Quadtrick of events to celebrate Boost's 20th Birthday

Last week, Boost Charitable Trust celebrated its 20th birthday and what better way to mark the occasion than with four fantastic and successful fund-raising events:
 
1.      Boost Cycle Ride – On 5th September, 19 riders took on the challenging 100k cycle route around Winchester and the New Forest for the annual Boost Cycle Ride. All the riders completed the cycle with flying colours and a fantastic pub lunch was enjoyed by all.
 

2.      Boost Netball Tournament – On 7th September, 28 teams met at The William Perkins School in Chertsey for an all-day netball tournament.  It was a fun day with both ladies and mixed teams competing as well as a raffle and tombola to raise more funds. 

 
3.      Boost White Rose Golf Day – On 24th September, Boost headed up north to welcome 68 golfers to Scarcroft Golf Club for the 3rd edition of the annual Boost White Rose Golf Day. This year, 17 teams participated, making it by far and away the best turnout we’ve had for the day and congratulations to GV&Co for their resounding victory.
 
4.      St Bride’s vs Boost Golf Day – 2nd October marked the 10th edition of the St Bride’s vs Boost Golf Day, this time at The Drift Golf Club in East Horsley. Following St Bride’s’ comprehensive win last year, the Boost team had a point to prove on their anniversary, and the match certainly lived up to expectations. For the first time in the competition’s history, the ‘Sam Sananes Trophy’ was shared, as the final score ended with a 13 ½ - 13 ½ tie.
 

It has been a thoroughly enjoyable and stellar month for fund-raising, with the four events raising the best part of £20,000 (and counting!), providing more vital support for the fantastic sports programmes supported by Boost. Both St Bride’s and Boost would like to extend their thanks to all the host venues, the weather for staying dry on each day, and most importantly, to all the people who participated across the events and helped to raise so much money.

 
In 20 years, Boost has awarded over £2.9 million of grants to sports programmes championing the disabled and disadvantaged. A sensational achievement. Here’s to 20 more years of invaluable grants!

Key Cities - Sale of 54/55 Briggate, Leeds

St Bride’s Managers are pleased to announce the sale of 54/55 Briggate, in Leeds, to a private buyer. Let in its entirety to Signet Trading Ltd (trading as IWC Schaffhausen and Montblanc), 54/55 Briggate occupies a prime position in Leeds’ jewellery quarter. The depth of interest demonstrated a resurgence in investor demand for prime High Street retail assets in the UK’s core regional cities.  For any further information please contact @Patrick Scott or @Tim Burke-Murphy.

Many thanks to our joint agents, Graham Fawcett and Patrick Kilvington @ FMX Urban Property Advisors and Tom Limbert @ Central Retail.

Boost Charity Walk 2025

Next Friday (27th June), St Bride’s Managers, along with 100+ other walkers, will be attempting to complete The Boost Olympic Sports Walk 2025. Starting at the Olympic Park Velodrome, the challenging 22-mile walk will take in the amazing venues at the Olympic Park, before heading south, across the river via the IFS Cloud Cable Car, along the Thames path, and all the way down to Battersea Power Station, before finishing up at the Oval Cricket Ground. We are just hoping the weather cools down somewhat but, regardless, we are excited to get going.

Boost Charitable Trust is a grant-giving sports charity and was set up in 2005. Its mission is to fund and support inspiring programmes which help to improve the lives of the disadvantaged and disabled through the power of sport. Since inception, Boost has been involved with over 70 different types of sport and total grants have exceeded £2.7 million. The focus is on helping people in five main areas: physical and learning disabilities, financial hardship, mental health, social exclusion, and medical research and relief.

If you would like to sponsor us, please visit https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/boost-olympic-sports-walk-2025

All the money received by Boost will go directly to the charitable sports programmes, enabling them to support many more inspiring programmes.

We are very much looking forward to what will hopefully be another fantastic day.

Welcome, Sandie!

St Bride’s are pleased to welcome a new team member this week – Sandie Camilleri. Sandie joins as our Office Manager and will support the team dealing with business administration, marketing, and events.

Previously, Sandie spent 10 years working alongside Robert as an Associate at Baring, Houston & Saunders, dealing with administration, personnel and office management. More recently, she has been working in education.

Outside of work, Sandie has set up an adult art school and enjoys walking.

Welcome to the team, Sandie!

White Rose - New Lettings at Carlton Tower, Leeds

St Bride’s Managers are pleased to welcome Dacres Commercial and Addlestone Keane to the 1st and 5th floors (respectively) at Carlton Tower, Leeds. The two recent lettings mean that all nine office suites in Carlton Tower are now fully occupied and a record headline rent for the building has been achieved.

Many thanks to sole agents Carter Towler for securing both lettings and a special mention to Rich Fraser for bowing out into (semi-)retirement with a deal for the ages and delivering a full building.

A full Carlton Tower is endemic of positive letting activity across Leeds City Centre’s office market over the last few months. For more detail on the market: READ HERE .

Key Cities - New Letting at 25 King Street, Bristol

St Bride’s Managers are pleased to welcome multi-disciplinary consultancy firm, Norman Rourke Pryme (NRP), to the 4th floor of 25 King Street, Bristol. NRP adds its name to a list of established, professional services firms that have chosen to base themselves at 25 King Street over the last two years. This includes Interpath Advisory, Corrigan and Albert Goodman.

 Many thanks to joint agents CBRE and Hartnell Taylor Cook for their hard work in securing this letting. There is one remaining floor (3,518 sq. ft.) available in the building. For details, please refer to the website link below or speak to our joint letting agents.

 Web link: CLICK HERE

Forward-funding deal completed for 60 new homes at Devonshire Quarter, in Sheffield

St Bride’s Managers are delighted to announce the completion last week of a forward-funding opportunity with Sky-House Co. The transaction sees St Bride’s White Rose Residential Partnership fund 60 residential units at Devonshire Quarter in Sheffield City Centre. The scheme is due to complete in June 2026 and comprises 32 x 1-bedroom and 28 x 2-bedroom apartments, along with communal space, commercial space, cycle storage, parking and an external courtyard.

 Devonshire Quarter will be the fourth acquisition by the St Bride’s White Rose Residential Partnership. Upon completion, the scheme will take the total number of homes funded in South Yorkshire by the Partnership to 425.

Further investor commitments are still available to be deployed, so please do contact us if you are aware of any interesting residential opportunities in South Yorkshire.

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2024 St Bride's vs Boost Charitable Trust Golf Day

Last month marked the 9th edition of the annual St Bride’s vs Boost Charitable Trust golf day, this time in new surroundings at Effingham Golf Club. Once again, the rain stayed away, and St Bride’s successfully won back the ‘Sam Sananes Trophy’ with a resounding 18 ½ - 11 ½ victory, thereby taking a 5 - 4 lead in the series. We’d like to extend our thanks to Effingham Golf Club for their hospitality and to everyone who came and made the day so enjoyable. 

The event once again provided more vital support for Boost, who in the last financial year awarded 52 grants to different charitable sports programmes, amounting to over £204,000.

We already look forward to next October when Boost will no doubt be aiming to level the series.

Boost Charity Walk 2024

This Friday (21st June), St Bride’s Managers will be attempting to complete, along with 60 other walkers, The Boost Historic Sports Venues Marathon Walk 2024. This is a challenging circular 26.2 miles walk starting and finishing at Rosslyn Park Rugby Club in Barnes, with stops at a number of interesting historic sports venues, including Hampton Court Real Tennis, Richmond Bridge Boat Builders and Kew Cricket Club.

Boost Charitable Trust is a grant-giving sports charity and was set up in 2005. Its mission is to fund and support inspiring programmes which help to improve the lives of the disadvantaged and disabled through the power of sport.  Current programmes include an adaptive surf programme in South Shields helping people with disabilities to get out on the waves; a street running programme for the homeless in London, Leeds and Manchester; a tennis programme at three schools in Oxfordshire for children with special needs; and accessible cricket sessions for people with Parkinson’s in Newcastle. Since inception, Boost has been involved with over 70 different types of sport and total grants have exceeded £2.5 million. The focus is on helping people in five main areas: physical and learning disabilities, financial hardship, mental health, social exclusion, and medical research and relief.

If you would like to sponsor us, please visit https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/the-boost-historic-sports-venues-marathon-walk-2024  

All the money received by Boost will go directly to the charitable sports programmes, enabling them to support many more inspiring programmes.

We are very much looking forward to what will hopefully be another fantastic day.

Deal completed for loan facility with Ben Bailey Homes

St Bride’s Managers were delighted to recently complete a £5m loan facility with Ben Bailey Homes. This facility will, initially, see Ben Bailey deliver 43 homes across two sites in South Yorkshire.

This loan is the third lending deal that St Bride’s Managers have completed on behalf of the St Bride’s White Rose Residential Partnership. The life of the Partnership was recently extended until March 2030, and new investor commitments are available to be deployed. We are actively seeking further residential opportunities across South Yorkshire, so please do contact us with any ideas you may have.

https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/yorkshire/news/2125216-5m-financing-package-secured-for-house-builder