She paid £50 of her own money to secure the booking and began fundraising through a JustGiving page and a collection at her workplace.
“I’ve raised nearly £1,000, about £500 in cash and the rest online,” she said. “I was literally about to pay the rest last week. I’m so glad I didn’t.”
The skydive was especially meaningful for Ms Cann, who was fundraising in memory of her father-in-law, Roger Cann, who died at Rowcroft Hospice on 13 December.
“They’re like angels in disguise,” she said of the hospice staff. “Everyone gave money thinking I was going to do this skydive, and now I feel really bad for them,” adding she was determined to complete a skydive elsewhere.
Rosie Dawson, from Dawlish, said her niece had been expecting to jump on…