Centre, Nathalie Bouleau Chabot, business development lead at Smart Works Newcastle, with left, Lucy Bell and right, Pauline Baldwin of Newcastle Building Society A VIRTUAL outreach initiative which has helped hundreds of women across the North-East in finding new jobs during the pandemic is set to carry on thanks to a four-figure grant from a building society. Smart Works Newcastle aims to help women get back into work, gain financial independence and transform their lives by providing free interview clothing and coaching which gives them the confidence they need to succeed. When it had to suspend the face-to-face sessions that it usually runs through its city centre office last spring, it quickly developed a virtual service in its place, with coaching being offered either by telephone or over Zoom and interview outfits being sent out in the post.