Fourteen students to go sky-high for the ARCHIE Foundation

Child-nursing students from Dundee University will take a 10,000ft skydive later this year as they raise funds for the ARCHIE Foundation.

A team of 14 students will make the jump on Saturday June 9 in order to raise money for ARCHIE’S Tayside Children’s Hospital appeal.

All the donations they raise will go towards a new children’s surgical day care unit, with two paediatric operating theatres.

The new unit will not only double the operating capacity in Tayside but it will also transform the experience of the 3,000 children who need operations in Ninewells every year – providing child-friendly and age-appropriate spaces.

Laurie Roberts, a secondyear child nursing student, said: “The ARCHIE Foundation is a great local charity that raises funds for children and their families in the local area and further afield.

“Our donations will go towards the world-class twin suites that are being built at Ninewells.

“Currently all child dental work is carried out in adult facilities, so the children’s hospital appeal will make a big difference to children physically, emotionally and medically.

“We’re really looking forward to the skydive and you never know, we could end up working in the new suites.”

Linda Meiklejohn, ARCHIE Tayside fundraising assistant, said they were thrilled that the students have chosen to raise money for the appeal.

She said: “The fundraising skydive is such a lovely demonstration of the partnership between the ARCHIE Foundation, NHS Tayside and the University of Dundee.”

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