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Spotlight on ... Katie Barlow, Nursery nurse, Old Vicarage Day Nursery

Name: Katie Barlow

Position: Nursery nurse at the Old Vicarage Day Nursery in AppletonThorn, Warrington

- Why did you do a tandem skydive?

We were holding a funday at the nursery to raise money for Hemihelp, acharity for children with hemiplegia, a form of cerebral palsy, as oneof the children who attends the nursery suffers from the condition. Idecided I wanted to do something crazy, so suggested doing askydive.

- How did it go?

I would say it's the best experience of my life. I've never doneanything like it before but would do it again. I raised 436 fromthe skydive, and the nursery as a whole raised 2,000 for thecharity.

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