A MILITARY charity is looking for people to take part in a sky-diving fundraiser to mark 100 years since the Battle of the Somme.

Blesma, The Limbless Veterans is looking for adventurous fundraisers to take part the annual daredevil event ‘Fall for the Fallen’.

This year is especially poignant as the UK marks 100 years since The Battle of the Somme, where almost half a million British soldiers either lost their lives or returned home with life-changing injuries.

Fall for the Fallen will take place at three locations across the UK on Saturday, July 2 – Netheravon in Wiltshire, Sibson Aerodrome near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, and Hibaldstow Airfield in Lincolnshire.

People taking part are asked to raise a minimum of £400 which will cover the cost of their tandem jump.

Zanika Fearon, community and events fundraising manager at Blesma, said: “Fall for the Fallen is such a special event in the Blesma fundraising calendar. We aim to honour those who have fallen serving our country while raising money for those who live with life-changing injuries. Please help us to continue supporting injured veterans by signing up today.”

For more details or to sign up, call the fundraising team on 0208 548 7089, e-mail [email protected], or visit blesma.org.

Blesma, The Limbless Veterans is the national charity for all limbless service men and women, their widows and dependants. It was formed in the years following the First World War and became a national charity in 1932.