Skydiving

Sunday 22nd September 2024

Photo of a man and a woman tandem skydiving

About the event

Location: RAF Western on the Green, Bicester, OX25 3TQ

Event date: Sunday 22 September 2024

Take on the thrill of a lifetime with a group of Fight for Sight supporters and leap from a plane 10,000ft in the air at RAF Western on the Green on Sunday 22 September 2024.

To secure your charity place you will need to pay a £50 deposit. By signing up you are committing to raise a minimum of £500. Part of your target will go towards the cost of the jump (£230) and the remaining will go towards sight saving research. If you would like to self fund the jump, please contact events@fightforsight.org.uk and a member of the challenges team will then get back to you about this option. The full cost is £280.

£500 is the minimum amount to raise for this challenge, however we do encourage you to raise above this amount, as you should receive a lot of support once you start telling people you are jumping out of a plane to support you!

Once you have registered, a member from the challenges team will contact you with a link to pay your £50 deposit. Your place will be secured once it is paid however the charity reserves the right to not approve the jump if the fundraising target has not been met in time and the deposit will be non refundable. This is a rare occasion as other options are explored before action is taken.

If you would like to speak with someone before registering, please do email events@fightforsight.org.uk

Register your interest

When you skydive with us, you'll receive:

  • A fundraising pack to help you reach that all-important fundraising target
  • A charity t-shirt to wear on the day over your Jump Suit
  • Continuous support from one of our experiences fundraisers
  • A certificate to hang proudly

If you want to join the Fight for Sight’s skydiving team team, click the button to apply below. For more information, please get in touch by emailing events@fightforsight.org.uk or by calling +44 (0) 20 7620 2066.

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Two people jumping out of a plane as part of a tandem skydive

Why support Fight for Sight?

  • Every 6 minutes
    a person in the UK hears that they will lose their sight
  • Just 1.2%
    of public investment in medical research goes into eye research
  • 2.7 million
    people will be living with vision loss by 2030. We’ll make sure life after vision loss is not a lonely one
  • Almost £30m
    is how much we plan to invest across scientific and social change over the next 5 years