In welcoming you to the first issue of LandAid’s newsletter, which will give a regular update on what we are doing as the property industry charity, I want to thank all of you for your support to date.

In this issue we focus on the progress of our first major initiative ‘Foundations for

Life’. Five FFL Centres are now up and running and it is heartening to read below the positive comments of some of those we are helping. Our industry can make a real difference by providing them with the facilities, expertise and support they need to rebuild their lives.

We have already made great progress and, with your ongoing support, we now want to build on the strong foundations we have laid for your industry charity.

Robin Broadhurst - Chairman

Thanks a million!Thanks to the tremendous response from our supporters we have been able to commit more than £1million over the last eighteen months to our work with the young and homeless.

Registered Charity No. 295157

Five young people say ‘thank you’ in their own words

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Issue OneThe property industry charity together we can do more

The first five Foundations for Life Centres in London, established in partnership with leading youth homelessness charity Centrepoint, are providing new facilities and expert advice and support in the five key areas of housing, learning and work, finance, health and engagement with the community, delivered by specialist staff funded by LandAid. Further services in Birmingham, the North East and London will follow as part of the next phase.

“The new FFL centre is so much better than the rooms that were there before and it really makes you believe someone else thinks you are worth investing in. I have completed 10 Lifewise workshops and this has helped me learn skills for the future.” N, Camberwell Foyer

“The FFL team is great. If it was not for them I would not have been able to get on my course. There wasn’t this support at Bruce House before the FFL Centre was built and the new staff started.” Kay, Bruce House

“Without Foundations for Life and the support it offers, I would probably never have realised I wanted to do my GCSEs and achieved what I have so far. I feel motivated and am really enjoying my studies.” X, Camberwell Foyer

“With the help of the FFL worker I am now debt free. The workshops are fun and good for meeting people and helping me with my communication skills. Without the FFL room and the worker, people would find it hard to motivate themselves.” Eddy, Greek Street

“You have restored my confidence and made me believe in what I can achieve. You are always willing to help me. You never said tomorrow, tomorrow. No-one has ever done this for me before.” Young person, Bruce House

Foundations for Life making a real difference

Camberwell Foyer 80 young residents and New learning zone supporting others with IT suite, healthy across South living centre, three East London further training rooms for 1:1 and groups

Centre Supports Provides

Bruce House 50 young residents and New learning centre supporting 100+ with IT suite, healthy across Westminster living centre, and further learning room for 1:1 and groups

Greek Street 26 young residents for New learning / IT room, stays of up to six months healthy living centre, and private room

Haberdashers House Home to 7 young people New IT facilities, and for up to 2 years area for healthy living and 1:1 sessions

Berwick Street Short stay New learning and accommodation for 27 activities room with IT young people and other facilities

Cycle2Cannes (March)70 property professionals cycled all the way to MIPIM (1,500km) to raise a magnificent £175,000 for the chosen charities including LandAid. Special thanks to James Anderson of the British Property Federation who rode individually for LandAid and raised more than £3,000.

Rugby Legends Dinner (March)Continuing the growing trend for industry events to nominate LandAid as their preferred beneficiary, many of the biggest names in commercial property and the world of rugby combined to raise over £3,000 at the Rugby Legends Dinner organised by CoStar.

‘A Celebration of Music’ (March)Joining forces with the Chartered Surveyors Company, LandAid put on its first classical concert raising more than £5,000 for the Chartered Surveyors Training Trust to help them establish a new mentoring scheme for apprentices from a disadvantaged background.

Property Week Awards (April) The great and the good of the industry came together to recognise the achievements of colleagues and competitors and once again supported their industry charity through an award of nearly £5,000

Party Near The Park (June) Over 500 partygoers gathered at Old Billingsgate for this now celebrated event in the property calendar to watch ten acts perform their own versions of songs from the Hollywood movies raising an impressive £20,000.

Fun Run, Battersea Park (June) More than 400 enthusiasts pounded round the park in the annual LandAid 5k Fun Run, sponsored by GVA Grimley, raising an estimated £25,000 to add to the £1,500 raised by GVA’s David Bateman for FFL by completing the London marathon.

Property Race Day (July) A sell out crowd of industry ‘experts’ enjoyed a day’s racing at Sandown Park and, in amongst some successful and not so successful wagers, managed to land a handsome expected return for LandAid of £15,000.

Our grateful thanks… Our grateful thanks to all the companies and individuals (too many to mention here) who are supporting us. Particular thanks to Land Securities, Helical Bar, Grosvenor, GVA Grimley, SEGRO and DLA Piper for their initial direct financial support of the FFL programme.

The property industry charity together we can do more

Some of the ways in which you have helped to raise funds recently…

Making a little go a long way….The LandAid Small Grants programme is supporting a range of projects around the country with a particular focus on providing facilities and equipment to enable homeless people to receive the support and training they need to make a fresh start.

Booth Centre Manchester Drop-in and advice centre for £5,000 to fund three work-based projects homeless people to provide skills to enter employment or go on to further education

Canaan Trust Nottingham Accommodation, life skills and career £8,200 towards the cost of refurbishing education for homeless their two properties including the provision of a new training room

Charity Services Project

Emmaus Hampshire Winchester Community-based, providing work and a £8,000 towards equipment for their home in supportive environment workshop at this newly established community

Genesis Trust Bath Project-based advice services on housing £5,000 towards the cost of a life skills and unemployment project to provide the confidence and skills to re-engage in work

Haven House Sheffield Refuge for homeless women escaping £5,500 to convert a room into a private domestic abuse facility for advice and counselling sessions

St Mungo’s London Accommodation, outreach and £8,000 to equip their expanded wood counselling services workshop which produces furniture and garden equipment for sale

Find out more….. Further information about LandAid, and the ways in which you can support our work, can be found on the website at www.landaid.org. Also find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/LandAid/61714995692.

Alternatively, please contact the chief executive Jon Siddall at jon@landaid.org or on 020 7802 0117.