Teachers tackle skydive for Southport girl's charity

The teachers said they wanted to inspire children to "be brave and live their lives"

Two teachers from a school attended by one of the girls killed in the Southport stabbings have completed a charity skydive to raise funds for a charity set up in her name.

Jennifer Sephton and Adrian of Farnborough Road School raised more than £18,000 for the Elsie's Story charity.

The charity was set up in memory of former pupil Elsie Dot Stancombe, who was one of three girls killed at the dance class murders in the Merseyside town in July last year.

"We are both so proud to be supporting Elsie's Story so that Elsie is remembered as the beautiful young person that she was," Ms Sephton said.

"It was always a privilege to teach Elsie and be part of her learning journey at Farnborough.

"She was such a charismatic, determined young lady who always had an infectious energy and a sparkle in her eyes.

"Elsie is our inspiration and we wanted to do something to honour her memory and celebrate her incredible spirit."

Elsie was described by her teachers as a "charismatic, determined young lady"

Mr Antell said: "We both want to inspire children to be brave, live their lives and grab every moment that they can.

"Without a doubt we were both going to be very scared when it came to jumping. But we knew Elsie would be absolutely overjoyed to know her teachers were doing a skydive for her."

The skydive was just one event in a series of fundraising activities over the weekend.

On Friday, pupils at Farnborough Road enjoyed a "break the rules day" which saw them donate money in exchange for being allowed to break a list of 15 rules in school.

On Saturday, pupils, teachers and parents also raised funds through the Southport Colour Run, which took place at Southport Rugby Club.