Two women who work for a disability charity took part in a skydive to raise money to support its work.

Karen Morton, 32, and 28-year-old Miranda jumped 15,000ft from a plane as part of a fundraising challenge to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Walsingham Support which runs services for disabled people across Cumbria.

Karen, a locality manager with Walsingham, who lives in Whitehaven and colleague Miranda Harrison from Egremont, who is a support worker with the charity, joined the company's chief executive Paul Snell in the skydive.

Also taking part in the jump at Cark Airfield in south Cumbria was 75-year-old support worker Eileen Oliver who lives in Surrey.

Mr Snell said: "I’m not good with heights so it was an amazing but terrifying experience.

"It was a great way to raise awareness and celebrate this huge milestone in the Walsingham Support story, but I think next time around I’ll go for a sponsored activity that keeps me firmly on the ground.”

Walsingham Support runs 36 services across Cumbria supporting more than 90 people with disabilities.

In total the team have raised over £4,048 so far which will help fund new projects and purchase equipment that will support people with disabilities to live more independent lives."

To donate visit the JustGiving page www.justgiving.com/walsinghamsupport/.