With regards to both the day and the reasons behind running The Oxford Half Marathon on behalf of CRY, it would not have been possible without meeting a lady called Emma Jones. Emma’s brother Iain was taken at the age of 26 only a couple of years ago, and we were inspired by both the efforts
In October 2006 very suddenly we lost a father, husband, son, brother and uncle – Graham Button to sudden cardiac death. Over the last 10 years the family have endeavoured to raise as much money as possible in Graham’s memory for CRY. Events have included walks, cakes sales and gala dinners. But this year to mark
We managed to raise £4’000 for our Cry charity, we also supported another charity which is fitting defibrillators in local areas in Bedfordshire which links in nicely with our CRY charity. The day was fantastic and people donated generously which was very touching to us and Marks family. James, Mark, Shane and Marcus were best friends
Our local Girlguiding group held their annual Christmas carol concert at the beginning of December, each year the collection goes to a nominated charity. I put forward CRY and it was agreed. I spoke during the service about what the charity does and we prayed for my friend Ella Keeler who passed away from an undiagnosed
On Saturday December 3rd 2016, a charity race night with auction and raffle was held for Cardiac Risk in the Young. The venue was Allscott Sports & Social Club in Telford and was attended by members, family and friends. A lot of hard work went into making this event a success by Peter Starling who is
On Sunday 18th December 2016 we held a Santa Dash for Dale Tennent-Butler’s memorial fund which holds CRY heart screening for local Kings Langley young people. This year we held our 5th screening at Kings Langley School – so we have tested close to 1000 young hearts. We raised £4000 which includes a donation page from
Myself (Natasha) and my partner Vincent completed a skydive in loving memory of my cousin Emily Rose Dunn. We raised £360 for the charity CRY on her behalf. Such a kind sweet soul gone way to soon. Our family will never be complete again without her in it. I regret due to long distances that I didn’t
I decided to do a curry off instead of a bake-off, as my baking skills are not up to scratch. I made 45 curries for all my colleges at work (Agility Logistics) and sold them to raise money for the CRY. They went down a treat, my colleges loved them and can’t wait for the next
We did a Tombola on Sunday 11th dec for cry at my work place Ashridge house Hult. They have a santa’s grotto out in the gardens of Ashridge house every year! It’s magical! the elves take the children and their mums and dads to see Santa, then afterwards inside mince pies , cakes mulled wine and
On 6th January 2016 my fiancé Craig suddenly passed away. He was at work just a normal day with his whole life ahead of him. We had a holiday to Florida planned that year and our wedding booked for the 10th June 2017, on this day my whole world fell apart when I got the call at