Many in the industry will be aware of the Do it for Dom fundraising effort that started in 2018 after the much loved and popular estate agent Dominic Subbiani was diagnosed with Huntington’s Disease. The disease is progressive and fatal, with no cure, and is passed along the generations.

Dom’s agency, FBM in Tenby,  was always a big presence amongst the Fine & Country and Relocation Agent Network members, so it was natural that Dom’s many friends from the industry rallied round to support him and the Huntington’s Disease research charity.

A well known personality within the property industry, Acaboom’s Sales Director, Suzanna Mavity, was in at the start of the fundraising effort and now she is back Doing it For Dom – by taking on a solo climb of Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa.

“In many ways it is fitting that I’m doing this particular challenge, because when we started Do It For Dom in 2018, the first challenge that we organised was a climb of Mount Snowdon. This is a world away from that, but Dom always was an agent worth climbing mountains for,”says Suzanna.

Do It For Dom has been massively successful in raising almost £200,000 since 2018, but when Covid meant that the events planned for 2020 had to be cancelled.

Suzanna was therefore keen to do something that, “told everyone that we had not forgotten about our friend Dom and that we were going to try harder than ever to raise these much needed funds.”

It takes a lot of guts to attempt to climb the near 6,000 metres of Kilimanjaro solo and the trek will take 8 days to complete.

Suzanna will be carrying out this massive feat as most of us settle down to tuck into our Christmas dinner. “I’m spending Christmas climbing the mountain and there are some practical challenges to overcome in doing so. I will have to carry my own equipment, including food supplies and several power banks to keep my phone going!”

Famously, Suzanna’s mobile phone is never out of sight and she is always keen to answer agent calls, regardless of where she is. But this time she will need a little help from her estate agency industry supplier friends.

“The lovely people at Moneypenny have very kindly joined as one of my corporate sponsors and they will be ensuring that all my calls get answered even when I am stuck up a mountain and out of range!”

Suzanna hopes to raise £10,000 for the Huntington’s Disease Association and is calling on all estate agents and suppliers to pitch in and sponsor her in this endeavour.

“I have a number of corporate sponsorship opportunities and I’m happy to put a few For Sale boards up around my tent as we approach the summit! But seriously, this is a massively worthy cause, we are doing this for Dom and other people like him who have had their lives suddenly upturned by their diagnosis

“I would love for anyone who is able to, to donate whatever they possibly can.

“It would mean the world to me and I know it means the world to Dom and his family.”

You can  support Suzanna’s challenge here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/suzanna-mavity21