach to finding an innovative way of solving employers' recruitment needs.
Recruitment Consultant - Novel approach to recruitment, 16 February 2007 (2008K)

Founder meets the ultimate working mother

14 February 2007 - Women Like Us co-founder, Emma Stewart, has been invited to Buckingham Palace for a reception hosted by the Queen to honour the achievements of 200 women in business industry in the UK.
Founder meets the ultimate working mother, 14 February 2007 (146K)

Women Like Us shortlisted for small business employer of the year

10 January 2007 - Women Like Us have won through to the finals of the Working Families and Institute of Directors Small Business Award for their innovation and creative thinking in work-life balance.
Finalists for small business of the year, 10 January 2007 (147K)

Daily Express - heroes of the school gates

8 January 2007 - The Daily Express features Women Like Us co-founders Emma Stewart and Karen Mattison, describing how they have helped change the working lives of fellow mums.
Daily Express - Heroes of the school gates, 8 January 2007 (2336K)

Ham & High - school gates a real winner

4 January 2007 - The Ham & High talks to Lyn who has recently started her own business with the help of Women Like Us.
Ham & High - School gates a real winner, 4 January 2007 (1486K)

Awarded for best recruitment advertising

10 November 2006 - Women Like Us last night was announced the winner for the RecruitRank Awards category of the Best Recruitment Advertising Award, winning for our unique ‘school gates’ flyer.
Best recruitment advertising award, 10 November 2006 (147K)

Women want to work at north London’s Whittington Hospital

19 October 2006 - The Whittington Hospital in Highgate, North London announced their recent appointment to the Times’ Top 50 Places Where Women Want to Work, as part of their recently initiated approach with Women Like Us to recruit locally-based women candidates to work at the hospital on a part-time or flexible basis.
Women want to work at the Whittington, 19 October 2006 (145K)

Shortlisted for women of the future award

17 October 2006 - Women Like Us is proud to announce that it has been shortlisted for the ‘Women of the Future – Corporate Award’, which is sponsored by Shell and supported by Cherie Booth QC and Ruth Kelly, Minister for Women.
Shortlisted for Women of the Future award, 17 October 2006 (148K)

Launch of Women Like Us

1 April 2005 - From School Gates To Salaries is launched in north London to help women back to work.
From school gates to salaries launch, 1 April 2005 (143K)

Barnet Advertiser - business gets talented mums back to work

10 March 2005 - The Barnet Advertiser investigates the launch of Women Like Us across north London.
Barnet Advertiser - Talented mums back to work, 10 March 2005 (2203K)

Sunday Times - finding options for the working mother of today

28 November 2004 - The Sunday Times talks to Karen Mattison, co-founder of Women Like Us, as part of a look into what working mothers really want.
Sunday Times - The working mother of today, 28 November 2004 (963K)

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