CRY Great Cake Bake:

NHS England chose C-R-Y as their preferred charity for October-December and I undertook a ‘Great NHS England Bake off’ on Monday 27 November, followed by a cake sale. Michelle Lake, Head of Revalidation played a key role in devising the poster and organising the day with me.

12 fantastic entries were received from staff within the Medical team, Nursing and Quality, Ops & Delivery, Finance team and Networks & Senate, all of whom were deserving of a prize.

It was definitely a difficult decision for the three experienced judges. Elliot Howard-Jones, Manjit Darby and Aly Rashid had the task of tasting the baking and marking for both appearance and taste.

1^st Place                          Lisa March, Assistant Director of Quality

2^nd Place                         Sukhi Semar, Administrator in the Appraisal & Revalidation Team

3^rd Place                         Wendy Hoult, Better Care Fund Implementation Manager for Ops and Delivery

Following the competition, the cakes were sold off with £254 being raised on the day.

Raffle:

A Mega Raffle was held between October and November. Between September to October I contacted friends, family, and many organisations asking for support of raffle prizes. My family donated the first three prizes shown on the attached flyer. There were a total of 30 prizes donated. Tickets were sold for £1 each and £775 was raised.

Total raised from the two fundraisers: £1029.00

Thorpe Langton Village Christmas Party:

Sue Lambert organised the annual village xmas party on Sunday 3 December which took place in the Bakers Arms, Pub/Restaurant, Thorpe Langton.  The owners Kate and Tim Hubbard close on a Sunday evening but kindly opened to the villagers for their annual get together.  £375 was raised on the night with the funds being split between three charities; one of which was to C-R-Y.

Sue Dyson