Staff from city centre architectural and multi-disciplinary design practice FWP Ltd are on the edge of taking a giant leap of faith!
For the third consecutive year, they are sponsoring and participating in Lancashire Teaching Hospital Charity’s (LTHC’s) annual abseil, which this year takes place on Saturday, 9th May, and involves clambering over the top of Holcombe Moor’s almost 40 m or 128 ft Peel Tower and using a rope, descending back to ground level.
Last year’s LTHC abseil had 35 participants and raised more than £5,000 for the charity, which funds projects at both the Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospitals supporting patients and staff. These include buying specialist equipment and funding clinical research, patient comforts and staff welfare services that are beyond NHS means. Fundraiser Lucy Clark said: “Our thanks to FWP Ltd for again agreeing to sponsor our abseil.
“The company’s sponsorship enables us to offer the experience, which features on a lot of bucket lists, at a reduced cost to make it open to more people. This year’s abseil will be our fourth. As an event, it’s getting bigger year on year, which is why we’re letting people know about it now.”
Lucy added: “Previously, we’ve waited until nearer the date but people’s weekends get booked up. We’ve also put the date back by a few weeks to early May as Holcombe Moor is notoriously windy so we’re hoping the push back means less blustery conditions.”
To register for the abseil, which is overseen by experts from local outdoor activity company Alternative Adventure, CLICK HERE
Registration costs £35 per person with a commitment to raise a minimum of £50 in sponsorship.
David Simmons, senior associate at FWP Ltd, said: “FWP is delighted to sponsor LTHC’s fantastic abseil event. We will be having a staff team take part again this year as we have in all the years that we have been involved. Colleagues, who have gone over the edge, have all reported the experience as a really fun, positive thing to have done. It takes nerve but returns a great sense of achievement.”