Little Ealing Primary School held a second hand toy sale/cake sale on Thursday 9th October to raise funds for CRY in memory of Tom Clabburn. A total sum of £536 was raised. CRY materials were displayed to further raise awareness, as were the collection shakers. Notification of the BBC radio 4 broadcast for the 13th October
5th October 2008 We had a full house at the salon on October 5th and all my staff gave up their time, as well as some of my friends. Tam and the girls were there, and Tam’s sisters also came down for the day – getting their hair cut and joining in with the fun. We
5th October 2008 The streets of Newcastle were busy on Sunday 5th October 2008 with 52,000 runners pounding the pavements. The BUPA Great North Run’s 13.1 mile route starts in Newcastle passing through the Tyne Bridge onto Gateshead, then South Tyneside before finishing in South Shields on the coast. I managed to complete the run in
3rd October 2008 As part of CRY’s Raising Awareness Week, our County Representative for Kent, James Brown, went back to his old school on Friday to talk to a group of 13-16 year olds about the charity and his story. James’ old Sports and Economics teacher at Sevenoaks School, Alex Smith, read about the death of
August 2008 Well we did it, but it was extremely difficult – probably one of the hardest things we have done. So the money raised for Prostate Cancer and CRY has been well earned! We started in good spirits at Ben Nevis, all coming through with flying colours. A difficult climb – cold and wet at
My flatmate (Tom Brooks) and I decided to raise money for CRY due to Tom’s school friend passing away a few years ago. We entered the London Triathlon on Saturday 9th August in the ‘Sprint’ event – which is half of the Olympic distance you will have seen the super-fit guys doing in Beijing this summer,
July 2008 My 17-year-old son Harvey was a gifted and talented musician, playing the flute and drums, ‘preferably loud!’ With Harvey’s passion for music in mind I decided to undertake a musical challenge and raise funds for CRY at the same time. In February I bought a viola much to the amusement of the rest of
Our 1st Charity Golf Day was held at the Gog Magog golf club in Cambridge. The event was primarily used as a spring board for our main charity event when we do the Three Peaks Challenge at the end of August. We did a raffle as well as playing the golf and raised over £1000 for
Money was raised for the Stevie Wiggins Memorial Fund within CRY, through two events held at Preston Grasshoppers rugby club. “Stars in the Club’s Eyes” – April 19th This was the second time the event has been held at the end of the rugby season, to raise money for CRY. 10 frustrated rock star members dressed
Despite gloomy weather predictions, Haslemere Lawn Tennis Club (HLTC) held an extremely successful junior doubles tournament in aid of CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) on Monday 14th April. On courts unexpectedly bathed in warm sunshine, HLTC’s Head Coach, Beryl Bishop, steered 34 players aged between 9 and 14, through a busy games schedule. With extraordinarily