LandAid and Team GB Olympic mentoring programme stages first game for London youths
A mentoring partnership between Team GB Hockey and youngsters from London’s East End, supported by LandAid, has staged its first hockey tournament.
The event was described as “Olympic legacy in action”, with Olympians and more than 100 local youths engaging in a healthy battle of sticks at the Waltham Forest Hockey Club.
LandAid chairman Robin Broadhurst and chief executive Joanna Averley were there to witness the action.
Kate Walsh, captain of the bronze medal-winning women’s GB team, who was involved, said: “This is what hockey should be all about: making such a wonderful sport accessible to everyone.”
The partnership, known as FRE Flyers (friendship, respect, excellence), came to fruition with an £85,000 grant from LandAid.
The charitable efforts of Dransfield Properties have seen a hydrotherapy pool installed at the Sheffield Children’s Hospital.
The Barnsley-based retail property developer joined up with Henry Boot Construction to fit the 200,000 scheme, now making waves in the Ryegate Children’s Centre in Broomhill.
Paralympic gold medallist Oliver Hynd MBE, from Kirkby in Ashfield, performed the opening honours.
Hynd, 18, was treated at the Children’s Hospital for bone growth abnormalities related to his muscular dystrophy and went on to win gold, silver and bronze medals in swimming at the 2012 London Paralympic Games.
He said: “It’s fantastic to get involved with this great project and give something back for the treatment and care I received at the Children’s Hospital.”
The pool will be used to treat children with a range of disabilities.
Twenty-five years ago a group of 26 fit property professionals decided to take on the London marathon and raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital. And 25 years later, half of them have reunited to take on a new charity challenge – cycling 1,050 miles fromJohn O’Groats in the Scottish Highlandsto Land’s End in Cornwall.
Among the property JOGLErs are Mike Slade, chairman of Helical Bar; James Tuckey, formerly of Multiplex and MEPC; David Cripps of Strutt & Parker; and Andrew Hynard of Jones Lang LaSalle. With an average age of 64, it’s no wonder the peloton of property bigwigs have chosen to raise money for Dementia UK, alongside LandAid, this time around.
The riders will set off in two groups,one taking on the challenge over 18 days, starting from 11 May, the other over 10 days, starting from 19 May.
To sponsor them and find out more about the individual charities they are also collecting for, visit www.propjog.com
Tony Hawks (below) and the Cure Parkinson’s Trust are looking for groups of 10 to take on a crack teamof celebrities (A-list and other lettersof the alphabet) for a quiz.
They are interested in property types prepared to “strike a blow on behalf of the common folk and put an end to the sugar-coated shenanigans of champagne swilling, chauffeured, showbiz celebrities” – so says the press release.
Hawks, comedian and author of Round Ireland With A Fridge, is patron of the Cure Parkinson’s Trust.
The event will be held on 16 October. Tickets will be £70 per head and include a meal and drinks. If you are interested in rounding up a team, email anna@cureparkinsons.org.uk or phone 020 7929 7656.
A surveying duo is gearing up for a triathlon of epic proportions to raise money for the charity Coming Home.
Kit Alexander (right), 23, of Restaurant Property and Hamish Allan, 24, from Jones Lang LaSalle, aim to raise £30,000 undertaking Italian Job 2013 in July, a two-week, 1,344-mile challenge that involves a swim from Capri to Naples, a 1,300-mile cycle to London, and then a marathon.
Alexander said: “I am a keen sportsman and find the need to constantly set challenges for my poor body. I have a feeling thatthis could be the one that takes it a step too far.”
To donate, text ITUK13 to 70070, or visit theitalianjob2013.co.uk
A bust of the late Sir Simon Milton looms over St James’s Gateway in a tribute to the former deputy London mayor.
Milton, the former chief of staff to Boris Johnson, was described by him as “the personification of calm, sweet reason”.
Milton, who died in 2011, aged 49, was regarded as one of the most influential figures behind the governance of London.
Johnson added: “He was instrumental in drawing up the London Plan, and future generations will be literally living in his legacy.”
Milton once lived at the Crown Estate site, where his statue stands.
