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On Thursday evening the property industry will be treated to the spectacle of four political heavyweights going head-to-head at City Hall for the LandAid Debate.

Last week we joined outgoing chair Robin Broadhurst on a visit to the new, LandAid-funded Building Lives training centre in Southwark.

Work was well underway at the part-LandAid-funded Pears Pavilion at Coram HQ when we visited yesterday. We were joined by outgoing Chairman Robin Broadhurst and colleagues from LandAid Foundation Partners Royal Bank of Scotland and Skanska.

Baroness Jenny Jones, former leader of the Green Party, is the latest high profile political figure to be added the panel for the #LandAidDebate on 5 February.

A new report published by the Fabian Society this week estimates that 50,000 people aged 16-18 years old have fallen out of the support system for NEETs.

We've had an amazing year this year, and what better way to celebrate it than with the LandAid Twelve Questions of Christmas Quiz!* To enter, donate £3 to LandAid on mydonate and send us your answers for the chance to win Prezzo vouchers worth £50 - great for a pre-theatre meal or mid-January cheer-me-up.

This Christmas the UK faces a child poverty and homelessness crisis - and we need your help. According to the Child Poverty Action Group, one child in three will spend the next two years living on the breadline. That's 4 million children living in acute poverty in the eight largest economy in the world. Let's think about what that means for a moment.

Paul Morrish has been appointed new Chief Executive Officer of LandAid. Paul joins LandAid from VoiceAbility, one of the UK's largest advocacy charities working with vulnerable adults and young people, where he is currently Deputy Chief Executive.

This week (3 - 7 November) is National Pro Bono Week, which celebrates the free legal advice given by law firms to communities across the UK. LandAid launched its own pro bono programme in July this year. While the legal profession has a long tradition of giving pro bono advice, it is not as established in other parts of the property industry.