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Women come to us through our sister charity, Luminary Women, once they are part way through its two-year training and support programme and ready to think about paid work.
Short work-experience days in the bakery or café. She sees what the work is really like, and we see where she will thrive.
A part-time paid placement, usually six months, in production or front of house. Hours fit around childcare and life. She works alongside a supervisor and builds a track record. We hope soon to offer an accredited qualification alongside the placement.
Some placements become permanent roles with us; many of our team came through the programme. Others move on to jobs elsewhere with a reference, a CV that holds up and the confidence to use it.
programme graduates in paid jobs with us, 25% of our team
hours of paid employment for graduates in 2025-26
hours of paid work placements
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Most employment schemes stop at training. A placement at Luminary Bakery is employment: she is paid, she is part of the team, and the cakes she makes are sold to customers that day.
That is what builds a CV, a reference and the confidence to walk into the next interview. The cost of hosting a placement is covered by what we sell and by the people who support us.
Every placement at Luminary Bakery is a paid role with real customers, real deadlines and a supervisor alongside her. Your donation goes towards the wages, supervision and training that make those placements possible, and towards creating the next one.
Choose an amount below. Thank you for backing her next step.
Places on a Luminary Bakery placement are offered to women on the Luminary Women programme. If you work with a woman who could benefit, or want to find out about the programme, start with our sister charity.
If you are an employer who would like to offer work experience or a role to one of our graduates, get in touch.