Two pub staff set to tackle charity skydive for Alzheimer’s Society

Shift supervisor Ria Smith and barman David Hoy who work at The County in South Shields are fundraising for Alzheimer’s Society as they put together for his or her upcoming skydive.

The colleagues each wished to tackle a problem to help Alzheimer’s Society as they’ve each seen relations effected by the situation and determine to a skydive could be a good way to lift funds.

David is taking up the problem for his grandfather who suffers from vascular dementia and lives in a centre.

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He mentioned: “A skydive has all the time been on my bucket listing and once I heard he was getting assist from the charity I believed I might do it in honour of the charity.

Ria’s household has a historical past of the situation and is collaborating within the problem in reminiscence of her auntie who handed away in February 2020.

She mentioned: “I’m doing this for her, it is an incredible trigger and I could not consider something higher to do.

“The clients in listed below are nice. They love a superb charity occasion and have gotten on board with us collaborating on this.”

Quite a lot of fundraisers might be taking place within the lead as much as skydive together with raffles, soccer playing cards, reside bands and extra.

David and Ria are feeling excited and nervous for the sky dive however are pleased that any money they do increase might be of assist to the charity and the folks they help. They are hoping they’ll increase £1,000 every.

The pair will tackle the sky dive at Shotton Airfield, County Durham on May, 25, 2024 which marks Skydive day as a part of Alzheimer’s Society’s One Giant Leap for Dementia Action Week. To donate to the trigger go to