[Archived] Dive with Sharks for Charity!

[KidsCan]

Hello again everyone!

Would you like to help KidsCan cure childhood cancers, by joining us at Blue Planet Aquarium for a social with sharks?!

Best of all… it's FREE to take part!

Minimum sponsorship for this event is £300, but only £150 needs to be in 2 weeks prior to event to guarantee your place.

We can supply you with fundraising materials, personalised sponsor forms etc to help you with your fundraising.

For further information and to sign up, please contact chris@kidscan.org.uk or call 0161 295 3864

To register your interest, sign up here!

http://www.kidscanevents.org.uk/shark-dive-events/shark-dives

If you would like to watch a video of our first shark dive, click here! -

We only have 6 places so please sign up asap!

[colin]

So.....it's free, but you need to get other people to sponsor you to the tune of £300 to have a (presumably) safe swim with some sharks?

This is so weird, can you explain a bit more?

[KidsCan]

So.....it's free, but you need to get other people to sponsor you to the tune of £300 to have a (presumably) safe swim with some sharks?

This is so weird, can you explain a bit more?

As you can imagine, the places to dive aren't free to us.

We have to buy them from Blue Planet.

As we buy them in a group it is cheaper than buying individual places.

However it's still not that cheap, hence why we need to set the target at £300 in order to cover the cost of the places while making it a worthwhile event for the charity to hold.

If you were to go to Blue Planet and buy your own place it will cost over £200.

In terms of the safety, while the Sharks are fed every week, you can't predict what they will do.

They normally only feed about once or twice a month in the wild so they have no real want to attack anything else to get more food, but that's not guaranteed.

There are also sting rays and other fish in the tank too.

You are in the tank with 2 other instructors who will keep an eye on where the sharks are all over the tank to keep you as safe as possible, but ultimately you are in a tank with something over 10ft long with over 250 teeth.

[KidsCan]

Only 1 place left to take part in the Shark Dive!

Let me know if you are interested!

Thanks again

[Batman.]

In terms of the safety, while the Sharks are fed every week, you can't predict what they will do.

They normally only feed about once or twice a month in the wild so they have no real want to attack anything else to get more food, but that's not guaranteed.

There are also sting rays and other fish in the tank too.

You are in the tank with 2 other instructors who will keep an eye on where the sharks are all over the tank to keep you as safe as possible, but ultimately you are in a tank with something over 10ft long with over 250 teeth.

Talk about the hard sell...

[KidsCan]

Hi all,

No sooner do I give the other a bump up the page, than one of my divers has to drop out of the shark dive giving us a spare slot!

So, with that in mind, are there any of you out there who would like to take part in a Shark Dive on Saturday 17th March?

To sign up, please visit our events website – http://www.kidscanevents.org.uk/shark-dive-events/shark-dives

Or for more information, reply to this thread, send me a message or e-mail me – chris@kidscan.org.uk

Thank you!

[KidsCan]

Hi Everyone,

Rather than making a new thread, I thought I would locate the old one!

Hopefully you're all still keen to take part in a charity shark dive.
Just in case you've forgotten, it's in aid of KidsCan, the children's cancer research charity.

We've just booked in a new dive date - Saturday 7th December!

Believe it nor not, we're still offering this amazing challenge for FREE!
There is a sponsorship target, but we'll help you raise it however we can.

If you would like to sign up, please visit this link - http://tinyurl.com/KCSharkDives

And as ever, if you have any questions, please ask away now!
Best wishes,

KidsCan

[broadsword]

Can I pay for Steve Kean, Jerome Anderson and Balaji to take part??

[KidsCan]

Can I pay for Steve Kean, Jerome Anderson and Balaji to take part??

You could, but it would set you back quite a bit. It's better if there's a multiple of two.

While your offer is kind, I'm not sure many on here would sponsor them!

[Sparky Marky]

Quick whip round on this board would raise the money in a couple of minutes to feed them arseholes to Jaws..

[KidsCan]

While I can certainly appreciate your stand, that might stop us doing shark dives in future I'm afraid.

[Sparky Marky]

I'd say that you wouldn't need to raise anymore money in sponsorship.

[KidsCan]

Hi everyone!

We've only got 3 places left for the Shark Dive on the 7th December!
Still time to sign up! Please click here - http://tinyurl.com/KidsCanSharkDives

If the thought of sharks doesn't appeal, why not take part in our Zip Slide from the Imperial War Museum North, Salford Quays on 13th October?
From 30metres up, you'll zip over 250metres across the Manchester Ship Canal and finish in front of the Lowry Theatre!
Please sign up via this link! http://tinyurl.com/KidsCan-ZipSlide

If you're not a fan of sharks, or heights, I'm sure we can find something for you!
Thanks again,

KidsCan

[KidsCan]

Hi again everyone.

Just thought I'd let you know that we've got 1 place left if you're feeling the need for a zip slide across Salford Quays from the Imperial War Museum North!

For those of you fancying a challenge that's a bit more nerve racking we've still got 2 places spare in our Shark Dive at Blue Planet Aquarium on 7th December!

If you would like to join us for either of these events, please get in touch!
Thanks again,

The KidsCan Team

[KidsCan]

If you were hoping to get a place in the Zip Slide I'm afraid they've all gone!

However, we do still have places available for the Shark Dive on 7th December!
If you would like more information on how to get involved, please e-mail chris@kidscan.org.uk

Many thanks,

The KidsCan Team

[KidsCan]

The Zip Slide was a great success!
If any of you would like to see the photos, there on KidsCan's Facebook.
Hopefully that will inspire you to take part next time!

There's still a couple of spaces left on the Shark Dive on 7th December if any of you would like to take part?
Hopefully we can get some of you doing something for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month which happens to be December!