Nine Islanders are jumping from a plane at 10,000 feet at the start of next month (August) in aid of Dementia UK Admiral Nurses so they can be available for Islanders with memory loss.
Weather permitting on August 3,4 and 5 Czara-Lee Anderson, Rachel Cohen, Alex Hearn, (along with her daughter Rose and son Woody, her sister Fiona and her son Archie), Nicola Sard and Hannah Wilson will be all strapping into parachutes for their skydives down to Sandown Airport.
Admiral Nurses are specialist dementia nurses who visit, in their homes, those with memory loss; caring not only for their patients but for their carers, who are often their closest relations.
Ingrid Baden-Powell, aged 78, also volunteered to jump but was advised against it by her doctor, much to her dismay. She said:
“I have white-water rafted down rivers, and hacked through the jungles of Malaya, and had thought this would be a doddle, but unfortunately my doctor has advised against it."
Catherine Flury, Chair of the Island’s Fundraising Committee for the charity said:
“I hugely admire our ‘jumpers’ and cannot thank you enough for doing this in aid of Dementia UK’s Admiral Nurses. It is my ultimate wish to have more of these amazing nurses on the Island working in the community, helping families and carers of those experiencing all forms of dementia. Our demographic is such that we urgently need these nurses here.”
Lady Grylls, President of the Dementia UK Admiral Nurses IW Appeal added:
“I am hoping that a company or individual will volunteer to fund the annual salary of a Dementia U.K. Admiral Nurse to be hosted at Mountbatten. Alongside their life-threatening conditions, many people looked after at the Hospice also have dementia."
You can find sponsorship forms at Hannah’s shop ‘Sweets and Treats’ in Cowes High Street (close to the bottom of Market Hill) or at Czara’s shop, Sandown Dental Practice and at ‘Her Whey’ in Cross Street in Ryde. Or you can sponsor Hannah online at: https://gofund.me/9f19e314
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