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This year's future-themed LandAid Day is approaching fast and the property industry are getting ready to launch their ideas. Here's what's coming up:

LandAid, the property industry charity, has launched a new campaign to encourage businesses to help turn empty properties into homes for young people facing homelessness.

This was no ordinary team of property graduates. The 14 Knight Frank graduates who decided to climb Mount Kilimanjaro for LandAid had the kind of track record that makes you feel exhausted just looking at it, ranging from marathons to Tough Mudders, long-distance cycling to epic canoe races, sky-diving to bungee-jumping, and even competing in athletics internationally.

Over 200 property professionals battled stormy conditions to conquer the Broadgate Tower last Friday, raising £40,000 for LandAid.

30 property professionals raced to summit 24 mountains in 24 hours last weekend, raising £8,000 for LandAid.

LandAid's most extreme challenge is just around the corner. As the daredevils and fundraising heroes get ready for the return of TowerAthlon, let's take a look back on last year's highlights.

One of the things we're proud of at LandAid is that as well as investing over £1 million every year in projects working to end youth homelessness, we never just write a cheque and walk away. We work alongside the charities we help, bringing in property expertise and often funding them more than once.

LandAid and fund manager Frogmore have launched London's first taxi that can be coloured in. The taxi, which was unveiled on Thursday, will raise awareness of LandAid's work tackling youth homelessness whilst also being a unique piece of public art.

It's fantastic to see so many fundraisers from across the property sector rallying people to tackle youth homelessness. The money raised from these efforts makes a huge difference to the lives of young people - a recent example being Roots and Shoots' new environmental learning centre which opened this month.