CRY’s 4^th annual Raising Awareness Week will run from Friday 10^th October to Saturday 18^th October.  It is later than usual this year, in order to include CRY’s International Medical Conferences on October 10^th and 11^th, and the CRY Parliamentary Reception on October 15^th. 

We are looking for supporters who would consider helping us to raise awareness and funds in their local community, by manning information stalls; organising fundraising events; giving talks at clubs; distributing CRY posters for display, and so on.  We are also hoping to recruit at least 20 brave volunteers for a Parachute Jump Day on Sunday 12^th October at Brackley airfield near Oxford.

Here are some of the ways in which you can help:     

• Team up with family, friends or colleagues and organise a fundraising event in your local area - either during Raising Awareness Week or some time during the month of October. We can send you a fundraising pack, which includes an A to Z of fundraising ideas, or check out our Past Events section for inspiration!
• Organise and man an information stand in your local shopping centre, health club, leisure centre or any other club where you are a member.
• If you are a longstanding supporter of CRY and feel confident enough, you could give a short talk about CRY at your club or society, as well as displaying our literature and having a collection box for donations. On request, we can provide you with a CD containing a CRY PowerPoint presentation.
• CRY has a designated Parachute Jump day on Sunday 12th October at Brackley airfield near Oxford.  We are looking for at least 20 brave CRY supporters to take part in a tandem parachute jump (i.e. strapped to the instructor) on this day.

If you don’t have time to organise or take part in any of the above, but would still like to help raise awareness of CRY you could:

• distribute some CRY postcards relevant to your region for sending to MPs

• ask local shops, clubs, societies, gyms, pubs, etc in your area if they will put up a poster promoting CRY

Important Notes

• Most Local Authorities do not require you to have a licence to hand out literature or sell merchandise, provided you are representing a registered charity, although you might want to confirm this with your own Local Authority if you intend to do this sort of thing.

• If you are thinking of holding a raffle on your stall or at an event, we would be pleased to give you the details of our Licence Number, and also some general guidelines for running raffles.

• Should you decide to organise an information stand, permission will be required from the relevant authority - e.g. Local Authority, shopping centre manager, manager of gym, etc.  It is important that you get permission for your stand from whoever has authority over your intended venue.

E-mail the CRY office at cry@c-r-y.org.uk if you have any questions about

Raising Awareness Week or the CRY Parachute Jump Day