Two team members of a newly established Investment Management firm based in Bournemouth, have signed-up for their very first corporate sponsorship challenge, to abseil down Portsmouth’s Spinnaker Tower and raise money for Forest Holme Hospice. 

Investment Manager, Matthew Hull, and Business and Marketing Manager, Katie Land, have decided to take on the 100m abseil challenge in July to raise money for the Poole-based hospice, which they describe as “close to all our hearts”. Speaking about their reason for supporting Forest Holme Hospice, Katie said, “At O-IM we’re particularly passionate about supporting the local area, and not only do we aim to support the lives of adults in Dorset who are facing a life-limiting or terminal illness, we equally hope to build a lasting relationship with Forest Holme Hospice.”

The abseil is a joint partnership between Forest Holme Hospice Charity in Poole and the Macmillan Caring Locally Charity in Christchurch, to help enhance the NHS provision at both hospices, which collectively provide palliative and end-of-life care from the Isle of Purbeck in West Dorset right across to Ringwood in West Hampshire.

The abseil experience is described as an amazing adrenalin rush with unmissable views across Portsmouth harbour, the Solent and the Isle of Wight.

For Katie and Matthew though, this experience will certainly be taking them out of their comfort zone. “Our day-to-day business is all about helping clients to effectively and confidently navigate their investments”, Chief Executive Lewis Hamm explains, “but trying to navigate a 100-metre descent down the side of this landmark building is a whole different proposition”.