Tony and I have been members of White Oaks Leisure Centre in Swanley, Kent for over a year. So we thought it would be an ideal place to have the CRY cake bake and reach many people of all age ranges. A meeting with Kevin Stanley the centre manager was more than successful. Not only did
Pictured are the lovely ladies who took part in Francesca’s floral workshop which raised £403.50 for Rory’s Foundation at CRY. The picture of the 3 florists show Tracy Crowcroft, Francesca, Rory’s sister, and Maria Burgess. Maria gave a demonstration of how to create a Christmas table centre. The ladies all created their own version which they
On the weekend of 23rd and 24th September 2017, over 30 cyclists from Timperley Boneshakers cycled to Morecombe and back. This was organised by Ian Elliot to raise funds in memory of Chloe Waddell, who died suddenly of an undiagnosed heart defect in February 2013 at the age of 16. Chloe’s mum, Fiona, and sister Holly, both
The staff, parents and the children of The Unicorn Primary School, Beckenham held a CRY awareness and fundraising week which culminated on Friday 24th November with a fantastic cake sale. The weeks’ events ended up raising £900 for CRY in memory of Evan James Shonfield. As well as the cake sale there was a raffle and
I was very pleased to be asked to speak on behalf of CRY at Hatfield Church, Doncaster at the carol concert organised by the Vermuyden Group of WI on 4th December. The photo shows Cath Watson (Vice President of the High Levels Group) myself and the reverend Liz Turner-Loisel. A collection was made at the service
Pictured are Jonathan and Gemma Wilstrop, Joanne Backhouse, Sue Wright, our trusty bartenders Wayne and Jo Mills, and Danny Clayton, who tested the whole of the cocktail menu for us! Many thanks to all who supported us. Anne Embling
Photos from Luke’s Tennis day – we were all a bit cold by the end of it but had great fun. Grandma and Auntie were manning the drinks, three ladies finished on equal points (so they are having the trophy for four months each!) and Luke’s best mate won the men’s. The photo is with his
This year we held our Great Cake Bake over two days on Friday 24th & Saturday 25th November 2017 from 9am – 6pm. In order to promote our event and raise awareness we organised vinyl banners to be printed and these were displayed outside of our cake bake venue on the weeks leading up to our
Well done to all the teams who took part in a Charity Netball Tournament in South Shields 25th November. 14 teams entered from across the North East including mixed teams and back to netball. After a full day of well contested netball, the final was between Gateshead Stadium and Property Mixed, it was a fab final
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