Skydives 2025

Are you celebrating a big birthday, keen to tick an incredible experience off your bucket list, or take on a new adventure in memory of a loved one? Go big with this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Perfect for adrenaline junkies at heart, the tandem skydive allows you to take to the skies, in a leap of faith for hospice care. Your skydive could be a lifetime ambition, a memory jump or simply pushing yourself out of your comfort zone. Enjoy speeds up to 120mph from 15,000 feet.

Skydive Hibaldstow

Operating their skydiving centre to the highest standards in safety under the regulations of the British Skydiving, we are working with Skydive Hibaldstow to offer this exhilarating challenge on Sunday 21st September 2025.

Please note: Your skydive will be scheduled for either 12 noon or 2pm. As the date approaches, we will confirm the time for you to meet a member of the St Barnabas Team at Skydive Hibaldstow. There, you’ll receive a safety briefing before heading up to the skies. Please allow approximately 4 hours for the full experience. However, be aware that weather delays may result in a wait longer than 4 hours.

Who can take part?

Before registering to take part, please ensure you have read the Health and Safety Conditions, alongside our Terms & Conditions.

The jump is a tandem skydive, which means you will be always harnessed to a professional parachute instructor. The jump and training are completed in one day and your instructor will be in control of your landing.

• Maximum Age: None (Subject to health, may require a doctor’s certificate)
• Minimum Age: 16 years (With parental consent for 16/17 on two specific documents)
• Maximum Weight: 95kg* (approx. 15st)
• Minimum Weight: 44kg* (approx. 7st)
• Minimum Height: 147cm * (approx. 4ft10)

*Your weight in your own clothes and shoes. Up to 16st is permitted at an additional cost of £15. Those under the minimum height and/or weight should arrive fifteen minutes early for a harness fitting. In addition to overall weight, BMI can affect your ability to jump. We regret that those with a BMI of 39+ are not suitable. Those with a BMI of 35+ will be subject to assessment. Please contact us for further explanation, we’re happy to talk you through it. 

Some medical conditions or injuries may prevent you from taking part. If you have any concerns regarding your physical or medical ability, please consult your doctor. You should also advise us of any relevant conditions in advance, as well as letting your instructor know on the day. Asthmatics should take inhalers with them in the aircraft. Any previous shoulder dislocations MUST be declared and discussed in advance.

All tandem jumpers are required to sign a British Skydiving Tandem Student Parachutist Medical Information & Declaration Form 115A.  Those unable to agree to all statements on form 115A due to medical conditions or injuries must bring a copy of form 115B British Skydiving Tandem Student Parachutists Doctors Medical Certificate signed and stamped by their doctor instead. Only the official BS forms should be used, other letters or types of medical documents cannot be accepted.

If you have any enquires about your health and ability to take part, please contact info@skydiving.co.uk or 01652 648 837

How much does it cost?

This exhilarating, once in a lifetime experience is £85 to register! All we ask is that you fundraise a minimum of £395 for St Barnabas.

• The full expense for the skydive, including fundraising is £480. Of this, £229 pays for your skydive jump costs. The remaining minimum £251 sponsorship will go directly to patient care and support.
• We also offer a self-fund option for the skydive at a cost of £229 to yourself. All we ask is that you fundraise a further minimum £251 in sponsorship which will go directly to patient care and support.

How will we support you?

Once you are registered, we will support you all the way up to and including the event itself. A fundraising page will automatically be set-up for you, and we will provide you with hints and tips on how to maximise your sponsorship while taking on your very own St Barnabas Skydive. You will also receive your own cotton St Barnabas t-shirt to wear on the day.

How will your support help us?

Your sponsorship money will make a real difference to patients and families across Lincolnshire who are living with a life-limiting or terminal illness. Your fundraising will help to ensure that St Barnabas Hospice can care for more patients and families near you, every day of the year.

By way of example, every £19.93 raised will enable one of our nurses to provide one hour of specialist at-home care to a patient living with a life-limiting or terminal illness.

If you have any questions, please contact our fundraising team by emailing fundraising@stbarnabashospice.co.uk or by contacting us on 01522 540300.

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Already arranged your own Skydive?

If you have already booked your own skydive and want to fundraise for us, then send an email to our fundraising team and we’ll send you a t-shirt to wear on the day, when taking to the skies for the hospice.

Important documentation

• Medical Self-Declaration Form
• Doctor’s Certificate Form