A view from Leeds: Jenny Hool visits Renew
My first charity visit as a LandAid Ambassador was to a project in Leeds called Renew.
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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.
New grants create new promise
Yesterday LandAid delivered the exciting news that £450,000 of funding had been awarded to the first four successful charities from our autumn grants round.
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.
Together we can build lives
Last week we joined outgoing chair Robin Broadhurst on a visit to the new, LandAid-funded Building Lives training centre in Southwark.
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.
Inverdale opens Eikon
On Friday I attended the grand opening of Eikon's beautiful new offices at Fulbrook School in Surrey. After several years of planning and six months of construction, supported by a £20,000 refurbishment grant from LandAid, the new centre will enable Eikon to double their services and reach out to more young people across the county.
Building futures in the North East
On Monday 22 September, officially the last day of summer, I accompanied LandAid chairman Robin Broadhurst on a visit to an unusually sunny North East, to see first-hand the positive changes that LandAid funding has brought to two Newcastle projects. First on the day's agenda was a trip to the YMCA in Walker, where Robin had been invited to officially open a refurbished premises on Welbeck Road.
LandAid Application Round opens
Are you a UK charity providing support to young people under 25 years old looking to improve your premises within the next 3 years? LandAid's open application round autumn 2014 is now live on our website.