More than a dozen fundraisers took to the skies above the Isle of Wight in aid of Ventnor's St Catherine's School, which supports children and young adults with communication needs.
A total of 13 people took on the challenge with some even facing their worse fear.
Taking off from Sandown Airport and under the expert tuition of instructor’s form Skydive IOW, they jumped 10,000ft on Thursday August 10.
Among the participants were two of the schools TAs Chloe and Sam; groundsman James and his wife Jemma; brave supporters of the school Jo, Danny, Richard, Nic, Jason, Georgina, Jaide, Lauren and Evie - the youngest jumper of the day at 16.
Tanya Smith, event organiser, said:
“St Catherine’s is such an amazing school and it was so humble to see the other 13 people take on the challenge, some had a general fear of heights.
"To see them all support each other to take part and overcome their fear was so lovely and doing so while raising funds for St Catherine’s.
"We would like to say a huge Thank You to the Skydive IOW team who were all amazing “
There are spaces available for the 2024 skydive, which can be secured by emailing Tanya at [email protected]
The Skydive fundraising total so far is more than £7,000 which will go to supporting students and young adults at St Catherine’s with speech, language and communication needs.
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