Charity Skydive

Hospice at Home West Cumbria

Restrictions: The minimum age is 16. Anyone under 18 must have parental consent. There is no upper age limit for Tandem Skydives. The maximum weight limit is 15 stone and a person must be reasonably fit for their weight. People who have experienced any of the medical conditions listed on Form 115A must be certified as fit to skydive and get Form 115B signed by their GP.

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Hospice at Home West Cumbria provides palliative and end of life care to patients and their families across West Cumbria. We cover an area of 400 square miles along the Western side of Cumbria, from Maryport down to Millom and into the Eskdale and Wasdale Valleys, covering a population of around 140,000.

Our nurses deliver palliative care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, providing the best possible care for people with a life-limiting illness and those who are close to them. We are the sole provider of specialist lymphoedema services in West Cumbria, providing assessments, treatments and advice. Our Family and Bereavement Support team offer one-to-one and group support to patients and their families during the most difficult of times. Our complementary therapists offer treatments including reflexology, Reiki, therapeutic massage, and aromasticks.

We need to raise over £1.3 million each year to deliver these vital services which are provided FREE of charge to those who need them – thank you for helping us to make a difference.

hospiceathomewestcumbria.org.uk

Questions & Answers

Securely harnessed to a professional skydive instructor, you will free-fall from up to 15,000 ft, reaching a speed of about 120 mph!

The instructor deploys, flies and lands the parachute, leaving you to relax and enjoy stunning views of the Lake District.

A tandem skydive requires only a few minutes training and is the safest and most popular choice for first time skydivers.

The minimum age is 16. Anyone under 18 must have parental consent. There is no upper age limit for Tandem Skydives.

The maximum weight limit is 15 stone and a person must be reasonably fit for their weight.

People who have suffered from any of the medical conditions listed on Form 115A must be certified as fit to skydive and have Form 115B signed by their GP.

Friends and family are welcome. They can watch the skydive and be there to congratulate the skydiver upon landing.

A camping and picnic area, café and toilets (including a disabled toilet) are available for everybody.

Any action sport involves some degree of risk that must be managed. Very strict safety standards are enforced by the British Parachute Association, making serious accidents exceptionally rare for tandem skydivers in the UK.

All activities at Skydive Northwest are regulated by the British Parachute Association . All Tandem Skydive instructors are trained and certified by the British Parachute Association and have already done at least 1000 skydives before becoming a instructor.

We enforce extensive safety procedures to ensure Tandem Skydives are are carried out as safely as possible.