Abseil 2025 What An Incredible Day!

On 19 May we held our annual Abseil for the third consecutive year at The Village Hotel in Filton, Bristol. This year's event was a complete sell out, so we knew it was going to be a success, but we didn’t realise quite how successful!

Yet again we were blessed with a beautiful sunny day, albeit a bit breezy at times. There was a tremendous atmosphere and it was fantastic to see so many people cheering and supporting.

The team from the Village Hotel, true to form, were excellent hosts and worked flat out all day.  They arranged for Thatcher’s Cider to bring one of their promotional trailers, plus the Village team provided snacks, food  and refreshments that went down really well.

The sounds from the Live DJ  added to the atmosphere, and The Bristol Pitbulls Ice Hockey team brought along an inflatable goal for people to test their skills, and we even had an ice cream van!

We were very well supported by a team of volunteers from Motability Operations here in Bristol. A big thank you to them, for all their help.

Bravely taking the plunge to raise funds, were teams from:

Redcliffe Homes

Delta Marriot Hotel Bristol

Double Tree Hilton Hotels Bristol North and City Centre

Kellaway Building Supplies

Thompsons Solicitors

Bristol Pit Bulls Ice Hockey Team

Bristol Aztecs American Football Team

Thank you all!

However, the stars of the show were undoubtedly our own incredibly brave Brightwell members, Roger, Jane and Rachel! The determination and commitment from these three had the onlookers in tears whilst cheering and clapping at the same time!

ITV were filming throughout the day, but there is never a guarantee that you’ll make the news. However, there was a brilliant piece for several minutes including some great shots and interviews on the early evening local ITV news. Excellent publicity for the Charity!

The whole day was a massive success and thanks go to Lara and Libby who have been working hard on this for months.

As well as being an enjoyable, inspirational and positive day we raised £11,800 with hopefully more to follow!

Heartfelt thanks go to everyone involved!!

Pease check out our Facebook and Instagram pages for some great videos and photos from the day.

Let’s do it again in 2026…