 LandAid is the charity of the UK property sector from which its support is drawn. It is run by a Board of Trustees from within the industry and celebrated its twenty-first anniversary in 2006.
As a Charitable Trust, LandAid makes grants to other charities to support a variety of projects usually connected with homelessness. In addition, we seek to champion the charitable work undertaken by the property sector as a whole and to assist property companies in using best practice in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility.
LandAid Charitable Trust was founded in 1985 by a group of property professionals. Inspired by Live Aid, their aim was to focus the fundraising efforts of the property industry. The first LandAid event, a Fun Run around Richmond Park, raised nearly £40,000 to purchase a famine-relief truck for the Sudan.
After the success of that first year, LandAid's fundraising mission became one of helping homeless people. The LandAid Ball was keenly attended in the late 80s and early 90s - not surprising when the star acts included Lenny Henry and Rory Bremner - and is still a major event in the property industry calendar at its new home in Berkeley Square. The Fun Run (now firmly established at Battersea Park) has become an annual test of the sector's cardio-vascular system and our other events now include a poker night at the Dorchester, quiz nights, the hugely popular Party Near The Park and we also are the named beneficiaries of many other events such as the Anglo Irish Bank Regatta, the Property Week Property Awards Dinner, the National Surveyors' Rugby Sevens and the Property Sandown Race Day.
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