Miccoli’s weekend at Slough was a big success and felt like their best weekend yet! Crowds formed to watch the band, lots of donations were collected (over £100!) and many young people took away leaflets and were keen to find out more about screening. Two articles were written about the tour in local Slough newspapers and
On Saturday 11th October at Pippingford Park a team of alive staff and Gym members took part in The Spartan Beast, a 20km + 26 obstacle race designed to challenge even the elite racer Alive Fitness & Natural Health likes to get involved with charities, and I was pleased when Alive picked C-R-Y to do the
I ran the Royal Parks Half Marathon on Sunday 12th September in memory of my brother who died of ARVC in April. For me, it not only marked 6 months since his death, but really, it signified a significant milestone in coming to terms with such a deep and turbulent loss. My brother was a truly
The trek was very tough, but great fun. There is something very fulfilling in completing a challenge with a group of people! Everyone has their own stories of what is motivating them, but everyone is geared to finish. A great atmosphere helps with the peaks and troughs of the trek. Everyone has the difficult moments where
On the 5th of September 2014, I organised ‘A Night for Mark’ in memory of my brother-in-law Mark Britton. The night helped raise awareness of the good work that CRY does, with posters and leaflets available for people to read. The room was packed with over 100 people attending the event. The night was a huge
The Miccoli’s weekend at Telford Shopping was a big success. It started off with a spot on BBC Radio Shropshire on Friday 3rd October. Lots of people turned up who had heard about the tour from the radio show and also a group of Miccoli fans came along to support the band which was a great
BBC news presenter and CRY patron Ben Brown successfully completed his first half-marathon and raised more than £1,000 in memory of Tom Clabburn for CRY on Sunday, October 12th. Ben, a CRY patron, took part in the Royal Parks Foundation half-marathon and finished in a time of 1hr 49mins. Ben said “It was wonderful to be able
On 5th October at Norton and Stockton Ancients FC three teams battled it out in a round robin competition for the inaugural challenge for the James Campbell Memorial Shield. Ex-Boro player Andy Campbell organised the tournament in memory of his cousin, 16 year old James who died last November from young sudden cardiac death and the
The weekend in Swindon was a success for Miccoli; on Friday 26th September they were interviewed for BBC Wiltshire and were also a hit with the shoppers in the Brunel shopping centre. On Friday 3rd October the band was also interviewed on BBC Radio Shropshire and they believe these are the first of many more radio
Thank you and congratulations to the 14 CRY runners who took part in the Windsor Half Marathon on Sunday 28th September 2014. The day started off a little cloudy but soon warmed up with temperatures reaching 24 degrees which, I’m sure the runners would agree, was a little too hot for running. Runners and spectators started