A good night was had by all with six acts in total: Act 1 – Rita read a poem in Pam Ayres style that she had written about CRY and the fundraising events held by ‘Team Matt’ and the people who helped support Matt’s fund. Act 2 – Jasmine sang beautifully Adele’s “When we were young”
This is the third charity swim I’ve organised over the last three terms; the first one supporting Teenage Cancer Trust and second for Brain Tumour Research. I chose CRY on this occasion in memory of two sorely missed Berkhamsted School Boys, Harry Faulkner (February 2013) and Alex Hubbard (December 2014). The support from the
We decided to walk the 100k as a personal challenge to us all. We were keen walkers but had never done over 50 miles before. We all knew people who had suffered from heart problems and more recently my friends nephew who had collapsed while training. A number of the young athletes I train with
On the 15th April an open day at Mrs P’s Take Your Pick was held in remembrance of Aston Banbury. We raised £215 pounds. Thanks to all the people that helped on the day with the penalty shoot out, duck in the stream, rifle shooting, tombola, raffle, bric-a-brac, tea, coffee, cake, a hog roast and walks
Myself and my boyfriend James raised £500 in aid of this great charity by running the Paris Marathon. It was a mega challenge, especially for James who’d never done any long distance running before. The marathon was on an unbelievably hot day and therefore felt like you were pushing through a wall of heat. But it
Dancers from Bourne and Peterborough shimmied their socks off for CRY at a ladies’ belly dancing evening at the Cavell Centre at Peterborough Hospital on Friday 7th April. Three troupes, Jae’s Jewels, Samira’s Sisters and Nuriyah performed together with soloists, Clair, Tia and Jae. Included in the sparkling show was a workshop where staff and patients
Having lost a friend 6 years ago, I decided to start up a student-led project at the University of Nottingham to raise awareness to our peers and to fundraise. We decided to do a quiz night as a fun, social and easy event in order to raise funds and get to word out about CRY. We
Sadly in February his year our wonderful friend, colleague and teacher lost his life whilst playing football, James was just 28. It was then suggested to enter a staff team into the Hornsea Third Marathon in James’ memory. We chose the charity CRY because a few years ago we at Hornsea School also lost a wonderful
We held a belly dance event in aid of CRY, from which we have now raised £1,006.32 in memory of Rowena Crabb-Minshall It was held at the Cavell Centre, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust, organised by myself, Betty-Ann Abbott (I’m the black lady with the cheesy grin). Betty-Ann Abbott
After losing our beautiful 22 year old son, Matthew, to SADS in August 2011 and then learning about CRY, we knew immediately we wanted to do something to help support CRY’s mission. But, just getting through those awful days was challenge enough. It was hard to think straight let alone fundraise, so, as Matt had enjoyed