“The College has had a long-standing relationship with Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) since the tragic death of 23 year old Kevin Wilson (see pic below), a former pupil and member of staff of the College who died in school in September 2006 as a result of Sudden Death Syndrome. 24 November – 2 December
November / December 2012 We were pleased to be asked if we would like to do a presentation about CRY in the Life Store and chose CRY awareness week to do it. The day we did it the weather was terrible – rain, windy and cold – so we were not very busy, only giving out
A charity football match was played on 11th November 2012 which was 2 days before the 7th anniversary of Paul’s death. £466 was raised. Both of the teams were made up of Paul’s friends and family. ‘Preston Farm Motors’ was made up of the lads who were playing the day that Paul actually collapsed and died.
Thank you and congratulations to all the CRY runners who took part in this event. Even though it was a very cold day, the music and atmosphere helped to keep everyone in good spirits. This year as previous years, CRY did not have a charity marquee at the event but set up a ‘meet-and-greet’ stand to
On the 11th October Chris Meeking and his dad set off on their trek up Mount Kilimanjaro in the memory of a family friend, Hayley Crook. Chris and his dad raised a wonderful £4,270.16 for their trek. “My Dad and I decided to take on the heights and challenges that Mt Kilimanjaro had to offer, standing
In January 2012, a group of Sophia Forrester’s friends and family got together to fundraise in her memory with the target of raising £10,000 by Sophia’s 21st Birthday. Below is a write up of the year written by Sophia’s sister. “What started as a few of us meeting up for Christmas drinks discussing doing one walk
During September and October 2012, Nicky Brierley set herself the challenge of completing three runs from the Great Run series: the Great North Run – 16th September; the Great Birmingham Run – 21st October; and the Great South Run – 28th October. “This year I set myself the challenge of running 3 Great Runs – the
The family of Adam Donnelly held the 4th annual CRY ball in his memory on Saturday 29th September this year. It was the biggest event so far and raised a wonderful £5,315 for the charity. “On 29th September, we held the 4th CRY ball in memory of Adam at the Hilton, Dartford Bridge. This was the
On 9th September 2012 friends, family and the local community gathered to remember Dominic Cullen at a charity rugby match and memorial day. “On the day we had huge support and raised £5,202.17. The money was raised through a raffle, auction, cake sale, food and kids games with prizes etc. We also had Dominic Cullen memorial
On Saturday 8th September 2012 Jean and Laura Johnson decided to hold a coffee morning in memory of Jean’s husband and Laura’s father, Ian Johnson. They raised a wonderful £790 for the charity and had a fantastic day in his memory. “Our first ever coffee morning to raise money for CRY was such a huge success,