You can do it alone or in pairs – from 3,000 feet. Great Western Hospital’s Brighter Futures charity is looking for local people to take part in a day of sky-diving to raise money for a new breast cancer treatment.
The hospital wants to be able to offer intra-operative radiotherapy for breast cancer. This is a pioneering treatment that is new to Britain and is not available in the south-west.
The treatment would make a big difference to about 150 women a year in the GWH catchment area.
This new treatment involves giving a single dose of radiotherapy to patients while they are undergoing breast surgery. It will avoid waiting for post-operative radiotherapy. And it will mean they will not have to travel to Oxford or Bath for frequent radiotherapy treatment sessions.
The hospital needs to raise £75,000 to fund this treatment.
Brighter Futures wants as many people as possible to take part in the sky-dive – all jumping on the same day: Saturday, August 9 at the Swindon Jump Centre. Each sky-diver will be asked to raise a minimum of £360 in sponsorship.
Brighter Futures supports the Great Western Hospital and community healthcare throughout Wiltshire, helping to fund new equipment and treatments and services which are not funded through the NHS budget.
For further details about the sky-diving adventure email fundraising@gwh.nhs.uk or phone 01793 605631.
[Photo of sky-divers from Jumpwithus website – which is a good place to look for details about sky-diving.]
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