Tideway Tunnel Team Wear Pink For Breast Cancer Care
Workers at Fulham's Carnwath Road join in fundraising for charity
The team building London’s Tideway Tunnel, or super sewer, swapped their normal headgear for special pink hard hats on Friday 12 October.
During October, designated Breast Cancer Awareness Month, thousands of people wear pink in their communities, schools or work places to raise money and awareness.
More than 150 members of the Tideway construction team in West London, including those based at Carnwath Road in Fulham, pictured above, donned the hard hats aiming to raise at least £1,000.
The money will be donated to Breast Cancer Care, a UK-wide charity that provides care, support and information to anyone affected by breast cancer.
Sally Cox, Project Director for the west section of the Thames Tideway Tunnel, said: "Breast Cancer affects both men and women at any age and this fantastic organisation could not provide the valuable services it does without the contributions made from fundraising events.
"The response from the team to support today has been tremendous with all our sites eager to take part."
Jennie Armstrong, Head of Occupational Health and Wellbeing at Tideway, said: "It’s fantastic that staff across the project are getting on board with raising awareness and funds for such a worthwhile cause.
"As well as raising money to help a charity that provides care and assistance to those affected by breast cancer, the pink hard hats are an important reminder that this is a disease that could affect any of us, at any time."
The pink hard hats were donated by Greenhams, suppliers of personal protection equipment and contractors' site equipment and sold by the BAM Nuttall, Morgan Sindall and Balfour Beatty, a joint venture building the west section of the Thames Tideway Tunnel running from Acton to Wandsworth.
October 18, 2018