LandAid and the Property Comic
We’re working with Property Merchant Group to organise a couple of fundraising events for LandAid called ‘The Property Comic’
We’ve arranged an excellent line up for the first two nights
1st July
Compere Michael Fabbri
David Whitney
Rich Heep
Nigel Harrison
Anthony Dewson
Jonathan Elston
Mackenzie Taylor
Tempest Rose
and Brian & Krystal
2nd July
Compere Rob Broderick
Joe Bor
Rich Heap
Jonathan Elston
Andrew Watts
Sarah Louise
and Hal Cruttenden
“LandAid is the charity of the UK property sector from which its support is drawn. It is run by a Board of Trustees from within the industry and celebrated its twenty-first anniversary in 2006.
As a Charitable Trust, LandAid makes grants to other charities to support a variety of projects usually connected with homelessness. In addition, we seek to champion the charitable work undertaken by the property sector as a whole and to assist property companies in using best practice in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility.
LandAid Charitable Trust was founded in 1985 by a group of property professionals. Inspired by Live Aid, their aim was to focus the fundraising efforts of the property industry. The first LandAid event, a Fun Run around Richmond Park, raised nearly £40,000 to purchase a famine-relief truck for the Sudan.
After the success of that first year, LandAid’s fundraising mission became one of helping homeless people. The LandAid Ball was keenly attended in the late 80s and early 90s – not surprising when the star acts included Lenny Henry and Rory Bremner – and is still a major event in the property industry calendar at its new home in Berkeley Square. The Fun Run (now firmly established at Battersea Park) has become an annual test of the sector’s cardio-vascular system and our other events now include a poker night at the Dorchester, quiz nights, the hugely popular Party Near The Park and we also are the named beneficiaries of many other events such as the Anglo Irish Bank Regatta, the Property Week Property Awards Dinner, the National Surveyors’ Rugby Sevens and the Property Sandown Race Day.
We make grants to other organisations to suppport a variety of projects usually connected with UK homlessness.
Our support is divided into two main categories: small grants made once a year to charities requiring a kick-start for a service or facility that would not otherwise get off the ground, and a major project, usually lasting up to four years.
The current such major project is Foundations For Life – an active partnership between LandAid and Centrepoint to effect a meaningful and lasting change to the prospects of young homeless people looking to escape the cycle of dependency. This project will cost £4.5m over four years and represents the largest challenge yet attempted by the charity.”