We're well into the second half of July and the holiday season shows no sign of stemming agents' enthusiasm for helping those who cannot help themselves.
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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LandAid: This property industry charity has launched its pro bono campaign to encourage its supporter network to give vital time and expertise to help disadvantaged young people in the UK.
LandAid is asking for companies to commit at least 10 days of free professional advice in 2014-15, making the link between social objectives and the resources of businesses to drive change. The overall aim is to get 40 companies to donate time with an estimated value of £200,000.
With over 75 corporate partners LandAid has the connections to successfully relationships between pro bono providers and charities to make a difference to vulnerable children and young people in the UK. A specialist team has been set up within LandAid that will work to match available expertise with the right projects.
So far 16 companies have already committed over 160 days in total, equating to 1,350 hours and more than £120,000 of pro bono property advice to LandAid's charity partners. Many of these lack the time, expertise and experience to cope with some of the issues that inevitably arise with their buildings.
The campaign has already been backed by Chancerygate, Cushman & Wakefield, Gerald Eve, one5two, Grosvenor, GVA, Hawkins\Brown, Irwin Mitchell, JLL, John Robertson Architects, Knight Frank, Land Securities, LDA Design, Mace, MAKE and Telereal Trillium.
Want to help Contact Alex Williamson on alex.williamson@landaid.org.
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Eurolink Foundation: Software and services provider Eurolink is pleased to announce its donation of £4,000 to Agents Giving from its Eurolink Foundation donations fund.
Agents Giving, previously The Estate Agents Foundation, is the industry charity for estate agents, lettings agents and suppliers to the industry.
Nigel Poole, Eurolink MD, says: This award is made from the Eurolink Foundation charitable donations fund which was launched in November 2011 and is made up by setting aside a percentage of the value of every sales invoice raised by Eurolink over our financial year ending June 30.
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Cancer Research: Agency telecoms supplier 4Com Telecommunications it to sponsor Benali's Big Run' being undertaken by Francis Benali, the former Southampton FC defender.
He's going to run almost 1,000 miles between all 20 Premiership football clubs in 21 days. He will start his epic challenge on August 24 at Newcastle United and finish at Southampton FC on September 13, aiming to arrive during the Southampton vs Newcastle game. Franny aims to raise £1m for Cancer Research UK.
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Race For Life: Charles Derby Estates may be synonymous with speed of service, but that has now transferred to the running track.
One of their number, Sarah Tippey, had been diagnosed with breast cancer. She had the operation, endured the chemo and radiation treatment and has now returned to her day job in top form.
A Charles Derby team took part in a Park Run (more details on www.parkrun.org.uk) to raise money for Race For Life, a breast cancer charity. You can still contribute - just follow the link on the Just Giving page and enter Sarah-Jane Tippey.
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Teddy Bears' Picnic: Prospect agency has always been known for its commitment to local causes and its Warfield branch sponsored this year's Teddy Bears Picnic in Bracknell, which was hosted on behalf of the Pre-School Learning Alliance.
The branch donated a £50 cash raffle prize, printed marketing materials and placed boards around Bracknell showcasing the event, which went on to attract 1,100 paying visitors as well as the hundreds of pushchairs with children under 18 months who attended free of charge.
Funds raised from the day are to be used for the Help a Pre-school Child Appeal to fund children with special and social needs attend pre-school in Bracknell Forest.
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