Ben, 36 from Sutton had been at the New Malden centre for a month - on secondment from the parent hospital The Harley Street Clinic – when he got his colleagues and event Chief Executive, Neil Buckley to scale the 90ft grandstand and set the team a £1,000 target.
Ben must have good persuasion skills in relation to fundraising as the team reached and then exceeded their target, with offline fundraising they have raised £1,788.
Ben said: “The centre works hard to be part of our wider community, and supports causes that we know are important to our staff and patients. Princess Alice Hospice has a large catchment area that covers the communities where a significant number of staff members live. The abseil was just the start of a series of fundraising activities for the charity’. It was great fun and I know that everyone enjoyed it, me more than most”.
The photo below shows Benjamin Hartley just before he abseiled!
If you want to sponsor the team and help them towards their target, please visit www.justgiving.com/newmaldendiagnostics
For further details about other challenge events such as future tandem skydives, midnight walks, cycles to Vietnam and many others, please telephone 01372 461869 or email events@pah.org.uk
