ITV Anglia | 6pm | 7th October 2021 👷🏻‍♀️
A construction boss from Norfolk is hoping to inspire women more to work in the industry.
Kelly Cartwright has been working in the sector since she was 17 and is now the boss of a construction recruitment agency Core Recruiter based in Norwich.
Kelly is predominantly based in the office, but recently spent a week at a construction site near Bury St Edmunds hoping to challenge gender stereotypes and encourage more women to follow in her footsteps. “A lot of females are typically associated with female industries, so when you are in man’s world they think does ‘this women know anything about our industry’ and that is why I am doing this. Just because I am female, doesn’t mean you can’t come out on site and get your hands dirty.” Kelly is also donating an average week’s wage to two mental health charities Norfolk & Waveeny Mind to help raise awareness.

“Mental health within our industry is quite big, especially around young men who don’t speak about their feelings”, Kelly said.”I wanted to raise awareness of both causes. It is probably not the most attractive of industries to come in to, but nonetheless it is one of the best.”

13% of the construction industry are women and Kelly wants to inspire others to increase this in the forthcoming years.

“Share your magic with the world, you never know what impact it will have.” ✨⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Our Director, Kelly is in today’s EDP in the Women in Business feature. This piece showcases some of the regions most inspiring business women in our area.
To read some of Kelly’s story grab a copy today! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#edp24 #newspaper #construction #womeninbusiness

After one of the toughest years we have all faced, it was an absolute honour hosting our annual Golf Day.
For most of our guests, this was first corporate social event in over a year, the buzz around the course was such a joy to see, even the weather didn’t dampen their spirits.
Days like these are so impactful, now more than ever. It makes you really appreciate what wonderful clients within a fantastic industry and being able to give back and say thank you. 🧡
Huge thank you to all the team at @bawburghgolfclub, @christophescrepes for the delicious Crepes which definitely were a well needed sugar rush, @logowearltd for all the branded facemasks & @gdscore for keeping us live with the scores throughout day.
Already looking forward to hosting next years event, fingers crossed the weather is better though! 🤞🏼

A huge congratulations to Kelly who has dedicated a whole decade of her life to the construction recruitment industry! 👏🏼 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Here’s a little throw back to 2010, when Kelly thought wide leg suit trousers, a high vis which could be mistaken for a dress and riggers were super trendy! At least you have acquired some fashion sense in the last 🔟 years!
We thank you for everything you have done for the industry, the thousands of candidates you have found work for over the years, the business and us as a team. Not to mention, for being a role model to aspire more young women to become business owners, and all your support to encourage more women to get into construction! 🧡⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

“Be stubborn and thick-skinned. Because I think even if you are passionate, and even if you are really good at what you do. I think you are likely to be subject to preconceived notions of who can do what.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
The #stompingoutstereotypes movement is trying to raise awareness, that you can be feminine and also smash your field. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
We do both. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
In order to engage more Women in Construction, we need to: start young, reframe people’s perceptions and increase visibility of #WIC. If you want a career within industry, but don’t know where to start then please give us a call on 01603 618849! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
If you want to share the message, make sure you tag us in your photo, Kelly would love to see how far her image gets!

Just the dream team, Kelly & Astral today, supporting a practice in Bury St Edmunds who reached out via social media. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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So glad we could help today, we are looking forward to coming back next week and helping that little bit more.