More than £5,500 was raised for an Isle of Wight school when a team abseiled down Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower.

Last month, 12 brave people took on the challenge to fundraise for St Catherine's school and college in Ventnor.

Members of staff, parents and supporters came together for the event, including Lisa from the occupational therapy team and Tanya, the school's fundraising and marketing assistant.

Joining them were Billie, Sarah, Cameron, Marc, Jason, Laura, Amanda, Wendy and Sarah. The youngest to take part was Ruby, 15.

Tanya said: "What an amazing experience! The views were amazing. Things got tough for me about halfway down when my glove got stuck!

"However, I remembered why I was doing this challenge and that drove me to finish.

"To be part of such an amazing group of people, who came together to support one another and St Catherine's was wonderful."

St Catherine's is a specialist education provider to young people with speech, language and communication difficulties.

To find out about future events you could support, email smitht@stcatherines.org.uk