The 2020 Property Prokart Challenge is back. In association with Daytona Racing, the event takes place on 18 September at its track in Milton Keynes.
Teams of up to 10 drivers will get the chance to race Daytona’s Sodi RT8 karts round the international circuit and compete in the F1 Pit Stop.
The event property partners Cowell Group and London & District Housing, alongside media partner EG, will be raising money for blood cancer charity, Myeloma UK.
In line with the latest government guidance on public safety, Daytona has put in place sanitisation and social distancing measures.
For more information and to book your place on the grid, click here.
LandAid QuaranTEN tops £93k to end youth homelessness
The LandAid QuaranTEN has broken its target to raise £50,000 for LandAid’s mission to end youth homelessness.
Over 750 participants have now walked 10,000 steps, ran 10 kilometres or ran 10 miles over the past week in the virtual event which replaced the annual LandAid 10K.
The event was sponsored by Evans Randall Investors, which was the headline sponsor, as well as Caddick Group, DLA Piper, Paragon and Stride Treglown. Siren Design provided pro bono design support.
Paul Morrish, LandAid chief executive, said: “LandAid has been astounded by the support and enthusiasm of the real estate industry in this difficult time. Not only have they stood up to raise nearly £1m to help charities through Covid-19 with our emergency appeal but they have proved, through walking, running and jogging for LandAid that they are with us for the future.
“We need to provide long-term, safe, secure and affordable accommodation for thousands of young people. LandAid remains committed to its mission to end youth homelessness, but it is only with the industry that we can achieve this.”
SEGRO offers warehouses to help City Harvest feed London
SEGRO has provided two warehouses in kind to food redistribution charity City Harvest, enabling it to help thousands more vulnerable Londoners in need of food. City Harvest collects surplus food from all sectors of the food industry and delivers high-quality products to over 300 local organisations. In turn, these organisations provide some 80,000 meals on average per week for homeless shelters, soup kitchens, family centres and domestic abuse refuges. The new space is on SEGRO’s Acton Estate in West London, where City Harvest has an existing facility.
IM Properties’ Mercia Park Fund invites applications
IM Properties’ community fund is open for applications. The £350,000 fund was set up to help local projects surrounding the new Mercia Park 238-acre employment park being created by IM Properties at Junction 11 of the M42, in northwest Leicestershire.
Managed by Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation, the fund is offering grants to projects which strengthen local communities – particularly their quality of life – or improve the natural environment.
Grants of between £2,000 and £5,000 are available for 12-month projects and £3,000 grants will be offered to help existing community projects with their operating costs for up to three years.
For more information, or to apply click here.
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