Landaid Charitable Trust Limited

LandAid Charitable Trust Limited, founded in 1986 as the UK property industry's dedicated charity, unites the sector's financial resources and professional expertise to end youth homelessness among 16- to 25-year-olds at risk or experiencing it. Its sharpened 2024-2029 strategy targets supporting 10,000 young people through homes, jobs, and skills, rooted in values of collaboration, inclusivity, evidence-based impact, and sector-led responsibility. Distinctively, it blends grants with a Pro Bono Programme delivering millions in donated services like legal, surveying, and project management to optimise charity assets.

LandAid exclusively funds UK-registered charities tackling youth homelessness via property-based solutions—capital projects for building, refurbishing, or acquiring supported accommodation to create bedspaces—and wraparound revenue support for employability, skills development, mental health, wellbeing, and integration for vulnerable groups like care leavers, LGBT+ youth, refugees, and domestic violence survivors. It prioritises frontline small- to medium-sized organisations delivering direct, sustainable impact UK-wide (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland), with regional boards ensuring local relevance; no strict income thresholds, but exceptional governance, safeguarding, diversity practices, and measurable outcomes are essential.

Grants range from £1,000 to £100,000 (typically £10,000–£50,000), covering capital, project-related revenue, and occasional core costs, but exclude emergency relief or unrestricted funding. Applications are rolling via two-stage EOI-then-full process online (reviewed fortnightly, decisions in 1.5–3 months); main Routes Out of Homelessness programme paused until early-mid 2025, StreetSmart Youth Fund closed April 2025. Its impact-focused assessment, social value calculator, and property-sector mobilisation set it apart for charities seeking high-leverage homelessness interventions.