It just doesn't stop. Each Friday we give a brief round-up of agents' charity work, and summer sunshine has only encouraged more of you, it seems.
We at EAT and LAT hugely admire the often-unsung work by agents who donate energy, time and money to charity. We want to shine a spotlight on this side of agency.
If you want to be mentioned, please let us know. Email press@estateagenttoday.co.uk.
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Macmillan Cancer Support: For the past six months staff at Country Properties in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire have been busy raising over £13,000 for the charity. It will fund 481 hours of care by a Macmillan Nurse - allowing cancer patients to be pain free for this amount of time.
The main form of fundraising has been to donate £10 per sale/let board erected which has raised over £10,000 so far. Each board that goes up has a Macmillan sign attached so not only are Country Properties raising money but also raising vital awareness for the charity.
The Baldock and Royston offices recently took part in local events to raise money, the Stevenage office raised £1,100 by organising a quiz night, staff from Welwyn Garden City are driving an old banger to Monte Carlo. The Stotfold office is organising a fun day, the Ampthill office is staging a tug of war, and most other offices are hosting music events, curry nights and go karting events. Fantastic work!
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Agents Giving: Reeds Rains has just completed a series of corporate roadshows across the UK for staff, each featuring a raffle competition which collectively raised £2,500 for Agents Giving.
Tickets were sold at each regional event, in Bexley, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Warrington and Harrogate, up and down the high-street, to local people, clients as well as the Reeds Rains agents. The raffle prizes were donated by local retailers and included champagne and luxury hampers as well as meals at local restaurants.
Peter Knight, chairman of Agents Giving, says it's such a simple idea, but effective - coupling your roadshow events with other activities, right at the heart of the community.
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The Friends of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment: Nick Goble of Winkworth in Battersea has asked us to publicise this fine charity, set up to raise funds and provide support for the soldiers of The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, one of the most decorated Infantry Regiments in the British Army.
Between the tidal window of July 19 and 27 a team of six swimmers and one on standby from the regiment - including both regular soldiers and reservists - will be swimming the English Channel to raise funds for the Friends and other local charities.
It's not for the feint hearted, with intense cold and sometimes hourly tidal changes as well as over 600 commercial ship movements and 80 to 100 ferry crossings between Dover and Calais every day. This makes it one of the world's hardest swims.
The goal is to raise £10,000 or more. If you wish to contribute, visit www.justgiving.com/teams/PWRR-Tiger-Sharks
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Comments
Fantastic efforts for worthwhile causes - well done all involved! Inspiring and Friday feel-good reading.
Love reading about these! Glad that so many agencies are getting involved, and I'm absolutely amazed that so much money has been raised!