4 sleeps til 10000ft.

Volunteering with Action Aid at Reading 2010, which seems like an age ago, a couple of us started talking about the idea of doing a skydive. Action Aid's youth team Bollocks to Poverty quickly put the idea into action and the 'Big Bollocks To Poverty Skydive' was born! With places for 25 people all willing to complete a tandem skydive on the 20th March 2011. After sending off my deposit and getting a place in November last year, 4 sleeps to go seems incredibly close.

My initial target was £500 but a few very kind donations and a cupcake sale around campus later I’d reached my target with several weeks still to go. On a quick trip home for the weekend I set up a donations bucket in my Dads shop which helped to raise almost £150! My next fundraiser was on Pancake Day which also nicely coincided with the 100^th International Women’s Day celebrations. Thirty something pancakes later and I’d pulled in a little more money and decided to up my target to £700. I’m now only £8 away from this so determined to go a little further and push for £750.

The most bizarre sponsorship so far? £20 from Boris Johnson!

A strange story, my dad ended up sitting next to him on the Piccadilly line, (who knew the mayor took the tube!?), and thought he may as well ask if he would donate something to his daughters skydive in a few weeks… he pulled out an apple core (I can pretend to be cockney if I really try) and signed it! Now I just need to work out the best way to auction it off.

I’ve been meaning to blog throughout the build up to the skydive but a big workload and a few others excuses means this is the first! Now it’s so close I’m beginning to get a little scared, still excited but definitely scared! I’ll try and keep the last few days blogged and up to date.

Wish me luck!

Pancake Day poster

Boris' contribution

Cakes ready for sale