Charity skydive with team Blesma by tandem skydiving for our wounded veterans.
About the Event
Want to experience a charity skydive? Book your charity skydive today and help raise vital funds for our limbless veterans.
You can jump from anyone of these airfields throughout the UK on a day that suits you, with Skyline Skydiving.
- Auchterarder
- Brackley
- Bridlington
- Brigg
- Cambrideshire
- Coleraine
- Cornwall
- Durham
- Errol
- Grange-over-sands
- Honiton
- Lancaster
- Maidstone
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Old-Sarum
- Sailsbury
- St Andrews
- Swansea
- Whitchurch
Join Team Blesma...
There is a deposit of £70 to pay when you sign up and there will be a minimum fundraising target of around £325, to be raised 1 week before you jump. (Fundraising minimum varies depending on location, please check this before booking).
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Skydive Highlights
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Charity skydive with team Blesma by tandem skydiving for our wounded veterans.
- Jump from at least 10,000 ft - just like the professionals
- Freefall down to 5,000 ft - falling through the air at 120 mph!
- Ride the parachute down to the ground - we teach you how to steer onto the drop zone
- Receive a fundraising pack and Blesma t-shirt
- Receive a certificate after your jump
- When? All year
- Where? Across the UK
Why Skydive for Blesma?
Matt's Story...
Matt Weston was just 20 when he lost three limbs to a bomb blast in Afghanistan.
"All I remember is a flash, my ears ringing, and the sense of falling. I lost both my legs and my right arm below the elbow in the blast. My rehab has been long, slow and difficult. I was in intensive care for a while and was in hospital for three months, and I've just had my fiftieth operation."
"If my chair breaks and I can't repair it, Blesma will get it done. I was in a bad place after my injury but Blesma have been there for me, by my side from day one."
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FAQs
- What are the weight restrictions? Highest and lowest?
The weight limits for men and women can vary dramatically between our airfields – please check airfield limits before booking.
- What are the age restrictions?
For the tandem skydives the minimum age is 16 – however anyone aged 16 or 17 would need to have a parental consent form on the day of their jump. We send this out once you are booked on.
Some of the airfields have an upper age limit for tandem jumps: Cornwall has an upper age limit of 65, Lancaster and Whitchurch have a limit of 70 and Perthshire has a limit of 49.
- What if I have a disability – can I still jump?
Each airfield will look at each case individually so please contact our fundraising team and we can check for you.
With any medical condition- you will also need to have the medical form signed by a doctor.
- What if the weather isn’t looking good?
The one aspect of your day that is out of our control is definitely the weather – if the forecast is looking bad in the days leading up to your jump, you may be contacted by the airfield to reschedule, and you are free to contact the airfield yourself to ask about whether the jump will be going ahead. However, if you have not heard anything to the contrary, you must still turn up to your jump.
- Can I have supporters come with me on the day? What time should they arrive?
Of course you can bring along supporters! We would recommend that they arrive about an hour after your arrival time – this would give you time to have your training and get kitted up.
- What do I wear?
The airfield will provide you with a jumpsuit on the day. You just need to wear comfortable clothing underneath and suitable tie up shoes (trainers or something similar would be ideal).
We can help
We are dedicated to assisting serving and ex-Service men and women who have suffered life-changing limb loss or the use of a limb, an eye or sight. We support these men and women in their communities throughout the UK. Click the link below to find out the different kinds of support we offer.
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