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Sally Fraser, Senior Events Officer, talks through the impact and inspiration behind the property industry's biggest hiking challenge of the year, the LandAid Trek.

This month, LandAid joined other charities in a Parliamentary Day of Action, calling on the UK government to create a youth-chapter in their new cross-departmental strategy to end homelessness.

Last Thursday, over 1,200 property professionals came together for the LandAid SleepOut 2025, braving a night outside across eight UK locations—Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Manchester, Leeds, London, and for the first time, Liverpool.

With places for the 2025 LandAid Trek now live, we caught up with Amy Conlock, a participant in last year’s inaugural event, to hear about her experience. Amy shares what motivated her to sign up, the incredible feeling of supporting LandAid’s mission to end youth homelessness, and her reflections on an unforgettable weekend.

LandAid’s Director of Communications & External Affairs, Tim Hudson reflects on key insights from the annual Centrepoint Youth Homelessness Conference and the power of collaboration in prevention.

A digital inclusion campaign running from 14- 20 October by the Good Things Foundation to provide young people with the means to use the internet, and the skills to use it safely. This year, we are shouting some of our great initiatives from the rooftops! We partnered with Vodafone to distribute 50,000 SIM cards for the homelessness sector, as well as the Good Things Foundation's National Device Bank, which gives charities access to digital equipment including mobile phones.

The grants will support over 40 charities and over 1,000 young people in London and hundreds more across the UK on their journey out of homelessness towards a brighter and more stable future.

An innovative housing scheme providing specialist support to young people experiencing mental health challenges, funded by LandAid; SEGRO; the UK Real Estate Investment Trust; Property Race Day; The Story of Christmas Appeal; and the Greater London Authority has opened in West London.

Salford Foyer, run by Places for People, is set to boost its support for young people experiencing homelessness in the North West, with funding from LandAid, to build six new modular homes.