Chloe Hayton’s hair-raising adventure

A hairstylist from Barnard Castle is to swap her scissors for a ripcord and parachute to skydive for charity later this month.

Chloe Hayton, who works at Saks Hair Salon, will take to the skies on Sunday, November 22, in aid of the Eve Appeal, a charity that raises awareness and funds research into gynaecological cancers.

It is the first time the 23-year-old will be jumping out of an aeroplane.

She said: “I keep going through waves of excited to absolutely so nervous, but I think what keeps pushing me through is that I’m raising money, doing charity, there is no backing out now.

“I chose the Eve Appeal because as Saks, we work with that charity, so I’ve seen how important their work is and wanted to do my bit to support such a worthwhile cause.

“Also, my nana, Jane, had gynaecological cancer.”

Fortunately, her nana had an early diagnosis and has successfully undergone treatment.

For Chloe the daring stunt is also about empowering woman.

She said: “News recently has not been the nicest for being a woman and I was frustrated I couldn’t do anything, so I thought, let’s do something positive for us girls.

“It was just one of those things, I sat thinking I must do something and skydiving was the biggest thing I could think of and I thought, ‘oh, just do it’.”

Chloe aims to raise £1,000 for the charity.

To support the cause visit justgiving.com/fundraising/chloe-hayton

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