Courageous colleagues, customers and friends are joining forces for a nerve-jangling Santa Skydive.
The group of 13, from Graham Plumbers Merchant Fakenham, have signed up for the special festive feat and will take the plunge at Sibson Aerodrome, near Peterborough, on Saturday, 29th November. They will be wearing Santa costumes as they plummet towards the ground, and all money raised will go to East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH).
Graham Plumbers Merchant Fakenham made EACH its charity partner for 2025 and has already raised funds from golf events and a summer barbecue. Kind-hearted colleagues have set themselves a target of £10,000.
Branch Manager Mark Chapman said: “Everyone’s looking forward to it, although it still feels a long way off. I’m sure there will be a few nerves as the big day gets closer, but only time will tell. On a personal note, I’ve never done a skydive before, but it’s something that’s always appealed to me. It’s great we’re doing it together, as a group, and, as well as colleagues from the branch, we’re being joined by customers and friends.
“We all feel very strongly about raising funds for EACH. We decided to nominate it as our charity of the year in support of one of our leading customers. Sadly, the customer had a bereavement within the family, and the support they were given really helped.”
Mark is being joined on the day by Joshua Chapman, Andrew Garfirth, Atiq Khan, Rob Doughty, Tim Redford, Jake Stansfield, Aaron Buckie, Darcy Stiebrins, Brett Rix, Michael Findlay, Aiden East and Adam Dann.
The team have a skydiving Santa hanging in their reception area to help attract donations. To show your support and sponsor them, head here.
Other individuals, groups or businesses are welcome to sign up the Santa Skydive.
To sign up, click here or head to each.org.uk/santa-skydive.
Anyone in need of more information or additional support is welcome to make contact via community@each.org.uk
