Best way to do a charity sky dive?

immoral_angeluk

I do something every year for Cancer Research, doing the Race for life this year. But I want my next one to be a sky dive as I've done the Race for life 3/4 times now and I'm not a fan of running lol!

Anyone know the best way to go about it?

Savvy_Sue

You could ask Cancer Research: they may have a 'system' for such things.

We're organising one where I work, an email came round saying "Would you do anything for XXX?" to which my immediate response was "er, no ..."

I've asked my lads if they'd be interested: one said "I could do it cheaper at University", so there's another thought, see if your local Uni has a skydiving society.

Torby

the skydiving company will take a really BIG chunk of your sponsorship to "train" you and then the cost of the jump on the day....it really is a big chunk and not as good at fundraising entering a run or something similar...

immoral_angeluk

Torby wrote: »

the skydiving company will take a really BIG chunk of your sponsorship to "train" you and then the cost of the jump on the day....it really is a big chunk and not as good at fundraising entering a run or something similar...

I know.. which is what I'm worried about and in honesty I'm considering paying for the jump myself and then raising the money... it's something I want to do, so I wouldn't be happy about donations from people being taken to cover it!

heretolearn_2

I did one a few years ago. There was a fee for the training but this was stated up front and most of us doing it for a charity just paid this ourselves. It cost me I think £195 and I organised it all through the charity I was fundraising for.

Interestingly, the centre where I did it was also happy for you to just book a course direct with them and then if you want to fundraise off that yourself, there's nothing to stop you. So you needn't do it in a really 'official' way. To be honest, people have to trust you to pass their donations on to the charity either way, don't they.

The parachute day fee bought direct was about £20 less than through the charity.

My advice is to do the proper solo training and jump with a rectangular parachute (with steering). Fantastic.

The centre I went to was in Kent, if you want their details?

themole_2

Hi, you should contact this drop zone. My daughter is a sky diver and jumps here. They are a great crowd and I am sure would be only too willing to let you know the best way to do it. You could try doing some tunnel flying at AIRKIX wind tunnel first, which could work out cheaper... then go and go your dive.
http://www.skydiving.co.uk/

good luck and a very worthy cause!

Cat72

Thanks for starting this post Op and the advice givens.
If you book the course yourself and pay for it, what happens with regards to insurance. Do the centre cover you ? Or would you also have to get your own insurance ?

heretolearn_2

They sort out insurance as part of the course.

Limana68

Hi there
My hubby id doing a skydive for Charity, it cost £200, normal price is £230,hes raised over £1000 already and the money for the skydive will come out of this, hes doing a a tandem jump as he has a disability himself. and the centre we are using is Hibaldstow in North Lincs, hes yet to do it yet as the weather has been awful( low cloud), but just google the site and they send you everything you need.
Good luck!

Haarlem

Limana68 wrote: »

Hi there
My hubby id doing a skydive for Charity, it cost £200, normal price is £230,hes raised over £1000 already and the money for the skydive will come out of this, hes doing a a tandem jump as he has a disability himself. and the centre we are using is Hibaldstow in North Lincs, hes yet to do it yet as the weather has been awful( low cloud), but just google the site and they send you everything you need.
Good luck!

Doing it this way means the charity misses out on Gift Aid which would be over £160.

Always pay for the fee involved out of your own money. Never disclose it is coming out of sponsorship.