Calling all Kent thrill seekers to leap into action for breast cancer

8/9/2011 11:58 AM EST

The sky will be turning pink on 1 October as hundreds of people up and down the country will be braving a national sky dive to raise money for Breast Cancer Campaign.

The Big Pink Jump takes place on at airfields across the UK and launches the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Research charity Breast Cancer Campaign are calling on the people of Kent to sign up and brave the plunge at their local jump site in Maidstone and help them achieve their £50,000 overall fundraising target.

Freefalling through the clouds at 120mph is a not only a once in a lifetime experience, but also a perfect opportunity to help the 48,000 people diagnosed with breast cancer every year.

Kelly Walton, Breast Cancer Campaign’s Events Executive, said “If you’ve always wanted to sky dive or just fancy a challenge, then sign up for our first ever national sky dive event. The Big Pink Jump is an exhilarating way to support the fight against breast cancer and all of the money raised goes towards funding innovative world-class research. We hope that this year we can get more people than ever to take the pink plunge and help us beat breast cancer.”

Solo jumps are available to satisfy all those with a daring streak, along with tandem jumps for anyone that’s not quite ready to go it alone. Sponsorship totals start at £395 but vary depending on which jump you choose.
If you would like to take part in the Big Pink Jump for Breast Cancer Campaign, or for more information about other sky dive dates, please call 0207 749 4114, email   or visit www.breastcancercampaign.org

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Notes to editors
• Breast Cancer Campaign aims to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world-class research to understand how breast cancer develops, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure
• The charity currently funds 95 projects worth almost £16.5 million in 31 locations across the UK and Ireland
• Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and accounts for nearly one in three of all cancers in women
• In the UK, around 48,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year - that’s 130 a day
• The Breast Cancer Campaign Tissue Bank, the UK’s first ever national breast cancer tissue bank is a unique collaboration with four leading research institutions to create a vital resource of breast cancer tissue for researchers across the UK and Ireland. Visit breastcancertissuebank.org
• Visit breastcancercampaign.org or follow us at twitter.com/bccampaign