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Sky dive for brave toddler



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A DAREDEVIL couple from Featherstone will plummet through the skies to raise cash for severely disabled tot Jack Brayshaw.

Joe Caunce, 21, and girlfriend Jodie Connolly, 20, of Milton Gardens, will both do a sky dive in Bridlington at the end of the month in aid of the three-year-old, who was born with a serious brain disorder.
The pair have so far managed to raise £5,000 for Jack, of Hugh Street, Castleford, who is a family friend of Joe.
Joe said: "£5,000 has exceeded our expectations and not bad in just three months – we only decided to do it in November last year."
Joe was part of the Castlefields FC team who climbed the UK's three highest peaks – Scafell Pike, Snowdon and Ben Nevis – for little Jack in April 2006.
Jack's condition has left him unable to walk or talk, almost blind and at one time he had up to 50 epileptic seizures a day.
Joe added: "My girlfriend wanted to raise money for him too so this year we decided together to do a sky dive. Neither of us had ever thought of doing one before now and are really nervous about it."
Jack's mum Anita, of Hugh Street, Castleford, said: "I couldn't believe it when they told me what they were going to do for Jack. I think they're so brave and it's so sweet of them to do something like that."
Anyone wishing to donate to the cause can visit www.jackbrayshaw.co.uk.

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