Hollyoaks stars' abseil helps raise £10,500 for Action for Blind People
Howard Lake | 20 June 2006 | News
80 people from Manchester, three Hollyoaks actors, one BBC presenter and local company Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions helped raise over £10,500 for national charity, Action for Blind People, when they abseiled down the Printworks building in Manchester last weekend (17 & 18 June).
Hollyoaks’ Ashley Slanina-Davies, Hollie-Jay Bowes and Kieron Richardson, along with BBC North West Tonight’s Annabel Tiffin and 16 Tyco employees, abseiled the 100ft drop to help support blind and partially sighted people across the UK.
Action for Blind People works to enable blind and partially sighted people to live independent lives and Manchester is home to the Manchester Actionnaires; a sports club run by Action for Blind People for visually impaired children. Action has recently expanded its services in Manchester to include an employment service, supporting visually impaired people across the area.
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