I went to a ladies fundraising night last year for CRY with a few friends. This was a charity I knew very little about, but after the evening, knew a great deal more. I do a lot of challenges throughout the year and said on that night that I would raise a few pounds for CRY
Marie Knight-Morton held a ‘Shaving Marie’s Head’ fundraising evening and raised £1,250 in memory of her best friend Margo and her daughter Mandi, Marie’s nephew Stephen and her son Lee. “I organised a charity event on 27 October 2015 in memory of my best friend Margo Wright, she died suddenly and totally unexpectedly on 19 October
I am not a particularly sporty person, but decided that the Hackney Half would be a great opportunity to raise money for a worthy cause and to increase my fitness/challenge myself. I was incredibly nervous before but nearly 13,000 people turned up to run and the atmosphere was fantastic. It was so heartwarming to see how
On Saturday 19th December 2015, five very special friends put on a ball in memory of our son Harry. 13 months previous to this date over a coffee I was asked how I felt about them organising an event to raise money and awareness for CRY. My reply was how honoured I would feel that they
We the CRY Babies had a successful cake sale and collection on Saturday and raised over £1200 for CRY. We were blessed with the weather outside our local booths in Garstang near Preston. Next Sunday we are running the Windermere marathon in memory of Matthew Hesmondhalgh who lost his life to an undetected heart condition. Matthews
Two Sport Rehabilitation students from The University of Nottingham have just completed their second year placement at Impact Physio. Part of their experience was to develop their skills in sports massage. 19 volunteers donated a fantastic total of £286 for a sports massage, not only giving the students valuable experience but supporting a great charity. A
The run went great, but my god it was SO hot! I finished in 2:42, nowhere near my planned timed but in 27 degree heat I was pleased to finish! My dad met me at mile 8 for moral support and ended up running the last 5 miles with me to keep me going, people were
On Sunday 8th May I ran the Hackney Half for Cardiac Risk in the Young. Along with thousands of others I crossed the start line, hoping that I wouldn’t evaporate in the 26 degree heat. The course began at Hackney marshes and weaved in and out of the east London streets, each corner as packed out
On 13th June 2015 11 of Joe’s friends and family climbed Snowdon and raised £1,520 which got Joe’s memorial fund to £8,500. Part of the money has now gone towards 100 heart screenings on Saturday 4th February 2017. I would like to give another massive thank you to everyone who helped and donated along the way
After months of training and losing two stone in weight, I felt nervous about running the race in a good time. I’d set myself a target of beating my previous time of 1:56:56 from the 2012 Leeds half-marathon and that anything more was a bonus! I was struck down with a bout of man flu in