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Beatrix O is raising money for The Lord Mayor's Appeal
In memory of Dad
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The Lord Mayor's Appeal Abseil Challenge 2025 · 4 July 2025 ·

The Lord Mayor’s Appeal brings together businesses, charities and livery companies across the City of London to help tackle youth unemployment. By supporting organisations working with young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET), it helps create pathways into work.

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I'M SCARED OF HEIGHTS…

…So naturally, I’ve agreed to abseil down one of the tallest buildings in London.

On Fri 4th July, I’ll be scaling down the iconic Leadenhall Building – better known as The Cheesegrater (because plummeting from a kitchen utensil-shaped skyscraper really adds to the drama) – all in support of The Lord Mayor’s Appeal.

But I’m doing it for an incredibly special reason - I'm taking part in The Lord Mayor’s Appeal in memory of my dad, supporting two amazing causes close to my heart:

💛 Homewards – a Royal Foundation programme working to end homelessness

🧠 MQ Mental Health Research – advancing research to transform mental health care

Both causes are doing vital work, and I'd be so grateful for your support – partly because they deserve it, and partly because I’d like to believe that dangling in terror over the City of London wasn’t in vain. So if you can spare a few pounds (or just want to sponsor my suffering), please donate. Every bit helps – and might just keep me from crying mid-air.

Bx

Donation summary

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£1,711.56
+ £387.00 Gift Aid
Online
£1,711.56
Offline
£0.00

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