12 staff members from Specsavers Bradford Darley Street, Girlington, Otley and Ilkley walked a total of 20.8 miles in 6 ½ hours between stores on their valuable days off in order to raise money for C-R-Y (Cardiac Risk in the Young). Supported by the public, local press and radio the intrepid team raised an amazing £1200
Less people turned up to the Halloween ball than expected but we’ve a generous bunch of friends and family and raised £262.08 in a few hours! I wanted to raise money for CRY in memory of Alan Bain and as Halloween and partying were two of his favourite things, holding a Halloween Ball seemed perfect. I
Faith Howells raised nearly £370 and a shedload of awareness when she wore her CRY T-shirt while competing for Tom’s Fund in the Ealing half-marathon on Sunday, September 28. In what was Faith’s first half-marathon, she also beat her target time of 2 hours 20 minutes by a whopping 18 minutes. “I’m a little bit tired
In a first for Tom’s Fund, trampolines were used to help raise more than £270 for CRY at an event in Guildford, Surrey, on September 26. The money was raised at a charity aerobics and coffee session at Airhop trampoline park, one of the first such parks in the country. Organiser Nikki Smith, a family relative,
On what had threatened to be a very wet night we were entertained by a ‘ Heavenly Light Show’ during the 11th Annual 6th Form Memorial Match. Once again there was a very large capacity crowd of, extremely good natured, mainly young people. The Sackville v Imberhorne ‘Old Boys’ match kicked off the evening and, as
For many the clocks going back meant an extra hour in bed – not for Trinity Hall Boat Club. Instead it meant an extra hour to row as they undertook a 25 hour ergothon to raise funds for the refurbishment of their boathouse and for national charity “Cardiac Risk in the Young”. Double Olympic gold medallist,
In September 2013 the community of Llanishen was left devastated after the sudden death of 13 year old Owen Morris from a previously undiagnosed heart condition. Following Owen’s tragic death, his family and friends set up a group called “Remembering Owen” – from June 5th to 6th 2014, over 160 riders cycled from Cardiff City Stadium
Why Not Run is a Charity Fun Run for all the family and for all ages and abilities, which raises money for local children’s and young people’s charities. It is held in the grounds of Farringtons School in Chislehurst, Kent. The event, which this year took place on Sunday 11 May raised funds for CRY via the locally
Miccoli started off their weekend in Surrey with an appearance on Radio BBC Surrey on Friday 17th October. They were very well received in the shopping centre in Camberley and lots of people approached the band to find out more about CRY. The band are so pleased with the way the tour has gone so far
Following the great success achieved on completion of the Newport half marathon back in March, a small number of AC Pontymister players decided to challenge themselves again and aim to complete the Cardiff half marathon. This time participation was only thought about 3 weeks prior the event taking place, but a determined group including brother of