National Programme for Property Education launches next year. We’re running workshops across England and Wales and offering online resources to help as many colleagues as possible to understand the role property plays in their success

Our sector’s natural diffidence about bare knuckle negotiation plus our lack of interest in property - added to funny money property economics and the fact that many think we work for free, result in rotten working conditions unless we are careful. This is because we are, and I quote the landlord who rang today offering me a fume filled lower basement in Blackfriars - ‘only’ charities. The fact 58 per cent of respondents can’t obtain grant funding for property costs further tips the balance. So how can we stand up for ourselves? After nearly three years in this job, I have come to the conclusion that the alchemy of charities and their property is as much to do with attitude as money. It boils down to how much are you prepared to put up with for your cause?


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