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Freehold appoints four new board members

18 May 2023 0Comments

Freehold is delighted to announce the appointment of four new board directors to expand their leadership and continue to promote diversity and inclusion within the property industry. Freehold welcomes Warren Stapley and Anyi Hobson as Board Directors and Sarah Chapman and Eric Chou as new Next Gen board members. All four make an exciting addition…

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Freehold founders David Mann and Saleem Fazal named in King’s New Year Honours List – Freehold LGBT+

31 December 2022 0Comments

David Mann and Saleem Fazal, the founders of Freehold – a support and networking forum for LGBTQ+ professionals working within the real estate sector – have been named in King Charles III’s inaugural New Year Honours List. Mann, a partner at building consultancy, Tuffin Ferraby Taylor LLP (TFT), and Fazal, a partner at international law…

National Coming Out Day

13 October 2022 0Comments

Let’s celebrate National Coming Out Day and make coming out easier every day Misa von Tunzelman reflects on her coming out story to mark 34 years of National Coming Out Day This October marks 34 years since the first National Coming Out Day was celebrated to mark theone-year anniversary of the 1987 National March on Washington…

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Freehold ‘on tour’

20 May 2022 0Comments

Freehold went ‘on tour’ to Leeds in May, attending the UK’s Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF), a three-day conference, for the real estate and infrastructure sectors. Built around the Building Back Better and Levelling Up agendas, it was created to help the sectors meet, develop business, and create solutions to industry problems and has…

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‘Can we even name ten openly gay professional sportspeople?’

13 April 2022 0Comments

Photos by Mark Weeks Last Wednesday, CBRE and Freehold held an interview with rugby behemoth Gareth Thomas where the openly gay, openly HIV-positive and openly Welsh former captain gave us an incredible insight into his revolutionary life on the field, what he has been up to since retirement and of course answering those all important questions…

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LandAid SleepOut 2022

18 March 2022 0Comments

A week ago today over 800 bright eyed industry professionals descended onto six different locations across the country to take part in the 2022 LandAid SleepOut - back from the 2 year covid-induced hiatus and here to tackle youth homelessness. The largest of these locations, Canada Water accounted for about 300 of those and was…

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International Women’s Day 2022

6 March 2022 0Comments

With so much going on this week to celebrate International Women's Day on 8th March, we thought we'd share some of the industry events you might like to attend, including the first one - chaired by Freehold's brand new co-chair, Kelly Canterford! Tuesday 8th March 2022 9.30am – 12pm RICS International Women’s Day 2022 -…

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Celebrating LGBT+ History Month

18 February 2022 0Comments

20 Great LGBT+ Movies Previous Next If you fancy watching a great LGBTQ film this weekend, take your pick from the below – some new, some older, but all are worth a watch! My Own Private Idaho (1991) Gus Van Sant's loose Shakespearean adaptation brought New Queer Cinema into the mainstream, with River Phoenix as a young,…

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Celebrating LGBT+ History Month

10 February 2022 0Comments

In the first of our LGBT+ History Month posts, we have a look at some of the current literature that is out there. It’s important to know our history, look at some of the challenges that we face and continue to face, and look at how we can make the future better for LGBT+ people.…

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Change in Leadership of Freehold

6 February 2022 0Comments

After 10 trailblazing years, our co-founders and co-chairs David Mann and Saleem Fazal are passing the baton on to fellow board members, Kelly Canterford and Scott Parsons who will become our new co-chairs this month.

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Supporting LGBT+ staff in the wake of cancelled London Pride

16 September 2021 0Comments

Supporting LGBT+ staff in the wake of cancelled London Pride

Freehold 10

31 August 2021 0Comments

In 2011, a chance meeting between two LGBT+ property professionals was the spark that created Freehold. Join us for the evening on Thursday 21st October for our big sparkly birthday bash to celebrate ten years of connecting and empowering the industry’s LGBT+ community.

Lesbian Visibility Day – Where are all the lesbians?

26 April 2021 0Comments

I am a lesbian and I am visible. But it hasn’t always been that way. I struggled, like many people do with coming to terms with my sexuality and eventually coming out.

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What LGBTQ+ history can teach us in modern times?

15 March 2021 0Comments

As part of LGBTQ+ History month, Savills was honoured to have hosted a webinar with human rights and LGBTQ+ campaigner Peter Tatchell.

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The Future is a Digital Twin

7 March 2021 0Comments

The Future is a Digital Twin – just like now (but better and with a twin)

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Welcome to our new Board members

1 March 2021 0Comments

We are delighted to announce the appointment of five new board members to expand help us promote diversity within the property industry.

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Some (coronavirus) positive words…….

18 February 2021 0Comments

Would anyone disagree with the old adage “Life is precious” ? I doubt it especially given the rollercoaster of emotions we have all experienced this past year.

Joining the property industry as an LGBT+ graduate

23 January 2021 0Comments

Marko Salopek shares some thoughts on navigating a way in to the industry as a LGBTQ+ student.

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