Helen & Douglas House
Skydive for Helen & Douglas House 2021
This tandem skydive provides participants with an opportunity of a lifetime whilst raising money to help local terminally ill children.
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This is a great event for thrill-seekers and adrenaline lovers. Pluck up the courage and skydive for charity jump out of an aircraft at 13,000 feet all in aid of a good cause.
After a short briefing, you will be ready to jump from 13,000 feet. Training is run throughout the morning and you will be strapped to the front of a tandem instructor who is there to control the skydive for you.
Once you leave the plane at 13,000 feet, you accelerate to 120 mph, covering each thousand feet in approximately five seconds. At 5,000 feet the Instructor will deploy the parachute which will then be controlled by both people until you land softly and gently some four minutes later. Find out what you can and cannot claim as Gift Aid.
"Skydiving for Helen & Douglas House was the most incredible experience of my life, the moment my feet touched the ground I wanted to go back up and do it all over again and the best bit was that I raised over £300 for such a deserving charity."
Hannah Smart who jumped for Helen & Douglas House in 2018