Those who have dared

Whitewater rafting

CancerBACUP’s very own team raised £282.50 for CancerBACUP…

Pete Coppola, Sponsorship executive – “an experience to remember…”

Jo Douglas, Fundraising Executive – “a brilliant way to have fun and raise funds for people affected by cancer”

Tonia Page, PR Executive – “best day of my life”

Andy Airey, Direct Marketing Executive – “good fun, great team building”

Parachute jumps

• Ellis Northover raised over £285 when he did a parachute jump for CancerBACUP.

• Penny Bateman raised £105.
  "The Skydive was absolutely amazing!"

• Louise Stephens raised £626
  "It was a great adventure for me, and one that I will cherish for ever. I want to thank you for the experience."

• Hannah Cunningham raised £300 through her tandem parachute jump.

• Jose Rodrigues raised £105 through his tandem skydive.

• Tina Bint raised £263 through her tandem skydive.
  “I enjoyed the skydive so much that I am taking up a course on it! I have also now encouraged two of my friends to do it for CancerBACUP as well.”

• Joanne Laver raised £600 in aid of CancerBACUP in memory of her dad, David Laver.
  “As soon as I sat on the edge of the plane before ‘sliding’ off, I thought to myself ‘you wanted to do this girl so make the most of it’, and that was it, I was off.  We free falled for about 45 seconds and that was at a speed of 140 mph. It was amazing, extremely fast but I was not frightened at all. Then the parachute opened and the feeling of floating down to earth which I think took about 10 minutes was something out of this world. It was actually a fantastic feeling. It was so quiet that my trainer and I were just having a normal conversation on the way down. I have never known anything so peaceful… I am so proud of myself for doing this for the charity and must admit I had a little chat with Dad whilst I was at about 10,000 feet. I hope he was there watching me but I know he would be proud of me. Mum and I want to thank everybody who has taken an interest and sponsored me for the jump. It is very much appreciated.”

• Esther Wilson raised £220 from her parachute jump.
  “I would just like to say thank you for letting me raise money on behalf of such a worthy cause, and it was a truly unforgettable experience….that I’m dying to repeat!”

• Michele Smollett raised a fabulous £1,361 for CancerBACUP by jumping out of a plane and doing an exhilarating 10,000 feet freefall parachute. Very sadly Michele lost her father to pancreatic cancer the week before her jump, but she felt that he was with her in spirit. Michele said
  “it was the most amazing experience, more so because it was for CancerBACUP“.

• Lindsay Steel raised £1,341.00 for CancerBACUP through his tandem jump.  He says it was
  ”one of the most exhilarating things I have done in my life and filled me with a great sense of achievement after it was over”

• Chris Davis raised £900 for CancerBACUP through his tandem jump
  “Thanks for giving me the opportunity to experience something so incredible and so difficult to put into words.”

• Helen Cole-King raised £408.00 for CancerBACUP through her tandem jump
  “It amazed me how calm I was, but having CancerBACUP and my Dad as the reasons for jumping were what kept me going – I was jumping out of that plane, come what may!”
  

• Charmaine Long raised £310.00 for CancerBACUP through her tandem jump
  “I wanted to do parachuting for my 18th birthday, and it was great to do it whilst raising money to help cancer patients”

• Des Stow raised £266.00 for CancerBACUP through his tandem jump
  “thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you…
  It was kinda ok I guess…..
  Ok – it was excellent”
  

• Jo Buck raised £110 from her tandem skydive.
  “I have to say this was a fantastic opportunity for me. I have always wanted to experience parachute jumping and this was a brilliant way to get a taster. It is an extra feel good feeling that I was able to raise some money for CancerBACUP- you helped me a lot when my mother was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.  Keep up the good work!”

• Robert Tennent-Gray raised £615 for us with his tandem jump over Fife.  What was even more impressive was that Bob had a heart transplant four years ago! 
  “I woke up at 3 o’clock on the morning, so I was well awake when my time came to do the jump!   The jump itself was amazing and it was wonderful to see the Fife countryside spread out below me.  It was so fantastic I wanted to go up and do it again.  I would recommend it to everyone.”