Skydiving, parachuting and rafting

If you fancy getting your adrenaline pumping, take a look at the challenges we have to offer you:

For more information on any of these challenges, please contact 020 7422 0630, or fundraising@chfed.org.uk

Accelerated Freefall Solo Skydive

Learning to skydive solo is a big challenge and you will start with a full day's training including practical and classroom sessions covering all areas of making a solo skydive from 10,000 feet!

Once your instructors are satisfied that you are ready, you will climb aboard the aircraft to be taken to your jump altitude. Whilst you will skydive solo (ie with nobody attached to you) your two instructors will jump with you and be by your side until approximately 5,000 feet when you pull your parachute canopy. From that point you will steer your parachute on your own but will be guided to the dropzone by ground control who will talk you down all the way. All in all Accelerated Freefall is as close as you can get to the real thing!!

Accelerated Freefall highlights include:

  • Full day's training
  • Skydive solo from 10,000 feet
  • 2 instructors in the air with you whilst you are in freefall
  • Once your parachute is deployed you will talked down by ground control
  • First level of a pro skydivers course
  • Certificate to prove you have completed a Level 1 Accelerated Freefall course!

All you need to do is raise minimum sponsorship of £535 and you can jump for free!

So what are you waiting for – simply click here to book your place on the experience of a lifetime!

Static Line Square Parachute Jump

Learn how to make a parachute jump – just like the professionals! The jump is in two parts: On the first day you will undergo a minimum of six hours training on all aspects of the jump - the equipment used, how to exit the aircraft, how to check your canopy, reserve drills and most importantly how to control your landing. On the following day you will perform the jump solo from up to 3,000 feet using a modern square parachute canopy. If the weather prevents you from jumping your training is valid for at least two months giving you plenty of time to return to the centre to complete your jump. Completion of this training course is the first step to becoming a fully qualified skydiver and all students receive a British Parachute Association approved certificate.

Static Line Square highlights include:

  • Full training – no experience required
  • Jump solo from 3,000 feet
  • Securely attached to a 'static line' which is designed to open your parachute for you
  • First step to becoming a qualified skydiver
  • Certificate to prove you have completed a 3,000 feet parachute jump!

All you need to do is raise minimum sponsorship of £360 and you can jump for free!

So what are you waiting for – simply click here to book your place on the experience of a lifetime!

Tandem Skydive

Imagine standing at the edge of an open doorway in an aircraft flying at 10,000 feet - the noise of the engines and the wind ringing in your ears with only the outline of distant fields below. Now imagine leaning forward out of that doorway and letting go - falling forward into the clouds, skydiving down through the air as you start freefalling at over 120mph!

Well you can stop imagining as all this and more is available on one of our 10,000 feet tandem skydives which take place at over 20 airfields across the UK! No experience is required as all training is given and if you raise the minimum sponsorship you can receive your skydive for free!

Tandem Skydive highlights include:

  • Jump and training completed in one day
  • Harnessed to an instructor at all times
  • Skydive from 10,000 feet like the pro's
  • Freefall down to 5,000ft at 120mph!
  • We teach you how to steer the canopy
  • Landing is controlled by your instructor
  • Certificate to prove you have completed a 2-mile high tandem skydive!

All you need to do is raise minimum sponsorship of £395 and you can jump for free!

So what are you waiting for – simply click here to book your place on the experience of a lifetime!

Team Whitewater Rafting

Whitewater rafting is a truly thrilling adventure sport and we are looking for people like you to take part even if you haven't got any previous experience! All you need to do is get a team of 6-8 people together and raise the minimum team sponsorship of £1,000 which is just £125 per person!

There are 5 locations across the UK where you can raft for us and at all centres you will be accompanied by an experienced instructor at all times who will provide you with all the equipment you need and teach you everything you need to know. Steering the raft, choosing the best course down the river and running those rapids – you will learn all this and more as you prepare for the adventure of a lifetime. Your whitewater rafting adventure will last approximately two hours and you will be given the unique opportunity to fully experience the exhilaration of whitewater rafting as you take part in a thrilling adventure.

Whitewater Rafting Highlights:

  • No experience required as all training given
  • Accompanied by an experienced guide at all times
  • Paddle your raft down some of the most exciting whitewater courses in Britain
  • Learn to run the rapids just like the professionals!

So what are you waiting for – simply click here to book your place on the experience of a lifetime!

 

If you still need convincing, read the amazing story of one of our fundraisers - Claire Watson - who recently did a parachute jump for us!