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Willmott Dixon Interiors\u00a0(WDI<\/a>) teamed up with Thames Reach<\/a> to support their \u2018Moving In, Moving On\u2019 programme to equip women who experience long-term unemployment and homelessness with practical skills and training to help them find employment<\/h2>\n

What started as an idea to help homeless people in south London has led to a Camberwell-based charity receiving \u00a324,470 to help their quest to give disadvantaged women better opportunities in life.<\/p>\n

It was the idea of Connor Lambourne, a building manager<\/a> at WDI who, as part of a companywide trainee challenge, wanted to support \u2018Moving In, Moving On\u2019 by leading a team delivering skills training and mentoring to a group of women supported by the charity.<\/p>\n

Connor\u2019s project involved over ten women from Thames Reach learning important skills and making new contacts over a number of weeks as they helped Connor and his WDI team paint, decorate and generally improve Age UK\u2019s Southwark and Lewisham<\/a> Healthy Living Centre in Bermondsey to provide residents with a better place to socialise and make new friends.<\/p>\n

The success of the project led to Connor winning Willmott Dixon\u2019s national trainee<\/a> challenge, which led to Thames Reach being the chosen charity when Willmott Dixon chief executive Rick Willmott led a senior management team in completing the gruelling Cyclotour du L\u00e9man, a cycling event in Switzerland where riders pedal 180km around Lake L\u00e9man on one day, starting and finishing in Zurich.<\/p>\n

Nearly ten riders achieved the feat and in the process raised \u00a324,470, with the money handed over this week by Connor to Thames Reach\u2019s fundraising manager Catherine Hickey, who said: \u201cWe are extremely grateful to Willmott Dixon Interiors for their fantastic efforts in raising funds which will go towards supporting our employment and skills programmes at our Employment Academy in Camberwell<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur full range of courses and workshops enable people to get the skills and training they need to find employment<\/a> or volunteer work.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of Thames Reach, we\u2019d like to say a huge thank you for taking part in this challenge and helping us work towards our vision of ending street homelessness.\u201d<\/p>\n

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