On the 26th and 27th July 2014, Will Gilbey, Ali Leighton, Harry Sambrook, Michael Andrews, Richard Morton and myself Joel Mellmann, began our 48 hour cycling challenge to raise money in memory of Harry Faulkner. We decided to complete 1706km between the 6 of us on 2 stationary gym bikes, in teams of 3 at RAF
On Friday 13th February 2015 a group of young ladies from St Julies Catholic High School, came together to do a morning of bingo, raffles and a tuck shop. The people that took part in the event were St Julies Year 7 & 8 pupils who really enjoyed the morning. The girls put great effort and
These pictures show our Christmas Market which 7th Hampton, All Saints’, Beaver Scouts organised to raise funds for CRY in memory of Scott Thurlow (the uncle of one of our children) and Joe Williams (my son’s best friend). The children made all sorts of goods to sell, such as candles, tree decorations, mince pies and bath
6th-16th February 2015 On 6 February seven CRY supporters took the overnight flight to Delhi to take on the challenge of a lifetime. They formed part of a group of 63 cyclists of all abilities who had one thing in common – to raise funds for heart charities. This was the Big Heart Bike Ride 2015,
11th February 2015 A cake bake at the BBC raised nearly £100 and plenty of awareness for Tom and Claire’s Fund and CRY on February 11. BBC journalist Jasmine Coleman said: “People in the BBC Newsroom came together to tuck into cake, take a moment to chat and raise money for Tom and Claire’s fund this
17th January 2015 The idea for the event originated through members of a local rugby club Nantymoel RFC, for whom Daniel’s brother Tom plays. The members had already successfully raised funds for another good cause and thought it appropriate to extend this support to Tom’s chosen charity also. The concert was held at a fairly compact
We both took on the Mudderella Challenge in August 2014 in memory of a dear Uncle and family friend, John Cawte. We completed 12 obstacles that included underground tunnels, balancing beams, wading through waist deep mud and ending with a vertical drop slide into muddy water! We really enjoyed our day and even did a bit
At AXA Lytham all employees have an opportunity each calendar year to submit a charity of their choice, for the site to support. A great many local and national charities are submitted and over the years we are proud of the generosity in both the time staff put in to each charity and the amount of
This is Chris Key, the UK Resident Director of Les Miserables. Ben gave him much support and the final sum raised was amazing. Various pictures from a Christmas Fair in Sandhurst. CRY teddies, for which I knitted hats and scarves. They were a big seller along with Santa Soup, reindeer food
30th January 2015 Olivia’s 21st birthday fundraiser went extremely well, a lot better than we expected. The room was packed and we got a lot more donations than we thought. We did a silent auction with 3 main prizes, Manchester united shirt, Salford rugby shirt and Ricky Hatton boxing gloves. We also had around 30 raffle