A Folk and Country evening was held in Dronfield’s Pioneer Club on 17th December 2012 to raise both awareness and funds for CRY. Around 100 people attended the event and the main band for the evening (which included one of Elaine’s former teaching colleagues) gave their time for free. It was a very pleasant evening with
In November 2014 during Elaine’s presidency of Dronfield Inner Wheel, she held her first coffee morning to raise funds for screening in Dronfield. It was in conjunction with CRY’s Great Cake Bake held at the end of Raising Awareness Week. Over 40 people attended. It was a very special day.
Some members of Dronfield Inner Wheel including Elaine made a patchwork quilt which was raffled for CRY. This raised £1000. Many thanks to Susanne Haywood who not only gave the fabric, designed the quilt but also guided the others throughout the making. The draw was made on 20th December 2012, the 20th anniversary of Neil Ward’s
A charity fundraising ball was held at the Victoria & Albert hotel in Manchester, in memory of Amy Jayne Russell, who died 15th October 2004 in Fuerteventura of an undiagnosed medical condition. A total of £2,158 was raised. The ball was attended by 130 of her family – friends and supporters. The ex Manchester United player ‘Stormin Norman’
Daniel Launder kindly chose C.R.Y for his schools annual Christmas charity. Daniel lost his uncle Ronnie to sudden death in April 2008. Daniel really enjoys helping raise money, £417 was raised from the generous parents of Oasis academy Pinewood.
19th September 2014 Our aim was to raise money to fund the purchase of a defibrillator to be available at our local football development centre where the Milton Branch of the North Staffs Lads and Dads play their home matches. The day was a great success and we raised a fantastic amount of money, over £4000.
Laura and close friend Natalie Bridgman, 28, from Stubbington, planned and organised a charity ball in memory of David, calling it the Red Heart Ball. They raised almost £5,000 from the Red Heart Ball and Barclays – where Natalie works as branch manager in Park Gate – added a further £4,000. It took Laura and Natalie
On 1st November 2014 several friends and I climbed Mount Snowdon. It was double celebrations as it was our friend’s 30th birthday and I managed to raise £422 for CRY. The weather wasn’t brilliant, it was cold, wet and very windy and it got a little scary at times but we climbed up in 3 hours
Event write up courtesy of Inspire Racing Team Around 12 months ago, and before our team was even officially launched, a fund raising initiative was started which involved completing the following “Tour De France” card: The idea for the card came from the old pub style footy cards that Sunday League teams hand around the bar
13th February 2015 People say Friday 13th is a day based on bad luck. Well not in Wolverhampton, as the Nagra family took over 4 Barclays and Santander banks to raise awareness about CRY and raise money through donations by selling cakes, samosas and raffle prizes. The day was a huge success with the total amount