Sky Diving to Raise Money to Support Charlotte

CHARLOTTE'S ANGELS

Charlotte Pearce, 52, is a loving mum and wife. She has 4 children: John, 30 & Sarah, 25 both from a previous marriage, and Nathan, 19 & Josh, 15 with her husband Chris who she married in 2012 and has been with since 2003.

She has a passion for music and dancing, particularly 80s music, crafting, loved beach walking, swimming, animals, spending time with her family.

In March 2024, after experiencing muscle weakness in her legs for a period of time and going through multiple tests, Charlotte was sadly diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), a disease difficult to diagnose in its early stages. The NHS.uk website states MND is an uncommon condition affecting the brain and nerves, causing weakness that gets worse over time. There is no cure for MND and no treatments to reduce the impact on peoples lives.

Nearly 12 months later she is no longer able to stand and is reliant on a wheelchair to get around the house and when she goes out. Getting support for making valuable changes to her home to enable her to navigate and leave her house has been challenging and having a ground level, outdoor toilet has not been without difficulty, all resulting in Charlotte depending largely on family, friends and neighbours to help.

She started working at Holsworthy Medical Centre, part of Ruby Country Medical Group, in July 2023 as a Patient Services Advisor. Due to her mobility she is now working part-time from home, answering the phone with a cheery hello and smile and assisting patients as much as she can. She keeps in touch with her co-workers throughout the day through instant messages, emails and phone calls and often pops in to see them when she has appointments at North Devon Hospice located next door.

Much loved by her co-workers, some have come together, with a couple of family members and supported by their colleagues, to form Charlotte’s Angels: Melanie Slade, Paul Williams, Callum Luxton, Shannon Thomas, Phil Walmsley, Michelle Shadrick, Andrew Richards and Wendy Richards have set themselves the challenge of conquering their fear of heights, sky diving either 7,000 or 15,000 feet, in order to raise money to support Charlotte in any way she needs; be it for any equipment that may make her life as easy or comfortable as possible or a family holiday to help Charlotte and her family through this difficult time and to make treasured memories to last forever.

Those jumping have funded their own sky dive, booked for Friday 28th March at The Airfield, Dunkeswell, Honiton, aided by their colleagues to “man the fort” to allow them time off from work and to support them. We hope you will help them to raise as much money as possible for Charlotte and her family. Any donation big or small would be very much appreciated.

UPDATE: Due to strong winds making it unsafe to skydive on Friday 28th March we have rescheduled to Friday 25th April at 8.00 am. This gives us another 4 weeks to think about it (!!) but more importantly longer to raise funds to support Charlotte and her family. Thank you for your continued support.