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Welcome to Agents Do Charity, the weekly fund-raising catch up - as ever, even during challenging times, it’s great to see the industry finding ways to help so many others.

If you want your fund-raising to be featured next Friday do please let us know by emailing press@estateagenttoday.co.uk - we’ll gladly give you a mention.

Agents Giving Ball: The date and venue has been booked and tickets are now available for the industry Charity Ball organised by Agents Giving with special guest Agents Giving Patron Phil Spencer.

Joined by Headline Sponsor HomeLet and Let Alliance and supported by Reapit and Foxtons the ball will take place on Friday September 24 at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey, home of The Derby.

This glitzy party will bring the property industry together to celebrate the end of lockdown and the chance to meet in person, sharing fundraising achievements of agents and suppliers alike in true party style.

You will all enjoy a wonderful drinks reception with spectacular views over the historic racecourse to one side and views across London to the other. There will be a three course meal with plenty of dancing, including some Strictly dancing with the Wright Rhythm professional dancers and music provided by the band Souled Out.

There will be a live charity auction on the evening along with a disco, so bring your dancing shoes! The evening will also see the industries fundraisers recognised for their charity and community efforts over lockdown with The Fundraising Champion Awards and also presenting last year’s Acts of Kindness Award winners with their trophies, in person. We will hear many heartwarming stories of personal and team challenges and triumphs to help raise funds and awareness for many community causes close to their hearts.

Agents Giving are now taking bookings for tables at £1,400 per table of 10 or £150 per individual ticket. So book your tickets today, only a few tables remain.

As well as celebrating being able to go out to a party, see people in person and the industry’s charitable achievements the ball is a fantastic place to party with your team to thank them for all their hard work and dedication over the last year.

For further information, please contact Agents Giving - info@agentsgiving.org or visit www.agentsgiving.org.

Maidstone Hospital: The Riverbank children’s unit at Maidstone Hospital has recently taken delivery of a shipment of gifts from Kings Hill-based SearchFlow.

SearchFlow had a surplus of branded goodies that it wanted to rehome, following a recent rebrand. This included soft cuddly owls, as well as notebooks, pens, lip balms, eco-reusable cups, highlighter pens, sticky notepads and jute bags.

Alongside the branded goodies, the company also created a hamper for staff containing chocolates, hand creams and lip balms.

Eunice Goto, paediatric unit manager at the Riverbank children’s unit at Maidstone Hospital says: “The goodies brought a smile to everyone’s faces and are very much welcomed and appreciated. The owl soft toys will give children a real boost following procedures and as a distraction for them to then take away when going home. Thank you so much for reaching out and thinking of us; we are all very grateful.”

Key Worker Accommodation: Flat-sharing PropTech site ideal flatmate is discounting properties for key workers.

This is happening at East Village, the former Olympic village in Stratford which has been developed into rental flats and allows those working in sectors such as the health service, education and other key public services to move into flats and below market rates.

For anybody in these professions who need to find a flatmate to live with, ideal flatmate will provide their matching technology for free to help key workers find compatible people to share with.

The platform is working in collaboration with Get Living to offer a range of flats at a discount to help those that have helped keep the country safe and moving throughout the pandemic.