About Us
Creating opportunities, breaking barriers, and building futures in the construction.
A RECOGNIZED VOICE IN THE INDUSTRY
COMMITTED TO THE FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION
Altar Create CIC
Who We Are
Altar Create CIC is a London-based workforce development social enterprise strengthening the built environment through people, skills, and opportunity.
We exist to dismantle barriers that prevent underrepresented groups from accessing structured routes into training, employment, and self-employment within the sector. Our work serves both community and industry, preparing diverse, work-ready talent while supporting employers seeking sustainable growth.
We deliver borough-based pathway programmes with a strong focus on local labour, ensuring that development benefits the communities in which projects are built.
We help employers, developers and local authorities deliver meaningful social value aligned to S106 and TOMs frameworks, not as an add-on, but as integrated workforce development.
By supporting individuals into structured pathways and staying alongside them beyond initial placement, we contribute to:
Stronger local labour pipelines
Improved retention and belonging
Reduced recruitment risk
More inclusive professional environments
We focus on elevating underrepresented voices within the professional workspace, ensuring opportunity is accessible and sustainable.
INDUSTRY VOICE
Message from the Founder
Samuel Asiamah, Founder
“We continue to face long standing skills shortages, further intensified by Covid-19, aging workforce and Brexit. Altar Create CIC, believes the responsibility is for all; not only to recognise these challenges, but to actively address inequality and help ensure that everyone has genuine access to education, training, and meaningful life opportunities.
Equity sits in the space between systems and people. It asks us to look beyond simple ‘access’ and consider whether our systems were ever designed for everyone in the first place. Treating everyone the same can still leave many behind. True equity means removing barriers before they are felt, and designing flexibility and inclusion into planning, policy, and everyday practice so that people aren’t expected to adapt to systems that were never built with them in mind.
We help people rediscover their confidence, their skills, and their value.
Together, we can build a future where every person regardless of their background has the opportunity to grow, contribute, and belong within the industries shaping our cities and communities”
Language & Respect
Identity and language are personal. We listen with curiosity and respect to aid interpersonal skills that prepare individuals for thriving in professional environments, enhancing job retention and attracting new talent.
Neurodiversity brings creativity, focus and resilience strengths that grow when inclusion is built by design.
We focus on designing spaces where everyone belongs.
Equity, Inclusion & Neurodiversity
Rethinking Models, Medical vs Community
Medical Model: “Fixing” the person; difference seen as deficit.
Community Model: Barriers come from systems, not people.
We focus on designing spaces where everyone belongs. Neurodiversity describes the natural variety of human minds. Inclusion means systems flex to support different ways of thinking and learning.
Neurodivergence includes autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia and Tourette’s, with experiences varying widely. Mental health and neurodiversity often overlap, and recognising this builds compassion.
E.g Neurodiverse strengths:
ADHD – rapid ideas, crisis energy
Autism – detail focus, persistence
Dyslexia – big-picture thinking
Dyspraxia – resilience, empathy
We design environments where strengths shine and barriers fall.
Our Impact
We help participants move from unemployment to meaningful work from uncertainty to confidence. Whether it’s self-employment, property development, or non-site-based roles, we encourage individuals to dream big and discover their potential within the built environment.
Our ambition is to contribute to long-term cultural improvement across the built environment, where fairness, autonomy, inclusion and wellbeing are embedded in everyday practice.
By integrating structured pathways with retention support, we aim to:
Improve workforce confidence and stability
Reduce disengagement and early drop-out
Strengthen site culture
Support progression and professional growth
Position construction as a credible, inclusive long-term career
We do not replace existing services. We strengthen access to them, connect people to them, and ensure individuals do not face professional transition alone.
Explore Opportunities
Our Workforce Development Programmes
Learn, Plan, and Be Inspired
Pre-employment pathways (1week)
Construction and built-environment career pathways
- Career planning and upskilling
- Industry talks
- Representation & diversity lived experience stories
Engage in Real Opportunities
Skill Development, Guaranteed Employer or Recruiter Interview
- Accredited bootcamps (CPCS, CSCS)
- On-site placements
- Learn about workplace culture, safety, and collaboration.
Supporting Wellbeing and Growth Wraparound wellbeing-informed employability delivery
- Confidence and resilience
- Managing workplace anxiety
- Mediation & conflict support
- Professional mentoring (SET Network)
How to Join
Partners help by:
Providing tailored training and apprenticeships
Each partner maintains independence while contributing to a collective mission
ensuring everyone gains access to the best education, opportunities, and outcomes in
the built environment.