MORE than 80 people aged 13 to 67 abseiled down an 18-floor tower in Euston last Thursday to raise thousands of pounds for women\u2019s charity Hopscotch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dangling 70 metres above the pavement, Hopscotch\u2019s CEO Benaifer Bhandari, the mayor of Camden Nasim Ali, British Land employees and other volunteers abseiled, or slid, down an all-glass skyscraper in Regent\u2019s Place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An impressive \u00a343,000 was raised for Hopscotch, the mayor\u2019s chosen charity of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Benaifer Bhandari with writer Monica Ali (Image \u2013 Camden New Journal)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ms Bhandari said everyone at Hopscotch was \u201cthrilled\u201d by how much money was raised: \u201cWith \u00a343,000 we can hire somebody for one year, full time, to bring down our waiting list of people coming to us who are either facing violence or are survivors trying to survive. That means a lot to us and the communities we serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI was touched by the passion that everybody who took part displayed for Hopscotch on that day and how lovingly they spoke of our work. It inspires us when we realise people outside of our charity care as much as we do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hopscotch patron and Brick Lane author Monica Ali came to cheer the charity on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She told the New Journal<\/em>: \u201cThey\u2019re a special organisation. There\u2019s nothing else like it in the area. They have this great approach where they\u2019re not afraid to take on the really complicated challenging cases with a multitude of needs, and it takes a lot of dedication and passion to do that. And they\u2019re perennially short of funds so days like today are just really important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The mayor said after the abseil, which follows a skydive he and Ms Bhandari did a few weeks ago: \u201cIt was fantastic. It was really exhilarating, so a big thank you to British Land. They were amazing and all the partners here because there were so many different businesses coming together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He urged people to \u201ckeep giving\u201d to Hopscotch\u2019s fundraiser. The event was sponsored and organised by British Land who own Regent\u2019s Place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n David Walker, COO at British Land who took part in the abseil, said: \u201cWe really want to use our space to help local not-for-profits. We think space is the biggest asset we\u2019ve got so let\u2019s collaborate and use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe match up to \u00a3500 for our employees\u2019 charitable donations and sponsorships. Given the work [Hopscotch] does, it\u2019s phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-831","presspost","type-presspost","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zetchup.com\/hopscotch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/presspost\/831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zetchup.com\/hopscotch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/presspost"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zetchup.com\/hopscotch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/presspost"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zetchup.com\/hopscotch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/presspost\/831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":832,"href":"https:\/\/zetchup.com\/hopscotch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/presspost\/831\/revisions\/832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zetchup.com\/hopscotch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zetchup.com\/hopscotch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zetchup.com\/hopscotch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Two](\"https:\/\/lh7-us.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXcRYW3x4kA_dul4Xff5PsMFfsE_OEiZnZbbQLrEIamZhdfuSsjCV2yu_29l38K8zR7REJZy1NEoqNseC62OTB_CQ5TVWKFIbmHFIU4W5QeVDFi7rdDldNmodJHjJJxFd22LymsIiFbHwYcNJV1mA2WnrA01Wn-TF-G-QeKjzpfkpNZ4Y4K5SJA?key=6Lj-xlBgtWaH-vC128hN0w\")