Doreen's 80th birthday skydive

Doreen Chippington is celebrating her 80th birthday in daring fashion with a family skydive at Dunkeswell Airfield on 30 August to raise money for her local church.

Her son Michael and grandsons Haddon and Toby are also jumping.

It is the second time that Doreen will have skydived, her first time was to celebrate her 70th birthday. However this time she aims to collect as much sponsorship as she can for her parish church of St Michael and All Angels in Awliscombe which needs to raise £70,000 for vital roof repairs after thieves stole the lead.

Doreen says, “I want to help make sure we can keep the church open for use by the community.”

The community’s first Christmas Tree Festival is planned to take place in the church on 5-7 December.

To support Doreen’s daring dive go to http://www.skydiveukltd.com/skydive/charity/sponsor-a-friend/