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Challenges > UK > Skydive challenges > Barnardo's Leap Day Skydive
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  • Have you thought about what you will do with your extra day?
    Have you thought about what you will do with your extra day?
  • Do something special and take a leap for Barnardo's
    Do something special and take a leap for Barnardo's
  • With jump-sites across the UK this is a challenge for everyone
    With jump-sites across the UK this is a challenge for everyone
  • "The happiest day in my whole life!"
    "The happiest day in my whole life!"
  • "Highly recommend everyone does it!"
    "Highly recommend everyone does it!"
  • Jump from 10,000ft and reach speeds up to 120mph
    Jump from 10,000ft and reach speeds up to 120mph
  • Enjoy every second of exhilaration whilst your instructor does the work
    Enjoy every second of exhilaration whilst your instructor does the work
  • Get your jump filmed so you can share with friends and family (optional)
    Get your jump filmed so you can share with friends and family (optional)
  • Leap years occur once every four years, so don't wait until 2024!
    Leap years occur once every four years, so don't wait until 2024!
  • Glide back down to earth knowing you've helped transform children's lives
    Glide back down to earth knowing you've helped transform children's lives
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Barnardo's Leap Day Skydive

20 Airfields across the UK plus, Cambridgeshire, UKUK
Saturday 29 February 2020
Skydiving10000 feet Skydiving

Make the most of your extra day in leap year and experience the thrill of a free-fall parachute jump to help protect the UK's most vulnerable children.

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£35.00
Age 16+ Beginners Sponsorship option Enter online

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

 
Time for your bucket list skydive

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

Support Barnardo's by taking the leap this leap year
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.
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£430

Commit to fundraising this amount for Barnardo's.

Don't let fundraising put you off...

This is your chance to do something amazing and support a fantastic cause - don't let the fundraising put you off! The Barnardo's team are great at helping people fundraise and you're going to have heaps of fun in the process.

Get in touch with them now to find out more and secure your place in the challenge.

Barnardo's

About Barnardo's

Transforming the lives of vulnerable children & young people in the UK.

Tackling the challenges faced by the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people, both physical and mental, has never been more complex.

Barnardo's currently protects and supports over 300,000 children, young people, parents and carers to help every child fulfil their potential through their local services, campaigns and research. £25 could provide a young person with bedding and a safe place to sleep or £100 could provide four mentoring sessions to a young person leaving care.

Registered no: 216250 / SC037605

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