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We're really pleased to announce our third Ambassador of the Month, Kitty Kent from PwC! We selected Kitty in part because of her amazing work for this year's LandAid Day, in which she organised a whole day packed full of wonderful and wacky activities, raising money to help end youth homelessness.
I love architects' designs. As a child I spent hours drawing my perfect' house. It was exactly how I wanted it. So, when I see those beautiful brochures of new developments - master-plans proclaiming places people should want to live, work and play in, I'm back in my bedroom with paper and coloured pencils. Sculpted trees, litter-free streets, little traffic, blue skies. It's how we want it to be.
LandAid, the property industry charity, is behind the 'Solutions to Youth Homelessness' paper released by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) today.
Our first Ambassador of the Month was Anna Stewart from BNP Paribas Real Estate, and we're pleased to announce our second Ambassadors of the Month are Alexander Barnes and Joseph Round, from Gerald Eve LLP, one of our Foundation Partners.
One of the many amazing charity partners we work with is Giroscope in Hull. As it is Empty Homes Week this week, we thought it would be a great opportunity to highlight the work Giroscope do in buying and renovating empty homes. Not only do they make the properties into usable accommodation, they also encourage volunteers and prospective tenants to help in the renovation project, giving them a greater sense of ownership of the property.
It is unacceptable that 86,000 young people will experience homelessness this year. Tragically, that truth is matched by another bizarre, shocking statistic. According to the government, there are 205,000 long-term empty homes ('long-term' means over six months) in England alone. This week is national Empty Homes Week.
Since joining Action on Empty Homes as Director in August, I have had my sights firmly fixed on delivering Empty Homes Week. We organise Empty Homes Week to give local authorities the chance to celebrate successes and reflect on what more needs to be done to bring empty properties back into use. It also gives a focus for national and local media to report on the issue, and this in turn pushes empty homes up the policymaking agenda.
Today is the first day of Steptober: the first ever property industry-wide step challenge! As the newest member of LandAid's Events and Fundraising team, it's been inspiring to work on Steptober for my first event - I'm already bowled over by the enthusiasm and zeal of our supporters. We've already got more than 130 teams and more than 500 people signed up - which is a crazy number! That's a whole lot of steps about to be logged...
Our first Ambassador of the Month is Anna Stewart, of BNP Paribas Real Estate.
