Knight Harwood dragon boat race raises £11,000 for Westminster's Abbey Centre

Knight Harwood's 25 St George Street project team has raised £11,000 for The Abbey Centre in Westminster through a dragon boat race at West Reservoir, the company said in a November 2026 update on its volunteering and fundraising.

Knight Harwood said the money would support The Abbey Centre's work within the local community. The race was one of several initiatives that members of its team had taken part in over recent months.

The company said colleagues had also supported the clearance of vegetation and litter at the historic gunpowder mill in Dartford, and had helped prepare VitaBites for AMURT's community feeding programme in London. Knight Harwood said its staff worked alongside MSK on this volunteering.

"Thank you to everyone who has given their time, taken part or contributed to these worthwhile initiatives," Knight Harwood said.

The project behind the race

The team that organised the race is delivering 25 St George Street, an office scheme. In an October 2026 update, Knight Harwood said it had marked the building's topping out with Old Park Lane Management Ltd.

According to Knight Harwood, the scheme will provide eight floors of office space and includes two new cross-laminated timber upper floors. It was designed by John Robertson Architects and is targeting BREEAM Outstanding, WELL Platinum and NABERS 5 Star ratings.

The feeding programme

AMURT UK runs its London feeding programme from a kitchen in Lower Clapton, which it set up in 2023 in partnership with The Salvation Army, according to its own project page.

AMURT UK said that in 2024 alone the programme distributed more than 26,500 warm meals and 1,050 VitaBites nutrition bars. It said the programme reached more than 13,000 people that year, a 44% rise on the previous year.