My girlfriend of three years decided to do something good for the world a month ago. She decided to do an abseil down a landmark building in Birmingham, UK. Doesn’t sound like a big deal, but the building is 100ft tall, and she’s abseiling down the length of the building. It is a big drop!

The charity she is fundraising for is Acorns Children’s Hospice. For those of you outside of the UK, or don’t know what this charity does, Acorns offers care and support to families who have children who are suffering from life shortening illness or life threatening illness. The support they provide these families is invaluable, and I’m sure if you spoke to any of the people who have experienced their support first hand, they would tell you that the support they received was invaluable.

The abseil has been set up by Acorns to help raise money for the important work they do. And as I said, the landmark building they chose is Fort Dunlop. This building used to be the base of Dunlop Tyres until it was converted in to office space recently. The building is 100ft tall. To put this in to perspective, 100ft equates roughly in to a 12/13 storey building. So yes, it is very tall!

I’m sure you can appreciate that this event is very important, and the people taking part are incredibly brave to do such a thing. My girlfriend, Acorns, and the other people who are taking part in the event would be extremely grateful if you could give as little or as much as you can. Every little helps, so don’t feel bad if you can only give £1, and don’t feel like your being brazen by giving £100. All the money raised has the same power to help care and change a child’s life for the better, and all the money goes to Acorns to help them with their work.

To help, please visit my girlfriends fundraising page, or visit Acorns Childrens Hospice for more information.