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Mental Health Awareness Week 9th-15th May This week we want to lend our support to Mental Health Awareness Week which is happening from the 9th to 15th May. This year’s official theme is ‘loneliness’, which after a global pandemic, feels even more pertinent.   Loneliness affects many of us at one time or another and can be both the driver for, and a product of poor mental health. Across the week, we want to encourage our workforce to connect with friends, families, colleagues and communities. In a world glued to technology and with the increase of home and hybrid working, it is more important than ever that we connect with each other in meaningful ways.  For information and support on mental health issues you can visit: www.mentalhealth-uk.org www.mind.org.uk www.samaritans.org

Supporting The African Schools Improvement Trust Our project at Wimbledon High School involves the construction of a new three storey sixth form centre including a large hall and basement.  The project also requires the partial reconfiguration and refurbishment of existing rooms within the Junior School.  Much of the school furniture is being updated and replaced as part of the refurbishment, which has meant that a lot of good quality existing furniture is being discarded.  Rather than throwing away these items, we agreed with the school that they could be passed on to organisations in need of resources.  Our site manager Lewis met with an organisation called The African Schools Improvement Trust, who were set up to support some of the poorest schools in Africa.  We organised for the furniture to be transported to a new school that had recently been built in Ghana, the only school within a very large area.   We recently received confirmation that the furniture had arrived safely along with images of it in use! We are really pleased to know that it has has gone to a good home and will support the education of young people growing up in Ghana.   

Kingston University has approximately 19,000 students and offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and postgraduate study programmes, providing students with a choice of subjects reflecting their interests and the needs of industry. We are pleased to announce that we were recently appointed to undertake major refurbishment works at Kingston University’s Penrhyn Road Campus. The project comprises the refurbishment of the Ground Floor, covering approximately 4000m2. The project is to be delivered in phases, with work commencing in the currently vacant library space which will be the new home of the Union of Kingston Students. This will be followed by the refurbishment of the current student union space fronting Penrhyn Road into a new Careers Centre. The project scope also captures works to circulation corridor spaces, external landscaping and a new Main Building reception. We very much look forward to improving the facilities at Penrhyn Road Campus to enhance the student experience and allow the university to continue to deliver excellence as one of the top 40 universities in the UK.