McAleer & Rushe partners charity to empower women and girls

Contractor McAleer & Rushe has announced a partnership with the Baytree Centre to support its mission to improve the lives of women and girls.

The Baytree Centre is a social inclusion charity for women and girls, based in Brixton, south London. 

The charity provides support through personal development activities, workshops, mentoring and coaching, as well as English classes and integration support for newly arrived migrants and refugees. 

Through corporate partnerships with businesses such as McAleer & Rushe, it can develop programmes focusing on education, training and employability skills to raise aspirations and provide opportunities for disadvantaged women and girls from low socio-economic backgrounds. 

Through its construction work at the Southbank Place development, delivering 92 residential apartments and retail space, McAleer & Rushe is supporting the charity through various fundraising initiatives and educational programmes. 

The contractor will be hosting employability and careers events, and offering work experience placements on site over the summer. 

This corporate partnership will last throughout the construction programme of Southbank Place, targeted to be completed in Q3 2025.  

Michael Yohanis, contracts director at McAleer & Rushe, said: “We are proud to be working with the Baytree Centre to develop educational programmes and provide much-needed funding support that will help them continue their empowering mission to support young girls and women from low socio-economic backgrounds. 

“Our teams are passionate about promoting the opportunities in the construction industry for women and providing all young people with the tools and insights to fulfil their potential.”