Pictured above: (L-R) - Members of the Red Devils, Gary
Scullion, Sam Bell, Alex Yeomans, Debbie Parr, Michael Farnsworth
from Stormsaver and Jackie Willems from Water Aid. Across the
front: Julian Diprose from Stormsaver
Stormsaver's support for WaterAid has leapt to almost
£13,000 following a sponsored skydive with the world-famous
Red Devils.
Michael Farnsworth, Managing Director of Stormsaver, the UK's
leading supplier of rainwater harvesting systems, along with six
members of his team, spent yesterday doing a tandem skydive with
the British Army's parachute team at Langar airfield, near
Nottingham, in order to raise money to help support the charity's
work within developing countries.
Michael commented, "As we are in the water industry, Water Aid
is the perfect charity for us to support. Their key objective is to
allow safe water and sanitation for all, and that is something that
we strongly believe in. We have been working with the charity for
the past two years and have previously donated £10,000. This
skydive has enabled us to reach a new total of £12,600 for
Water Aid, allowing us to demonstrate our commitment and passion in
supporting 'safe water for all'.
"We thought that a skydive with the Red Devils would be the
ideal fundraising task, as well as being an exciting and
motivational experience for our staff. We're delighted with the
amount of money that we have managed to raise so far. I am
incredibly proud of the way the team has embraced this challenge
and has actively gone out to get sponsorship and
support."
Debbie Parr (31) of Newark, Stormsaver's after-sales project
manager took part in the skydive. "It was the most amazing
experience of my life!" said Debbie. "I am one of those people that
craves adventure, so skydiving was something that I had always
wanted to do. I have managed to raise over £580 for Water
Aid, thanks to the support and generosity of my friends and
family."
Jackie Willems, Water Aid's representative said, "The money that
Stormsaver has raised will make a huge difference to Water Aid's
valuable work in many countries of the world. Our mission is to
overcome poverty by enabling the world's poorest people to gain
access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. We
are delighted that Stormsaver has raised so much money to help
support our vision of 'safe water and sanitation for all'".