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Property website coolcaves.com pledges help to the homeless

BEGINS... How many estate agents pledge over 20% of their turnover to charity? Incredibly, that is just what coolcaves.com, the online property advertising service, is doing. From now on, the website will donate £20 of its £95 flat fee to Centrepoint, the national youth homelessness charity. Coolcaves.com was born out of a desire to offer an ethical and real alternative to estate agents. Part of the company’s ethos was to put something back into society and a partnership with a charity helping the homeless felt like a natural fit.

Anthony Lawton, Centrepoint Chief Executive commented: ‘We are delighted with the support from coolcaves.com. Homelessness remains a real issue, our recent research highlights that up to 52,000 young people are estimated to have been ‘found homeless’ by local authorities in England in 2003. We hope this partnership with coolcaves.com will inspire others to fund our work with young homeless people.’

Paul McGuckin, coolcaves.com founder said, ‘People say that moving home is stressful, but it's surely not as bad as being homeless at the age of 16. Young people are our future and that’s why we donate £20 of our £95 fee to Centrepoint. £20 will house a young homeless person for a night, feed them and provide emotional support and advice while they are there.’ ...ENDS (213 words)

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