TWO sisters will be jumping out of a plane to raise awareness after their dad was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.

Stacey Clark and her sister Jenna Skelton, from Colchester, found out their dad, Steve, had myeloma in January.

There is no cure for this cancer, which affects the bone marrow and blood, and so the sisters are making it their mission to help charities carry out research.

They admit they had never heard of the cancer until their father’s diagnosis and want to raise awareness.

Stacey, 28, said: “I think the diagnosis shocked dad as when you hear the word cancer you think ‘Oh, my God’.

“Dad is being monitored every three months with blood tests.

“There are three stages with the cancer - stage one is just monitoring, stage two calls for treatment and at stage three there is nothing more you can do.

“Thankfully he is only stage one.”

Steve, 64, is still working as a tour bus driver and is thankfully healthy despite his condition.

He originally went to the doctor asking for blood tests after his brother was diagnosed with diabetes.

He was experiencing the same symptoms, including itchy legs and fatigue.

However, his test results showed he was anaemic and further tests revealed he had the rare form of cancer.

His daughters will take part in a skydive at Hinton Airfield on September 1.

They said it was a once in a lifetime experience, but they wanted to raise as much awareness of the condition as possible.

A freefall of 10,000ft seemed like the best way to do it, and Stacey said she managed to encourage her older sister Jenna, 32, into taking part with her.

Stacey will be filming the whole thing on her GoPro camera.

Their family is also hosting a coffee afternoon in July with friends.

All money will go to Myeloma UK, the only organisation in the UK dealing exclusively with myeloma.

The charity does not receive any Government funding, and it relies on voluntary donations for its research.

Myeloma is a type of cancer which develops from cells in the bone marrow called plasma cells.

Myeloma can develop wherever there are plasma cells. It can be anywhere there is bone marrow, including the pelvis, spine and ribcage.

To donate visit justgiving.com/fundraising/stacey-clark7.

A donation of £500 advances myeloma research by paying for the genetic analysis of two tissue samples.