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Watch Archie, Thelma and Marvin from Youth Voice, three young people who have experienced homelessness and are taking part in Steptober, in our webinar.

The competitive nature of Steptober can make us forget who we are doing this for. We’re doing this for the 86,000 young people in the UK who face homelessness every year, and who for this year has been especially scary and uncertain.  

Today, LandAid, the property industry charity, today launches an emergency fund in response to the COVID-19 crisis, to support young homeless people and the charities that support them. The fund has so far raised £170,000 and aims to raise at least £1m over the coming months.

The LandAid COVID-19 Emergency Fund has given out over half a million pounds in its first month to youth homelessness charities across the country. LandAid, the property industry charity, is hoping to raise and distribute £1m in emergency funding in the coming months. 

On 7 April, we launched the LandAid COVID-19 Emergency Fund. We told you something simple: youth homelessness hasn’t stopped. We need your help more than ever. And you listened.

The LandAid COVID-19 Emergency Fund, launched on 7 April 2020, has given out its first grants to frontline charities. LandAid, the property industry charity, distributed over £100,000 to 12 charities in this first round of funding.

Despite all that is going on, last week ended on a high for me as we gave out our first round in emergency funding to charities across the UK. Thanks to the support of the industry, our campaign partners and all of you who have taken on ridiculous challenges for us in the past few weeks, we were able to give out over £100,000 in our first round of funding.

In case you missed it, you can watch our first webinar: COVID-19: How are youth homelessness charities responding?

In a few short weeks, COVID-19 and our need to respond to the pandemic has changed everything.