Tauranga bosses and community frontrunners are seeking community support as they prepare to be dropped off the side of the six-storey city building in a bid to raise funds for charity.

The ‘Drop Your Boss' event on September 3 will see more than 20 brave businesspeople abseil off the Inland Revenue Department building on Elizabeth St to raise funds for Foundation for Youth Development Bay of Plenty.

Z energy's Dave Gillies, TCC councillor Matt Cowley, Holland Beckett partner Bill Holland, Crombie Lockwood branch director Brett Down and Tauranga MP Simon Bridges are being dropped off the Inland Revenue building in September. Photo: supplied.

Money raised will go towards Tauranga children involved in the foundation's Kiwi Can and Project K programmes.

Holland Beckett partner Bill Holland, Tauranga City councillor Matt Cowley, Dave Gillies from Z Energy and Otumoetai College principal Dave Randall are among those volunteering for the drop.

Dave Randall is proud to support the charity as about a dozen students at OTC are supported by the foundation's Project K programme.

'To see the changes in the lives of those young people is absolutely amazing. I can't speak highly enough of what that programme does,” says Dave.

He's jumped from a plane at 10,000 feet and was once an abseiling instructor, so he says the estimated 30 metre fall doesn't worry him.

'So jumping off a building that high is a breeze.”

Z Energy's Dave Gillies has recently joined as a mentor for the FYD programmes.

'I see that as a really great way to give back to the youth in Tauranga. Doing Drop Your Boss raises the profile of FYD by doing something a little bit unusual.

'Because it's all linked through to Givealittle, it's an opportunity for us to spread the word and hopefully raise some pretty significant funds for Project K.”

Dave has completed a bungee jump, but says he's never abseiled in his life.

Bill Holland is the same. He's done a tandem parachute drop but abseiling off a six-storey building is going out of his comfort zone.

'I'm really not into the thrill-seeker type stuff. I didn't even like Ferris wheels as a child,” says Bill, who is still happy to be supporting the cause.

FYD regional manager Dan Allen-Gordon says the foundations is aiming to raise about $20,000 for the more than 2000 Western Bay of Plenty children involved in Project K and Kiwi Can.

The experimental and mentoring programmes help young people develop life skills and confidence.

City Mayor Stuart Crosby, Tauranga MP Simon Bridges, The Hits radio announcer Will Johnston, Welcome Bay School principal Nik House are also volunteering for the cause.

Click here to see a full list of volunteers. Those wanting to donate can click here.