Some people will go to great lengths - and heights - to do their bit for a charity close to their heart.

Landlords and regulars from three Oxford pubs will be doing just that when they leap from planes 10,000ft off the ground to raise money for the Miriam Hyman Memorial Fund.

Miriam known to friends as Mim was killed in the July 7 London bombings last year and ever since her sister, Esther, of Cowley Road, Oxford, has been working hard to establish the fund.

Alan Pearce, of the Port Mahon in St Clements, Keiron Norrish, of the Hobgoblin, in Cowley Road, and Lianne Sampson of The Duke pub in St Clements, have all already signed up for the jump, which is due to take place next month, weather permitting.

Mr Norrish said: "There is a very close group of us that Miriam's sister Esther is part of.

"Through Esther we got to know Mim and so did all the regulars in the pub. She was a lovely girl, very fun loving and full of life.

"We wanted to do something for her memorial fund and when one of us suggested skydiving it just seemed the perfect thing to do."

He said the group had already raised £1,000.

Miriam died when the number 30 bus she was travelling on was ripped apart by a bomb in Tavistock Square.

Not long before that, 31-year-old Miriam had been called by her father John and had told him she was OK after being evacuated from King's Cross.

Earlier this month, family members attended a memorial event in London.

Not long after her death they decided they wanted to make something positive come of it and so set up the memorial fund, which has already raised more than £40,000.

It was set up with the initial aim of supporting a fellowship for the charity Orbis, which will enable eyecare experts in the developing world to undertake further training.

Some of this work is already under way, with a paediatric opthamologist from India receiving training at the Moorland Hospital in London thanks to the fund.

The Hyman family decided to support Orbis because Miriam was passionate about eyecare after discovering she was short-sighted in her teens.

To find out more about the Miriam Hyman Memorial Fund, log on at www. miriam-hyman.com and see www.orbis.org.uk People wishing to support the skydiving appeal are invited to drop into any of the three pubs to make donations to the fund.