A new lease of life for an old barracks supporting homeless people and the wider community.
About Us
CRASH exists to deliver meaningful social impact to communities across the UK by helping homelessness charities and hospices with vital construction projects.
Our Mission
CRASH is the construction industry’s charity that helps homelessness and hospice organisations with their construction projects – creating places that care for people when they’re at their most vulnerable.
CRASH unites the industry and channels the expertise and products of companies, to transform hostels and day centres for people who are homeless across the UK. CRASH also helps children and adults who need hospice care, by creating caring environments where families can spend precious time together.
During 2023-24, CRASH proudly supported 44 homelessness and hospice construction projects. Helping thousands of people now and in the future.
At CRASH we harness the support of the construction industry to help homelessness charities and hospices with their buildings. Whilst the buildings we create may have a positive effect on how people feel, offering specialised mental health support is not one of our focus areas. If you are looking for mental health support, we encourage you to reach out to Mind or Samaritans who can help.
Our Corporate Patrons
How We Help
CRASH has built long-lasting, significant partnerships with companies in the construction industry. We work collaboratively with all of the projects we support to deliver assistance in three ways:
Professional Expertise
CRASH can source pro bono or discounted professional expertise thanks to our Corporate Patrons. This might include architects, engineers, quantity surveyors or contractors.
Construction Products
CRASH can introduce product specifiers to ensure the correct products are selected, and source free-of-charge or discounted construction products.
Grant Giving
CRASH awards grants which are made possible thanks to the generosity of the construction and property industry.
Our Work
Well-designed and expertly built environments have a positive effect on how people feel and behave.
Children’s Hospice can now help more children and their families
Homelessness charity offers ‘meaningful privacy’ and independence for residents
CRASH helps North Yorkshire Hospice meet local community’s needs
A new lease of life for an old barracks supporting homeless people and the wider community.
Children’s Hospice can now help more children and their families
Homelessness charity offers ‘meaningful privacy’ and independence for residents
CRASH helps North Yorkshire Hospice meet local community’s needs
Our Team & Trustees
CRASH is a team of six staff members. We are able to help so many homelessness and hospice charities by drawing on the professional skills, construction products and financial generosity of the construction industry.
Our Team
Trustees
Trisha Pickersgill
Chief Executive
tpickersgill@crash.org.uk
Christian Muehl
Finance Manager
cmuehl@crash.org.uk
Mike Allen
Corporate Partnerships Manager
mallen@crash.org.uk
Vipesh Mistry
Projects Manager
projectsmanager@crash.org.uk
Ruth Marsden
Assistant Projects Manager
apm@crash.org.uk
Eloise Murphy
Fundraising Assistant
emurphy@crash.org.uk
John O’Grady
Chairman
Glencar
Ian Bolster
Deputy Chairman
Deerns
Fiona Duncombe
Treasurer
Arcadis
Matt Pullen
Trustee
Marshalls
Kevin Corbett
Trustee
Galliford Try
David McGarry
Trustee
British Gypsum
Richard Whitehead
Trustee
AECOM
Guy Norton
Trustee
Arcadis
Nathan Modell
Trustee
Beale & Co