Extreme Abseil at Ipswich Hospital's Tower

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To quote the web site of  Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity: 

We are proud to be the official NHS charity of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which provides hospital and community health services to around one million people and in 2022/23 was the second largest NHS organisation in the region.
When you make a donation to the Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity, you help take care of patients and staff at your local hospitals and healthcare centres – providing those extras that go above and beyond what the NHS can provide, and which make such a difference to happiness and healing.
You’ll help improve patients’ lives by bringing some good into a difficult time, such as making sure there’s tea and coffee in the waiting room for patients receiving chemotherapy or providing the slippers that keep older patients safe from falls.
Your kindness can also help provide the hospitals with the life-saving equipment, cutting-edge technology, research and innovation that can transform the healthcare available to your friends and family, when they need it most.

This Charity is very important as our Grandaughter has been in the care of Ipswich Hospital, amongst others, since her brain tumour was removed five years ago. Her father, our son, was raising money for them by doing this extreme abseil. In his words:

I've decided to be really brave and take on Ipswich Hospital's Tower by abseiling down it!
It's 135 feet high, but every foot will count towards fundraising for Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity. They are the official NHS charity of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
I'm raising money for the children’s play team. They do amazing work with children in the hospital going through treatments and helping to deal with the ongoing psychological effects post treatment.
The team have, and continue, to provide invaluable support for Em following her cancer diagnosis and treatment in 2020. We will always be grateful for their support.

So onto the photos!







Well done Matthew. That`s £700 plus raised!



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