CHALLENGE SUMMARY
Leap through the skies in leap year!
2020 is a leap year; have you thought about what you will do with your extra day?
Do something special and take a leap for Barnardo's so they can be there for the UK's most vulnerable children.
- Special 'Leap Year' jump on February 29th
- Tandem skydive from 10,000feet
- Reach speeds up to 120mph
- Harnessed to a professional parachute instructor
- Training and jump completed on the day (beginners welcome)
- Landing controlled by instructor so you can relax and enjoy
- Film your Jump! Take home a video of the big day so you can share and watch again (optional)
- Make the leap for children who need it most
Jump and landing controlled by instructor
Enjoy every second of exhilaration at up to 120mph from over 10,000ft!
Airfields in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
England
- Cornwall Dropzone, Perranporth, Cornwall
- Honiton Dropzone, Honiton Airfield, Devon
- Maidstone Dropzone, Maidstone Airfield, Kent
- Old Sarum Dropzone, Wiltshire
- Salisbury Dropzone, Wiltshire
- Brackley Dropzone, Brackley Airfield, Oxfordshire
- Norwich Dropzone, Norfolk
- Cambridgeshire Dropzone, Cambridgeshire
- Nottingham Dropzone, Nottinghamshire
- Whitchurch Dropzone, Whitchurch Airfield, Shropshire
- Brigg Dropzone, Brigg Airfield, North Lincolnshire
- Lancaster Dropzone, Lancaster Airfield, Lancashire
- Bridlington Dropzone, Bridlington Airfield, East Yorkshire
- Grange-over-Sands Dropzone, Cumbria
- Durham Dropzone, Sunderland Durham Airfield, County Durham
Scotland
- St Andrews Dropzone, St Andrews Airfield, Fife
- Auchterader Dropzone, Perthshire
- Errol Dropzone, Perthshire
Wales
- Swansea Dropzone, Glamorgan
- Haverfordwest Dropzone, Pembrokeshire
Northern Ireland
- Coleraine Dropzone, Coleraine Airfield, County Londonderry
29 February 2020 - leap year special
Leap years occur once every four years, so don't wait until 2024!
Signing up now gives you time to fundraise and enjoy the build-up. You can get your film jumped so that you can share and watch it again and again.
"Happiest day in my whole life!"
"The happiest day in my whole life!" Leila (aged 77)
"Highly recommend everyone does it!"
"This was one of the best experiences of my life, thank you so much to Barnardos for letting me do this to raise money for the charity! Highly recommend everyone does it!" Georgia, Barnardo’s Skydiver 2019
There's a place on the team for you
Barnardo's protects, supports and nurtures the UK's most vulnerable children; each year helping around 300,000 children, young people and their families.
Restrictions
- Minimum age 16: 16 and 17 year olds need parental consent form on the day.
- Maximum age: usually 65 to 70 years.
- Maximum weights vary from 13st to 16st depending on airfield.
- Click 'Find out more' for further details
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