Fifty abseilers took part in the KM Charity Team’s first challenge event to take place from the top of Canterbury’s new Premier Inn.

£5,000 was raised for 38 good causes with Suki Calder of Sittingbourne winning VIP panto tickets for the Marlowe Theatre's production of Aladdin for being the highest individual fundraiser, having brought in £1,075 for the Canterbury-based Kent MS Therapy Centre.

The youngest participant was Holly McDonald, 10, who raised £269.50 for Canterbury Food Bank while the oldest abseiler was 71-year-old Lady Mayoress of Canterbury, Ann Taylor.

David Bartlett raised £80 for Thanet’s Zone Youth Club and took part dressed as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

A group of 10 staff from Canterbury’s Premier Inn, and sister hotels in east Kent, took part in the abseil to support Great Ormond Street Hospital.

The event was organised by the KM's charity department and supported by Miles and Barr estate agent, Pizza Hut, Evolution Productions and Over the Edge Adventures.

To take part in a KM Charity Team challenge visit www.kmcharityteam.co.uk and check out the details of the Maidstone abseil in March 2015, KM Big Bike Ride due to be staged in April, annual KM Charity Walk held in June, KM Dragon Boat Race, which will be held in July, and KM Assault Course Challenge in October. Any of these events can be used to raise funds for the cause of your choice. Read the small print on the Team Up With KM Charity page on the website.

Visitors to the website can also sign up to the KM Link e-newsletter for advanced notification about events and to receive a discount code when booking.

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