A skydive raised £4,200 for a charity, as eight colleagues from the mall took on the challenge.

Ask Me Point supervisor at the Mall Blackburn, Jason Cothliff teamed up with his colleagues to skydive for the mall's chosen charity, Theo's Warriors.

Mr Cothliff said: "The reality set in when we flew above the clouds but the adrenaline had taken over by then and before I knew it I was sailing through the sky strapped to my instructor.

"The free fall was incredible and then when the parachute opened it was just so silent and serene as we floated back down to the ground.

"Every single one of the team of eight completed the jump, in fact three of them decided to add another 4,000 feet onto their descent – but 11,000 was more than enough for me at the time.

"We have been working with the team at Theo’s Warriors throughout the year and hearing about all these brave little children fighting this huge battle has really struck a chord with me.

"I teamed up with colleagues and friends and we set up a Just Giving page, did lots of bucket collections and handed out sponsorship forms in a bid to hit our £1,880 target which we have more than doubled."