THREE daredevil fundraisers will launch themselves from a plane in a bid to raise money to help a disabled Chard teenager access treatment abroad.

Cameron Anderson suffers from the rare disease Peroxisomal Biogenesis Disorder, which leaves him with crippling pain.

The 17-year-old suffers severe bone pain and the disorder causes his hips to dislocate constantly .

Friends Kate Letten, Alice Ruckert and Kayleigh Heald are taking on a 15,000ft skydive to raise money to send Cameron to the US.

The funds will be raised through the Global Foundation for Peroxisomal Disorders, a charity which specialises in Cameron’s condition.

His family feels that due to the pain his condition leaves him in this could be his last chance to travel abroad for specialist help and advice.

He will have the chance to see physicians and scientists who specialise in the disease, as well as renowned professionals at the conference in Nebraska.

Cameron’s mum, Tash, said: “There won’t be another chance like this for another two years at least, and we don’t know what state his bones and joints will be in at that point, so if we’re going to do a long trip it needs to be this year.

“It’s a long shot, but if we don’t raise the funds in time anything we do raise will go straight to the GFPD – an amazing charity which raises funds to help families and pay for much needed research.

“I hope we’ll be able to find a solution or a plan to help combat the severe pain Cam suffers daily due to bone pain – something we’ve struggled to get on top of here in the UK despite our doctor’s and specialists’ best efforts.

“We’ll also have the opportunity to meet and network with other families faced with the same devastating disorder to provide support to us as a family.”

Kate, of Chard, who is friends with Cameron’s parents, says the trio felt they needed to do something to help.

They have launched a campaign called Let’s Get Cam to America in the hope that they can help fund the trip.

She told the News: “We really want to do this for Cameron and his family – he’s such a wonderful and amazing young lad, and we want to raise as much as we can to show them how much we want to get them to America.”

Sponsors have offered to pay for the skydives so all the money can go to benefit the charity.

David Lane and Tony Lane, of Newdawn Windows, are sponsoring Kate, Southwest Highways is funding Alice, and Kayleigh’s dad is paying for her jump.

The skydive is on Saturday, May 23, and the fundraisers are appealing for anyone who would like to help to visit one of the three funding websites – www.gofundme.com/nxy8zo, www.go fundme.com/o2o044 or www.gofund me/ny9y4w