LandAid Newsletter Spring 2011
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www.landaid.org Registered Charity No. 295157 The property industry charity together we can do more Spring Issue April 2011 New Major Projects in Wales and Sunderland Leading youth homelessness charities Llamau and Centrepoint have received a total of £110,000 in LandAid Foundations for Life (FFL) funding for major flagship projects that will benefit young homeless people in two of the most disadvantaged areas of the UK. In Merthyr Tydfil Llamau will be able to renovate a derelict listed building which will incorporate a youth training centre, cyber cafe and supported accommodation. The town suffers from entrenched unemployment but at the centre young people will be able to study for accredited awards and gain work experience running the cyber cafe which will be open to the community. In Sunderland, a brand new flagship Centrepoint hostel for 100 homeless young people will benefit from an IT and learning suite, resource centre and dedicated learning worker. Young people living at the hostel would otherwise be sleeping rough or in B&B accommodation. The FFL facilities mean that the hostel is not just a roof over their heads but a springboard that will develop the skills and confidence they need for independent living. LandAid–25 Years Strong This year LandAid is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. We’ve come a long way since a group of surveyors inspired by LiveAid raised £40,000 to send a famine relief truck to the Sudan. LandAid now focuses on helping young and disadvantaged people in the UK and this year alone we’ll be committing at least £1million to projects that help young people achieve their potential. Our Grants Programme has been inundated with well over 400 applications this year. After careful consideration we have selected twelve new projects that will really make a difference by providing facilities, education, training and advice for hundreds of young people right across the UK. Many of these projects are not eligible for statutory funding so the grants we are able to give, thanks to your support, are essential at a time when 1 in 5 young people are not in education, training or employment. You can help LandAid invest in more projects by continuing to support our work. Why not attend one of our upcoming events such as Party Near The Park or participate in the 5KM Fun Run or support LandAid Day on 13 October. Or, you can simply make a donation by going to our website at www.landaid.org/give. Together we can do more. Robin Broadhurst Chairman The Michael Palin Centre The Association for Research into Stammering in Childhood is a national charity that runs The Michael Palin Centre, a specialist facility especially for young people who are affected by stammering which can be hugely debilitating; blighting self confidence and self esteem. A £100,000 grant from LandAid, with funds raised partly by the Property Race Day, will enable them to move into their own flagship building in North London and enhance their work with more young people making sure that speech difficulties do not stop young people from reaching their potential. “As a child I never knew why I was different or why I couldn’t simply put my hand up in class and say what I wanted like my friend. As an eight year old child trying to comprehend something as complex and inhibiting as a stammer was near impossible, the Michael Palin Centre made it easy though.” Dan, now at university Michael Palin with some of the young people Young people from Llamau
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www.landaid.org Registered Charity No. 295157
The property industry charity together we can do more Spring Issue April 2011
New Major Projects in Wales and SunderlandLeading youth homelessness charities Llamau and Centrepoint have received a total of £110,000 in LandAid Foundations for Life (FFL) funding for major flagship projects that will benefit young homeless people in two of the most disadvantaged areas of the UK.
In Merthyr Tydfil Llamau will be able to renovate a derelict listed building which will incorporate a youth training centre, cyber cafe and supported accommodation. The town suffers from entrenched unemployment but at the centre young people will be able to study for accredited awards and gain work experience running the cyber cafe which will be open to the community.
In Sunderland, a brand new flagship Centrepoint hostel for 100 homeless young people will benefit from an IT and learning suite, resource centre and dedicated learning worker. Young people living at the hostel would otherwise be sleeping rough or in B&B accommodation. The FFL facilities mean that the hostel is not just a roof over their heads but a springboard that will develop the skills and confidence they need for independent living.
LandAid–25 Years StrongThis year LandAid is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. We’ve come a long way since a group of surveyors inspired by LiveAid raised £40,000 to send a famine relief truck to the Sudan.
LandAid now focuses on helping young and disadvantaged people in the UK and this year alone we’ll be committing at least £1million to projects that help young people achieve their potential.
Our Grants Programme has been inundated with well over 400 applications this year. After careful consideration we have selected twelve new projects that will really make a difference by providing facilities, education, training and advice for hundreds of young people right across the UK. Many of these projects are not eligible for statutory funding so the grants we are able to give, thanks to your support, are essential at a time when 1 in 5 young people are not in education, training or employment.
You can help LandAid invest in more projects by continuing to support our work. Why not attend one of our upcoming events such as Party Near The Park or participate in the 5KM Fun Run or support LandAid Day on 13 October. Or, you can simply make a donation by going to our website at www.landaid.org/give. Together we can do more.
Robin Broadhurst Chairman
The Michael Palin CentreThe Association for Research into Stammering in Childhood is a national charity that runs The Michael Palin Centre, a specialist facility especially for young people who are affected by stammering which can be hugely debilitating; blighting self confidence and self esteem. A £100,000 grant from LandAid, with funds raised partly by the Property Race Day, will enable them to move into their own flagship building in North London and enhance
their work with more young people making sure that speech difficulties do not stop young people from reaching their potential.
“As a child I never knew why I was different or why I couldn’t simply put my hand up in class and say what I wanted like my friend. As an eight year old child trying to comprehend something as complex and inhibiting as a stammer was near impossible, the Michael Palin Centre made it easy though.”
Dan, now at university
Michael Palin with some of the young people
Young people from Llamau
The property industry charity
More projects supported in 2011...
Redcar, Coatham House £15,000
Refurbishment of four flats to provide affordable tenancies to young people who are homeless.
Bradford, The Lighthouse Group £14,000
Refurbishment of a disused room to create a training kitchen providing vocational qualifications to disadvantaged young people.
Surrey, KeepOut £15,000
Refurbishment of a training room inside the grounds of HMP Coldingley where serving prisoners lead workshops targeted at young people who are at risk of offending.
Newham, Community Links £11,500
A training and educational programme for 100 disadvantaged young people.
Some of the ways you have been getting involved recently...
Dundee, Fairbridge £50,000
A major renovation of an old jute mill to provide a training and education centre for disadvantaged young people.
Property Week Awards
Thank you to everyone at the awards on April 5 who supported LandAid and helped raise £12,250.
Cycle to Cannes
The 6th Aedas Cycle to Cannes has raised an expected £30,000 for LandAid. Thank you to all the riders who cycled nearly 1000 miles to MIPIM.
Green Park Team Runs Reading Half Marathon
Thank you to Rory Carson from PRUPIM and his team which included runners from Doherty Baines, DTZ, GVA, Hogan Lovells and Knight Frank and who raised £1,608 by running the Reading Half Marathon.
Grainger Volunteers Paint Hostel
Volunteers from Grainger transformed drab bedrooms of two young homeless people at a Centrepoint hostel.
New Foundation Partners
Grainger, Hansteen, Holtby Turner, Malcolm Hollis, Panther Securities and The Miller Group are the latest companies to become LandAid Foundation Partners.
Our grateful thanks to...
Cadogan Estates, Heron International, Nexia Smith and Williamson, Origin Creative Design and the ever growing number of organisations and individuals supporting our work.
landaid.org/events
Face to Face with Toby Courtauld8 Junewww.profile-network.com
Party Near The Park9 Junewww.landaid.org/pntp
Fun Run sponsored by GVA15 June www.landaid.org/funrun
CoreNet Awards30 June
Property Race Day8 Julywww.thepropertyraceday.com
LandAid Day13 October
Coming up...
Stay in touch…Website: www.landaid.orgE-Bulletin: landaid.org/ebulletinLinkedIn: landaid.org/linkedinFaceBook: landaid.org/facebookTwitter: twitter.com/LandAidEmail: [email protected]: 020 3102 7190
Donate...www.landaid.org/give
Merseyside, Fairbridge £50,000
Brand new training and education centre for disadvantaged young people.
Bradford, Keyhouse £10,000
A new training kitchen where homeless people will learn how to prepare and cook healthy meals using produce they have grown themselves.
Bideford, Wings South West £19,450
Conversion of a church hall in one of the most deprived rural areas in the UK into a learning centre, providing computer based training to 250 disadvantaged young people every year.
Alloa, The Gate £15,000
Conversion of a church into a new community centre for the vulnerable and marginalised with a cafe, training kitchen, showers, laundry, counselling room and project work space.
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