Taylor Wimpey staff swap housebuilding for charity work

Staff at Taylor Wimpey West London have recently swapped housebuilding for charity work, by delivering a helping hand across Crisis UK’s London shops.

The housebuilder’s West London team volunteered in several of the charity’s shops in Camden, Elephant and Castle, Brick Lane, Hammersmith, Kilburn, Finsbury Park and Putney to help sell items, serve coffee and support the retail staff.

Taylor Wimpey has supported and volunteered for Crisis for over five years, with a most recent 2023 donation of over £85,000 towards Crisis lead workers, who provide practical support to help people access benefits, healthcare services, employment opportunities, and more.

Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. They help people out of homelessness and campaign for the changes needed to solve it altogether.

The main aim of Crisis is to relieve the huge pressure of homelessness, by helping people find safe and affordable homes as quickly as possible. They prioritise supporting people who are facing the most complex barriers to ending their homelessness and who often have nowhere else to turn. As well as helping to end homelessness for individuals, they work to address the root causes that push people into homelessness in the first place.

Anna De Simoni, Strategic Partnerships Lead at Crisis UK said: “Our shops are vital to our work. They provide a crucial income for the charity to be able to fulfil its wider mission, and helps us directly support our political and fundraising campaigns against homelessness. They also provide opportunities for people experiencing homelessness to gain work experience in various aspects of retail, build self-confidence and be active in the community in which they live.

“The efforts of the Taylor Wimpey West London team are extremely appreciated and we’d like to thank them for their ongoing support.”

Gemma Bibby, Sales and Marketing Director at Taylor Wimpey West London said: “To be able to help Crisis continue providing vital support to people across the UK by volunteering was a really good experience for our team. Every year we set aside time for our staff to volunteer, and we’re really pleased that through our longstanding partnership with Crisis, we’ve been able to do so again.”

Crisis shops sell clothing, accessories, books, vinyl and homeware donated from the community, along with furniture that’s been restored by Crisis members accessing their services. To find out more, including about their mission and how to fundraise, visit https://www.crisis.org.uk/.