LandAid Day 2015: What it means
With just three days until the property industry's biggest day of fundraising, we thought you'd like to know how your wacky activities and innovative events will help young people across the UK.
News
Keep up to date with the latest news from LandAid, including new projects, fundraising successes and thought leadership pieces from across the industry.
If you’ve done something incredible for LandAid and want our supporters to hear about it, contact comms@landaid.org
Not just sleeping bags, cardboard and doorways – World Homelessness Day 2015
As we mark World Homelessness Day 2015 - the 5th such day since the initiative started in 2010, surely we're all wondering how long must the scandal last, in which, for whatever reason, people end up with no roof over their heads - and we in one of the wealthiest countries in the world.
Creating chances in Cornwall
Back in 2013, LandAid awarded £36,500 to fund essential repairs to the Zebs Centre and create an IT suite, a consultation room and a social space in the basement. Today the results are clear for all to see.
How to loiter with intent: lessons from Bromley by Bow
I'm here on a sunny Thursday afternoon with Chief Executive Paul Morrish and fifteen enthusiastic representatives from LandAid's Foundation Partner network to visit the Bromley by Bow Centre, a community facility supported by LandAid funding.
Catalysing change in the countryside
At Jamie's Farm in Herefordshire, the second project from the team behind the hugely successful Hill House Farm in Wiltshire, many young people experience the country for the very first time.
Daniel’s story
The morning after the LandAid Run - limbs still aching - I visited Roots and Shoots in Lambeth, a project LandAid has supported over a number of years. While there I heard the story of Daniel.
LandAid in Northern Ireland
On Thursday 11 June, our Grants and Projects Officer Elise travelled to Northern Ireland to visit two inspiring charities who are tackling disadvantage. Here's her write-up:
Who would’ve thought a kitchen could make such a difference?
Two of the grants that LandAid had made were to charities that wanted to provide new kitchens for their projects. Graham Mynott from Keyhouse in Bradford showed us round the large kitchen that we'd funded and described how it had helped them support young people who had been homeless to learn basic cooking skills.
Celebrating the great, the good and the generous
LandAid is proud to be the charity of choice of tonight's iconic Property Awards. Run by the team at Property Week, the Awards celebrate the great and the good of the industry, whilst also raising a significant sum of money for charity.