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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.

When a young person falls out of mainstream education, your first thoughts on how to get them back on track probably don't involve gardening gloves, plant seeds and a trowel.

Homelessness is one of the most critical issues facing society today, so it's great to see people from different walks of life coming up with new ways to tackle this problem. From politics to plays, football tournaments to cutting-edge technology, here's our run down of some of the innovative ways people have come together recently to support those who are homeless...

Most of us like the thought of raising money for charity but sometimes coming up with ideas can be tricky. Yesterday, over 40 professionals from across the property sector gathered at our LandAid Day Workshop hosted by the RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) in the hope of gaining fundraising inspiration for LandAid Day in October.