Catfest for cancer

Renowned estate agency trainer and consultant, Julian O’Dell, has taken funds raised for cancer charities to well over £200,000 thanks to his extraordinary annual fundraiser event, Catfest, which took place in August.

Named after Julian’s wife, Cat, whose 12-year cancer journey finally ended last year, the event was supported by many estate agency firms and industry suppliers, including Kerfuffle, Agency Express, Rightmove, Drivers & Norris, Abbey New Homes, and Moneypenny, Kingshill Estate Agents, Peter Clarke, Anthony Pepe, Property Personnel, The Depositary and many more. Julian said: “As a family, we are slowly moving forward day by day after losing Cat in October. She was my soul mate for 36 years. She was also the best estate agent I ever worked alongside by a country mile and the driving force in Thomas Morris for over 20 years. Lots of our female staff saw her as a role model given her success as a woman in something of a male-dominated environment.

“Catfest was something of which she was fiercely proud of and I know she was there in spirit.”