Free property advice: a win-win proposition
In July 2014, LandAid launched its free property advice programme, a match-making service that pairs property professionals with charities seeking advice on their buildings.
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Grants total tops records!
Over the past financial year, LandAid has awarded a tremendous £1,260,924 in grants to 22 charity projects, making 2014/15 our best-ever year of grant giving. This is a wonderful testimony to the fundraising efforts and enthusiasm of the property industry.
The Power of Unstoppable Mightiness
Which reminded me of the passion and spirit my colleague Caroline and I encountered in our recent visit to Fight for Peace's impressive Academy in North Woolwich, East London. Born out of the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro, and brought to London in 2007, the inspirational Luke Dowdney's vision for young people at risk of gang violence, drug abuse and crime has taken root here very well.
Helping hope spring eternal
I'd like to dedicate my first blog as LandAid's CEO to a young man. I don't know his name. But single handedly he affected the lives of hundreds and possibly thousands of commuters heading to London from Cambridge (where I live) and all points north.
New opportunities in Newhaven
The Sussex Community Development Association (SCDA) are based in Newhaven, a manufacturing port town which has worsening deprivation in a district of relative affluence. The charity provides information, advice, guidance and activities to five hundred young people in the area through youth clubs and drop in services.
Retail matters for young people
Retail is one of the key sectors where unemployed and disadvantaged young people in the UK find a way into the world of work.
Funding a creative therapy centre for 21st century foundlings
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.
50,000 NEETs ‘lost in the system’
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.
Laying the foundations for future employment
The LandAid-funded construction workshop at St Eds in Norwich was a hive of activity when Caroline Fraser and me paid a visit on Friday.