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Abseilers' Raise More Than £5,000 For Age UK Isle of Wight

Emma and Pat

More than £5,000 has been raised by 15 daring fundraisers for Age UK Isle of Wight- after they abseiled down the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth.

15 fundraisers, aged from 18 years old to 78 took on a 100-metre descent down the side of Portsmouth’s iconic landmark.

For their first returning event since 2019, Hovertravel supported by providing free travel for our AgeUKIW fundraising team and event participants.

Event sponsors Red Squirrel Property Ltd took on the adrenaline-filled challenge themselves seeing managing director Charlie and sales administrator Clarice brave the 100m descent.

The grand total raised by all was £5,312.

Elisha Leachman, Fundraising Manager at Age UKIW, said:

“We are extremely grateful to all of the incredible fundraisers, some of which had to wait almost two years to do the challenge they signed up for!

"We were so excited to be able to host events again and are so glad that the stars aligned for a perfect day for our abseiler’s, thank you to everyone involved and that helped to support this day to be a success!”

You can see images and videos of their fearless fundraisers online at www.ageukiw.org.uk and if you are interested in ticking an Abseil this off your bucket list next year contact Age UKIW’s Fundraising Department by calling (01983) 525282 or by emailing [email protected].

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