The Manchester Academy of Community Gymnastics is the brainchild of local couple Maxine and Mike Grech. Having lived in the Salford area their whole lives, they understand the importance of sport to the local communities and being from humble beginnings they are acutely aware of how difficult it is for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and deprived areas to access good, safe, inspirational and affordable sporting facilities within their communities.

This project is their way of giving something back to the local community and they have a vision of providing a world-class state of the art sports and recreation facility, operated as a charity, not for profit organisation which will enable young people, irrelevant of social disadvantages or disabilities, to achieve as much as possible, giving them a platform to help them achieve in their chosen discipline and helping them get the best start.

On Saturday 30th September, Mike was set to be jumping out of a plane from over 14,000 feet! However, due to an unfortunate injury, it had to be postponed. Therefore, he will now be jumping Sunday 8th October - even more nervous than ever!

This skydive is aimed at raising funds for the Manchester Academy of Community Gymnastics, and specifically to fund a platform lift for disabled people to be able to access all of the facility. Our final target is £50,000, and we hope to raise that over time.