Palmer Capital has raised more than £24,700 for LandAid this year, with the help of more than 450 property professionals. The firm’s most recent MoneyMaker Challenge, the Palmer Capital Tour de Thames spinathon, saw 60 riders – headed up by team captains Rupert Sheldon (pictured left) and Charles Allen (right) from Palmer Capital – cycle a total of 487.4 miles in 20-minute spins.
The event took place at Palmer Capital HQ and raised £1,220 for LandAid.
Of the men who competed, Tim McIntosh from Colliers covered the furthest distance in 20 minutes; Alice Basili from Fineman Ross covered the longest distance by a woman.
The Palmer Capital MoneyMaker of the Year 2018 was awarded to Trusted Land, and Harlex Property’s James Nicholson was named Individual MoneyMaker of the Year 2018.
Walkers go 1,500 miles for Alder Hey
Partners and colleagues from Westgrove Group have raised £1,500 for Alder Hey Children’s Charity by walking 1,500 miles in a day. The money raised will go towards a new play app designed to help children settle in to hospital when they first arrive.
Great Ormond Street receives £190,000 from One Great Day
One Great Day, the charity supported by the UK shopping centre community, has presented a cheque for more than £190,000 to Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Representatives of the charity include Capreon, CBRE, Montagu Evans and Savills.
Established in 2014, One Great Day organises an annual fundraising day in shopping centres around the country to raise money and awareness for Great Ormond Street and other children’s health charities that play a key role in local communities.
The money raised by the charity will fund two echocardiogram machines, which help to diagnose, monitor and aid treatment of heart conditions in children.
Shaftesbury Chooses Love for refugees
Shaftesbury has collaborated with refugee charity Choose Love to open a pop-up store in London’s Newburgh Quarter, just off Carnaby Street, until January 2019.
Every purchase made by visitor to the store will contribute towards a similar item for a refugee, to be distributed by Help Refugees and its partners across Europe and the Middle East.
The store has been designed to enable shoppers to interact with the products and discover why they are needed – exploring each stage of a refugee’s journey, from survival to shelter to the future.
LandAid events in December
LandAid events coming up in December include:
■ The Movers & Shakers London annual dinner takes place at the Dorchester, Park Lane, London, on Tuesday 4 December. This year’s celebrity guest speaker is actress and stand-up comedian Sara Pascoe.
■ Palmer Capital will host this year’s LandAid Ambassador Christmas drinks. The festive celebrations will take place on Thursday 6 December at Palmer Capital, Time & Life Building, 1 Bruton Street, Mayfair, London.
For more information, go to www.landaid.org/events.
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