Thames Water's BAME+ & Allies Committee have chosen to support Reading Community Learning Centre as their local charity.

Reading Community Learning Centre (RCLC) exists to help marginalised women from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds to achieve their individual potential. The majority of the 300 women they support each year are migrants or refugees who speak little or no English, and often have limited experience outside of the home. No matter what barriers a woman faces, they work alongside her to overcome obstacles to integration and realising her aspirations. For many women, this includes improving her English, building confidence, making friends, volunteering locally, gaining qualifications, reducing loneliness and isolation and making friends or securing a job.