Agents Do Charity - Let's Do This

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.

MacMillan Nurses: Staff from Munrolock Sales and Lettings (based near EAT's HQ in Beckenham) are taking part in the great MacMillan coffee morning on September 26. The firm is trying to get as many people involved as possible - local businesses have donated raffle prizes, such as a photoshoot, free boiler service, free entry and private table at a local club, free window clean and many more great prizes. There will be coffee, tea, home made cakes and sweets on the day...if you can beat the EAT crew to the good stuff. More details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/751960878197891/

Marie Curie Cancer Care: Property auction service provider iam-sold has been working all year to raise awareness and money for the charity, including an Easter Egg Hunt and a Bubble Football tournament. A team of 20 also took part in the Bupa Great North Run, the 3.1 mile course from Newcastle to South Shields. As a whole, the iam-sold runners and the company managed to raise almost £7,000 with donations still coming in. iam-sold runner, Tania Bonesi really enjoyed her first experience of the Great North Run: The only way I can describe it is as surreal and emotional. The idea of thousands of people running all that way for various charities or just for fun is really motivating and there was a real feeling of everyone coming together and supporting each other through it. I'm really proud to have been a part of it and I did so much better than I thought I would have, achieving a time of 2 hours 25 minutes and 2 seconds and raising £220.

Dogs For The Disabled: Belvoir Bolton's property manager Alison Whittaker laced up her walking boots for a challenge in aid of Dogs for the Disabled. She set off from St Bee's in Cumbria for a 192-mile trek across the UK to Robin Hood's Bay; along with a friend she completed the challenge in 13 days and raised more than £700. I do a lot of hill walking out and about locally and the coast-to-coast trek was a challenge I'd always wanted to do, explains Alison. It was on my bucket list of things I'd like to achieve and as a big birthday (my 50th) approached, I thought, let's just do it. This year, Belvoir offices across the UK have decided to focus their fund-raising efforts on local charities and generous franchise owners and staff have already raised thousands for causes in their communities.

Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service: Eight brave directors from the Romans Group have risen to the Ice Bucket Challenge and raised over £600 towards Berkshire's first children's hospice. The business is renowned locally for making the most of any charitable event and raising as much as they can for their charity of choice the. Employees pledged hundreds of pounds to see a team of directors get soaked to the core with icy cold water. After the initial idea was put forward it took just two days to reach over £500 thanks to generous staff donations comments Peter Coles, group managing director. If you want to give to a good cause and don't fancy getting cold and wet yourself, you can donate here: www.justgiving.com/RomansIceBucketChallenge/