A ROSSENDALE mum has plunged thousands of feet through the air to raise money for a charity close to her heart.

Rochelle Coleman-Taylor, 30, from Rawtenstall, and her sister Victoria Coleman, from Bacup, threw themselves out of a plane in the skies above Lancaster to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

Rochelle’s son Fletcher Taylor, four, was born with the dilapidating condition and now requires physio every morning and night and has to take 40 tablets a day.

He has recently started at Constable Lee St Paul’s Primary School.

Rochelle said: “He can do everything at school. He plays sports and goes swimming. He is pretty healthy really.

“He loves going to school. He was at nursery full time so is used to being around other children.”

Fletcher was born at Burnley General Hospital but was transferred to St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester, where he underwent an operation just days later.

Rochelle and husband Graham Taylor said they knew nothing about the illness when Fletcher was diagnosed.

She said: “We had to learn all about it. We didn’t know what it was at first.

“We spent a lot of time looking on websites and getting information as we had to know what to do and what he required.”

The couple have also got a one-year-old son, Arlo Taylor, who doesn’t suffer from Cystic Fibrosis.

The skydive raised £2,500 for the trust.

“There is no cure for Cystic Fibrosis at the moment and the best hope of finding one is through the trust,” said Rochelle, who works with her 27-year-old sister Victoria at Camfil Farr in Haslingden.

“Life expectancy is 38 but we want to give people a better chance of life.

“I did an abseil to raise money in 2006 so felt I had to better that.

“The skydive was a fabulous experience, one of the best of my life."