How we give back to our communities
With the help of our colleagues, we choose a corporate charity to support. It's important for us to give back to the communities in which we live and work, and it's important that we champion charities close to our colleagues' hearts. In March 2025, we announced that our new corporate charity partner is Greater Manchester Youth Network (GMYN).
As a Manchester business, born and bred, supporting young people in our region isn’t just the right thing to do — it’s an investment in the future of our communities and our city.
In the first year of our partnership, we were proud to have donated more than £42,000 through a combination of company funding and colleague fundraising. That support is already helping to make a real difference to the lives of young people across Greater Manchester.
Funding GMYN’s Level Up programme is something we’re particularly proud of. It’s a transformative work-readiness programme that provides training, group workshops, paid work placements and dedicated youth worker support for young people who need it most.
Every colleague can also take a Make A Difference (MAD) Day each year, a day to come together and make a difference to those who need it most. Whether that's volunteering for our corporate charity partner or a charity closer to an individual colleague's heart, it's entirely up to our colleagues how they spend their MAD Day.
We are also extremely proud to support Smart Works Greater Manchester.
Smart Works Greater Manchester offer an Interview Styling and Coaching session, providing high-quality interview-appropriate clothing, shoes and accessories, and a 1:2:1 personalised interview preparation coaching session.
Their services enable women to feel more confident and start believing in their own ability to succeed.
N Brown is proud to be Smart Works Greater Manchester’s largest wardrobe partner, donating workwear items in the styles and sizes that are most in need of for their clients, with products from our womenswear brands, JD Williams and SimplyBe.
We believe in democratising fashion, and we take great pride in passionately championing inclusion and serving the under-served.
The Smart Works Greater Manchester partnership is incredibly special to N Brown. We’re proud to support women to gain employment and achieve their career aspirations.
