15 fundraising individuals took to the skies above the Isle of Wight in a tandem skydive last Thursday, all in aid of Ventnor’s St Catherine’s School, which supports children and young adults with speech, language and communication needs.
Taking off from Sandown Airport and under the expert tuition of instructors from Skydive IOW, they jumped 10,000ft to raise funds for St Catherine’s school based in Ventnor.
Amongst the participants was Vice Principal Jenn, Family Liaison Officer Lucy, Teacher Andy, Occupational Therapist Natasha, Care Staff Brenda and The Fundraising and Marketing Assistant Tanya who all work at the school, along with some brave supporters of the school Marc, Jo, Denise, Adam, Angus, Gilly, Rosalind, Ellie and Louisa.
Chas from Skydive Isle of Wight said
“Well done to all that took part for St Catherine’s from all the team at Skydive IOW”,
Tanya Smith, event organiser, who took on the 10,000ft skydive, said:
“St Catherine’s is such an amazing school and it was so humble to see the other 14 people take on the challenge, some had a general fear of heights and even struggled getting on the plane. To see them all, 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.”
The Skydive fundraising total so far is £11,359.49p which will go to supporting Students and young adults, at St Catherine’s.
To find out more information about St Catherine’s please follow this link to their website: https://www.stcatherines.org.uk/
