LandAid’s second Steptober kicked off last week. The annual event sees professionals from the real estate industry take part in a country-wide step challenge to help support LandAid’s mission to end youth homelessness.
Last year’s event raised £132,914.67 for LandAid and this year, with the support of M7 Real Estate, LandAid is pushing for the industry-wide step challenge to be even bigger.
Richard Croft, M7’s executive chairman, said: “Steptober represents a fantastic opportunity for the property industry to unite through fitness, to raise vital funds which will help give young people facing homelessness a brighter future.”
EG will be covering all the action here each week. So far there are 588 participants from 47 companies and a total of 144 teams competing to take the most steps throughout the month of October. With this year’s theme “around the world”, the race is on to walk around the world four times during the month, beating last year’s three and a half laps.
Each week LandAid will be hosting a guided Wednesday Walk – a networking stroll through London finishing at a local pub. M7 will be hosting the walk in week three, beginning and ending at its offices in Monument.
To sign up, click here.
Rookies head to St George’s Park for GeeWizz
A football team comprising Bidwells and EG staff competed in the recent League Managers Association tournament at St George’s Park, the English Football Association’s national football centre at Burton upon Trent.
The event was held in association with GeeWizz, a charity which supports children and young adults throughout East Anglia with life-threatening conditions.
Coached by professional football managers Nigel Adkins and David Moyes, the teams battled it out at the state-of-the-art training facilities. The team from Sports Interactive won the competition.
Charity hikers put in marathon effort for youth trust
The Housebuilder Mountain Marathon 2019 has raised more than £100,000 for Youth Adventure Trust, an organisation working with vulnerable young people across Wiltshire and Swindon. The hiking event took place in the Lake District and was sponsored and supported by Taylor Wimpey, Linden Homes and Redrow.
St Modwen sponsors school rugby scrum
Students from across 10 Midlands schools showcased their rugby skills at Dallaglio RugbyWorks’ Midlands Rugby Tournament during the summer break. Sponsored by St Modwen Homes, the event was held in the grounds of co-sponsor Caterpillar’s Desford manufacturing facility in Leicester. Winning the coveted first place trophy was South Wigston High School.
Colliers cycles to Amsterdam
Thirty graduates from Colliers International have completed a 165-mile cycle challenge from London to Amsterdam. The event raised more than £21,000 for Mental Health UK.
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