Agents Do Charity - as summer waves goodbye

Here is the latest set of exploits undertaken by our industry in the name of charity.

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.

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In the meantime, here are this week's updates.

ALS Association - the Ice Bucket Challenge: More than a few traditional estate agents have no doubt wanted cold water poured over Adam Day, the controversial head of online agency Hatched. Well now he's seen to that himself, and all in a good cause. Having been nominated by Russell Quirke of eMoov, Day has done the deed and raised funds in the process for the ALS Association - and here's the video: https://m.facebook.com/story.phpstory_fbid=10154484573800551&id=896740550

The Northwood Foundation: Five Northwood agents are set to hike up Mount Kilimanjaro at the end of September to raise funds for the Northwood Foundation, set up in honour of Nick Cooper, the former managing director who died of pancreatic cancer last year.The firm wants to raise £20,000 by 2015. A Just Giving page has been set up and donations can be made at www.justgiving.com/Northwood-Charitable-Foundation/ or by texting either £1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10 to 70070 using the code TNCF99.

The Coastal Commando Cycle Challenge: A group of 12 cyclists including Steve Moir, partner of Hennings Moir in Saltash and chairman of the Property Sharing Experts network, have raised over £13,000 for wounded and homeless ex-services personnel by taking part in The Coastal Commando Cycle Challenge. Steve and his cycling colleagues completed the 350 mile journey over five days, starting in Kent with the route taking them through Hastings, Brighton, Bognor Regis, Southampton, Weymouth and Exmouth before finishing the road trip at the Royal Commando Training Centre in Lympstone, Devon.

Cancer Research UK: Hunters Property Group has helped a group of 11 year old boys get on their bikes for charity by sponsoring a five-strong Hunters Heroes team on a 127 mile ride along the route of the Leeds Liverpool Canal. They raised more than £7,000 in aid of Cancer Research UK and the route the boys took passed by each of the Hunters' branches in the area.

The Octavia Appeal: On Sunday September 21 the single-office central London agency W A Ellis is going to undertake a half marathon paddle board down the Thames in aid of The Octavia Appeal, the paediatric arm of The Friends of Royal Brompton Hospital, a charity which raises funds for projects the UK's largest heart and lung centre. Last year the agency raised almost £20,000 for Action Medical Research and now it's hoping to do at least as well this year. The agency team can be sponsored at https://www.justgiving.com/waellisoctaviapaddleboard.