A DAREDEVIL radio presenter and actress from Gwynedd who starred in the hit TV drama Hidden is taking a “leap of faith” in aid of a children’s charity.

Megan Llŷn, who hails from Sarn Mellteyrn on the Llyn Peninsula and co-presents the Heart North & Mid Wales drive time show with Oli Kemp, will be doing a tandem skydive today.

Every penny raised will be going to Heart’s charity, Make Some Noise, and among the organisations receiving a grant will be Amy and Friends.

The charity, which has bases in Flint, Rhyl and on the Wirral, was set up to support the families of people affected by Cockayne Syndrome, a rare and debilitating premature ageing disorder.

Meg, who trained at the same drama college as fellow Heart presenter Amanda Holden, played the part of Beth John, in the critically acclaimed television murder mystery series, Hidden, which was shown in Welsh on S4C and in English on the BBC.

She also won the Llwyd o’r Bryn Memorial Prize for those aged 21 and over at the National Eisteddfod in Llanrwst in August.

It was only after she agreed to do the jump that Meg realised, it would happen the day after her 27th birthday which means any celebrations will have to be put on hold until after the skydive.

In the meantime, she says she will be adding Tom Petty’s ‘Free Fallin’ and Coldplay’s ‘Parachutes’ to her playlist as she gears herself up to jump out of a plane at 10,000ft above the Tilstock airfield near Whitchurch in Shropshire.

Meg said: “I’ll be starting my 28th year on earth with a bang. It means I won’t be having any celebratory glasses of wine just a quiet dinner with my mum. However, no doubt we will party after the jump is done and out of the way - provided I’m still in one piece!

“Our Heart Breakfast presenter, Amanda Holden, did a sky dive for the same charity and I thought if Amanda can do it then so can I.

“It was a bit of an off the cuff remark on air and that was it, too late to pull out. Now I’m destined to jump out of a plane at 10,000 feet.

“It actually won’t be the first charity parachute jump I’ve done, I did one for the Teenage Cancer Trust in 2014. I just remember the feeling of absolute terror just before they opened the door and it was time to go.

“It’s a tandem jump so I will have an expert there and in charge. I did invite my mum to come and watch but she declined. She’s very proud of me, as are my two sisters and my brother, but she’s a bit too nervous to watch.”

Meg is presenting the Meg and Oli show on Heart North Wales until January and says she is really enjoying the experience.

She said; “I’m providing maternity cover for the regular presenter, Lois Cernyw, at the moment but really enjoying myself.

"I’m having a ball presenting alongside Oli on Heart North & Mid Wales. It’s given me chance to do things like this crazy parachute jump.

Co-presenter, Oli Kemp, said: “I am so very proud of Meg. She’s a brilliant presenter and a lot of fun to work with but this is something else. It takes a lot of guts to jump out of a plane at 10,000ft. I take my hat off to her.”

The Amy and Friends charity which Megan is raising money for was set up in 2007 to help provide comfort and support for victims of Cockayne Syndrome, which among symptoms causes premature ageing.

The charity was named after Wallasey-born Amy Garton-Hughes and now runs weekly clubs called My Time to Be Me in the Wirral and Rhyl.

Anybody wanting to sponsor Meg can do so via www.heart.co.uk/northwales/events/local/daredevil-meg-takes-leap-of-faith-for-gmsn