ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY
No-one can say that Laura Aitchison lacks commitment. She is so dedicated to the Royal Voluntary Service she is planning to throw caution – and herself – into the wind by jumping out of an aeroplane to raise funds for local Royal Voluntary Service projects.
Laura, who acts as the single point of contact for the voluntary sector at the Dumfries Health and Social Care Hub, said: “Since I started working for the Royal Voluntary Service I’ve been involved in a number of projects designed to reduce loneliness and social isolation in older people across the region.
“It has given me a greater understanding of the problems we all face as we get older and a great deal of respect for the small army of volunteers who give up their time to help people get more out of life as they get older.
“So on Monday 5 May I’m going to Skydive North West near Grange-Over-Sands in Cumbria where I’ll get on a plane that will climb to 12,000ft before I jump with an instructor to raise money for the excellent projects the Royal Voluntary Service run in Dumfries and Galloway.
“I’m hoping people will dig deep to sponsor me, even if it’s just so they get to see the photos of me screaming as I fall towards the earth!”
If you want to sponsor Laura and help support local Royal Voluntary Service projects designed to prevent isolation and loneliness for our region’s older people please visit her Just Giving page at www.justgiving.com/laura-aitchison. Alternatively Laura’s sponsor form is held at the Dumfries Health and Social Care Hub at Nithbank in Dumfries.
