| 2002 |
The Run was started by celebrity
personal trainer Matt Roberts and one of his clients, former
Spice Girl Mel C. Proceeds from the Fun Run and the World Cup
Fantasy Football competition held in conjunction with Property
Week enabled us to donate £25,000 to Look Ahead for the refurbishment
of amenity facilities at their Aldgate Hostel. |
| 2001 |
With the proceeds of the Fun
Run, Night at the Dogs, the Quiz Supper held at Lloyds and other
contributions we were able to support four charities Spires,
CRASH, St John’s Hackney and Homeless in Barnet –
with donations totalling £23,000. |
| 2000 |
The Fun Run was opened by Troy
Titus Adams of EastEnders fame. Along with funds raised from
other events we were able to contribute £35,000 to the Childrens
Society to help fund trained workers who are the first point
of contact for children sleeping on the streets of London. We
also donated £5,000 to Wherever the Need. |
| 1999 |
Following the success of last
years foreign trek fourteen people volunteered to climb Mount
Kenya, an impressive 16,700ft and raised over £25,000 for Land
Aid. £20,000 was given to The Kings Cross Furniture Project
to buy a van for distribution of unwanted furniture to people
in need. A sum of £45,000 enabled Hopes and Homes for Children
to buy a home in Romania and re-house ten orphaned children
into a comfortable secure home. |
| 1998 |
The fund raising event of the
year was a 100km trek along the Great Wall of China. Our twelve
intrepid volunteers raised a total of £12,000. Along with other
events, including another record donation from Property Weeks
Property Awards, we were able to donate £70,000 to the refurbishment
of the West London Day Centre for the homeless. |
| 1997 |
An eventful year for Land
Aid included the annual fun run and
softball competition. The cycle ride and a speed climbing competition
was a great success. The property awards raised nearly £15,000
and Land Aids Patron The Duke of Westminster was there to receive
the cheque. Rob Andrew lent his support to the Property Awards
with a sponsored rugby ball kick. The £50,000 raised went to
support The London Connection's day centre for homeless young
people. |
| 1996 |
We donated £82,500 to Centrepoint
to help in their effort to create a permanent shelter in the
Kings Cross Area. The centre provided a range of services to
help get people off the streets permanently. A further £10,000
was given to the Empty Homes Agency. The first Land Aid Property
Cycle Ride attracted over 200 riders and raised £20,000. |
| 1995 |
Land Aid handed over a cheque
for £ 39,000 Crisis Open House and further funds of £10,000
to Centrepoint for their Children and Risk Refuge. |
| 1994 |
A sum of £35,000 was given
to Centrepoint Soho. |
| 1993 |
A further £25,000 was donated
to the Empty Homes Agency. |
| 1992 |
We gave the Empty Homes Agency
£40,000. |
| 1991 |
With a donation of some £55,000
Land Aid helped Sense build a day centre for deaf-blind children
housed in hospitals to learn basic life skills. |
| 1990 |
The Centrepoint Soho night
shelter was officially opened by Her Royal Highness The Princess
of Wales. Every pound raised by Land Aid in 1990 raised an additional
nine pounds from the Housing Corporation for long term accommodation
for homeless young people. The result was a sum of £ 86,000
donated by Land Aid to Centrepoint. |
| 1989 |
The annual fun run raised £
40,000. The ball was another great success and the years proceeds
were spent on the refurbishment of The Centrepoint Soho Night
Shelter. Land Aids money and help in attracting architects and
contractors provided the catalyst for completing this project.
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| 1988 |
The Land Aid Ball in the presence
of His Royal Highness The Prince Edward raised £90,000 including
contributions from Westminster City Council . The money was
divided between Centrepoint Soho and Childhope. Centrepoint
used their donation towards the purchase and coversion of a
South London Hostel for 16yr olds. Childhope used their funds
for projects helping children living on the streets of Guatemala
and Brazil. |
| 1987 |
Land Aid was asked to organise
the official ball for the International Year of Shelter for
the homeless. A sum of £50,000 helped people in squatter settlements
round Nairobi build their own homes, and helped to house young
people in London |
| 1986 |
The first Land Aid Ball was
a great success and marked the start of a long relationship
with Centrepoint, with the proceeds that year going to support
their homeless shelter in central London. |
| 1985 |
Land Aid raised £40,000 for
a famine relief truck for the Sudan. |
