LandAid Impact Report 2025

LandAid brings the UK property industry together to end youth homelessness. In 2024-25, the sector raised £3.4 million, supporting 1,469 young people through grants, pro bono expertise and partnerships. Across its 2024-29 strategy, LandAid has awarded £1.9 million in grants to 64 projects and generated an estimated £42 million in social value — a return of more than £5 for every £1 invested.

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📋About

Grant funding across Housing, Employability and Foundations to Grow streams; pro bono property expertise brokered to frontline charities; UK Homelessness Data Forum; influencing and policy engagement; regional board fundraising events; LandAid SleepOut; industry partnerships

📊Key Metrics

£3.4 million raised by the property sector in the year to March 2025; 1,469 young people supported Key Metric 1
£1.9 million in grants awarded and 2,790 young people supported across the first 18 months of the 2024-29 strategy Key Metric 2
Estimated £42 million in social value generated — a social return of more than £5 for every £1 awarded Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • 64 charity projects funded; £1 million in pro bono support allocated; 75p in every £1 raised spent directly on charitable activities
  • Employability and Foundations to Grow streams each at around 50% of their five-year targets after just 18 months
  • £1,750,000 raised through events and individual giving in 2025; 98 industry partners engaged across Cornerstone, Impact and corporate levels

📍Geography

UK-Wide

2025

A Year in Review: Impact Report 2024–2025

23,371 visits to the centre from April 2024 to March 2025
Key Metric 1
45 people helped to secure their own permanent home
Key Metric 2
40 people supported into employment; 44 gained nationally recognised qualifications
Key Metric 3
150 people actively supported to maintain their accommodation; average income maximised by £601.03 per month per person
2025

Impact Report 2025

Total income £10,019,755 and total expenditure £9,525,116 (year ended 31 March 2025, charity no. 1086320); 5,880 individuals supported to belong, contribute and thrive across 24 YMCA locations in the Black Country; 570 individuals called YMCA home
Key Metric 1
131,185 bed nights provided to young people who would otherwise be homeless; 200,500 hours of funded early years education provided; 1,222 young people moved from receiving benefits into work or training; 523 children developing in nurseries across the Black Country
Key Metric 2
114 teenagers offered a safe home in YMCA Host families' spare rooms; 322 young people engaged with YMCA mentors to overcome barriers to employment; 737 people prioritising health and wellbeing at YGym West Bromwich; 261 hot meals provided to vulnerable people in Walsall
Key Metric 3
60% of Sandwell Youth Hub young people secured work placements or employment through partner organisations; 94% of early years places funded through government support; 12 Early Years apprentices from 2024 cohort secured permanent employment; 9 families supported to flee domestic abuse since April 2025 merger with Living Springs
2024

Impact Report 2023/24

4,508 emergency (VRF) grants awarded totalling £1,780,676, helping 7,512 people to secure or keep a home in 2023/24
Key Metric 1
937 frontline workers benefited from training programmes across the four nations of the UK; 350 attendees at the Annual National Frontline Network Conference with 94% rating it good or excellent
Key Metric 2
71 partner-facilitated events attended by 1,331 frontline workers across the UK to share knowledge and best practice
Key Metric 3
728 grants for preventing eviction; 3,780 grants for moving into new accommodation; 75% of payments made within 5 days of application