The EG team, becoming increasingly alarmed by the length of its publisher’s beard during lockdown, breathed a huge sigh of relief on Friday when a new set of clippers arrived by courier at the Wild household.
This surprise delivery during EG’s end-of-week online team meeting led to the promise of a live-streamed broadcast of the removal of eight weeks’ growth of hair – carried out by his daughter – and the promise of donations to LandAid.
Meanwhile, the LandAid Covid-19 Emergency Fund has now raised more than £700,000 and been supported by the following companies: Allsop, BCLP, BNP Paribas, CLS, Grosvenor, Helical, KF, Landsec, Logicor, M&G, Picton, Prologis, Savills, SEGRO and Simmons & Simmons.
For more information and how you can support the appeal, go to: www.landaid.org and to donate to damian wild’s headshave fundraiser, go to: https://justgiving.com/landaid
Argyll Club’s hop, skip and jump for Felix
Inspired by the fundraising activities of Captain Tom Moore, The Argyll Club is hoping to clock up 24,888 miles in exercise through its “London 2 London” fundraising initiative.
Employees and their families and friends will walk, skip, hop, run or cycle around the world, totting up the miles to virtually travel from its flagship site at 1 Cornhill, EC3, to its HQ in St James’s Square, SW1, before the end of May. The money raised will help The Felix Project, the charity tackling hunger by rescuing surplus food, and NHS Charities Together.
To support the challenge, use the hashtag #ArgyllClubLondon2London
Architects go on a sewing mission
The architectural firm Squire & Partners is putting its resources to use providing front-line workers with free PPE resources.
Together with in-house clothing and textile designer Isabel Fletcher, the team, based in Brixton, has created the “One Love NHS” project to support south London NHS hospitals.
Each week, the team produces 120 visor headbands and sets of scrubs with customised patterned pockets and messages of support to front-line workers.
Battersea Power Station teams up in digital drive
Wandsworth Council has joined forces with Battersea Power Station to support local families who are struggling to stay connected as a result of digital poverty during the Covid-19 crisis.
A £10,000 donation from Battersea Power Station Foundation has enabled the council to issue emergency phone data top-up vouchers to school pupils to download schoolwork and stay connected to teachers and the outside world.
McCarthy & Stone provides Buddy scheme to occupiers
More than 500 employees at McCarthy & Stone have volunteered to provide extra support to its homeowners through its new Buddy scheme during the coronavirus lockdown.
The scheme has been rolled out across the company’s retirement communities to ensure every homeowner has a point of contact to help with essential food and medical supplies.
Portman Estate and City Harvest pull together
The Portman Estate has secured a three-year partnership with London food redistribution charity City Harvest.
The charity supports organisations across London that prepare food parcels for vulnerable groups, including NHS workers on the front line.
In the past seven weeks, more than 1m meals have been delivered to charities across the city.
Arcadia offers NHS workers free accommodation
Arcadia University is providing NHS staff with free accommodation at Princess Elizabeth House in Highgate, north London.
The university, which is based in Pennsylvania, had 300 students studying in London prior to the outbreak, and to make use of its available space is helping the NHS – and specifically the Whittington Hospital – by providing 21 newly qualified doctors with a safe, comfortable environment for at least three months.
Are you or your business helping others during the coronavirus pandemic? Let us know by e-mailing sharon.harnett@egi.co.uk
