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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.

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:

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.

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.

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.

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.

Political giants clashed at City Hall on Thursday night during the LandAid Debate on issues including child poverty, the capital's housing crisis and the mansion tax.

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.

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.