{"id":40113,"date":"2022-02-17T13:57:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T13:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=40113"},"modified":"2022-02-17T13:57:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T13:57:44","slug":"sheffield-duo-to-skydive-15000-feet-for-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/02\/17\/sheffield-duo-to-skydive-15000-feet-for-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield duo to skydive 15,000 feet for charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two daredevil workmates have volunteered to plunge from 15,000 feet above ground to raise funds for a Sheffield charity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hannah Baker, 25, and Helena Baker, 26, have agreed to skydive on May 1, 2022 to raise money for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacessheffield.org.uk\/\">Paces Sheffield<\/a>, a charity and school for people with cerebral palsy in Chapeltown.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Baker, 25, said: \u201cWe just want to do something to help the charity in any way that we can. It is just really special what they do at the school itself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It might be a bit scary for us but if we can make a little bit of money to pay for them, it will be worth it.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cerebral palsy is a lifelong condition that affects coordination and movement. About one in 400 children are diagnosed with the condition.<\/p>\n<p>This form of brain damage can result in speech and affected motor skills impairment, such as having weak limbs, clumsy movements, learning difficulty and so on.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40222\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40222\" class=\"wp-image-40222 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/02\/valentines-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paces Children on Valentine&#8217;s day. Photo Credits: Paces Sheffield<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The skydivers-to-be aimed to raise \u00a31,000 for a new space at Thorncliffe Hall, Chapeltown when they skydive at Hibaldstow Airfield just outside Brigg. Each skydive will raise at least \u00a3450 for the charity.<\/p>\n<p>Ruth Wallbank, community and events fundraiser for Paces Sheffield expressed her gratitude to the daredevils.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8220;The contribution they are making is not only for fundraising now, but it is going to be going towards something that is creating a legacy for lots more children and families in the future once the school opens.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40226\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40226\" class=\"wp-image-40226 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/02\/sheffield-united-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paces children with Sheffield United Merch. Photo captions: Paces Sheffield.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Paces Sheffield is the only centre in the UK to provide conductive education to adults with cerebral palsy, in addition to their special school for children.<\/p>\n<p>Quite a lot of parents were told what children couldn&#8217;t do when they were diagnosed with cerebral palsy.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Wallbank said: &#8221; In Paces, we focus on what they can do, it&#8217;s their ability, not their disability. It\u2019s really life changing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two daredevil workmates have volunteered to plunge from 15,000 feet above ground to raise funds for a Sheffield charity. Hannah Baker, 25, and Helena Baker, 26, have agreed to skydive on May 1, 2022 to raise money for Paces Sheffield, a charity and school for people with cerebral palsy in Chapeltown. 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