“This year’s Richard Waight Memorial Golf Day was held at Doncaster GC on Friday 16 May 2014 and raised £7400 for two young persons heart charities, Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) and SADS UK. In four years, our golf days have now raised in excess of £25,000 for these charities, with a small amount used
Claire Prosser and a group of volunteers raised £1038 at a book sale held at Munsons Cafe in South Ealing on Saturday 24th May 2014. “With the help of a gazebo to ward off the rain and lots of volunteers we managed to raise £870 at the sale outside Munsons cafe in South Ealing. A generous
On Saturday 10th May, 41 members of a local gym took part in the No Ego Mud Challenge in memory of Louise Worth. “The No Ego Mud Challenge was a 10k obstacle/assault course. There was lots of mud, ditches, trenches, barbed wire, 10ft walls to climb over, water slides, tunnels and lots more. The gymnasium team
Double world champion Ramy Ashour helped raise over £1,000 for CRY by playing a special exhibition match against top England junior Angus Gillams on a night in honour of Harry Faulkner at Berkhamsted. Faulkner, who was also an England junior and a Berkhamsted Squash Club player, tragically passed away at the age of 18 in February
On Saturday 26th April Emma Mayho completed the 2nd round of the Shropshire Mud Run to raise money for CRY. She raised a wonderful £275. “On 26th April I completed Round 2 of the Shropshire Mud Run Series at Bomere Lake, nr Condover, Shrewsbury. It was a 10K mud-run challenge, involving running on a very muddy
Maggie Herod walked the Greensands Ridgeway long distance path in Bedfordshire with Maisy, her rescue Staffie, in order to raise money for CRY in memory of Stephanie Browne. The path is 40 miles long and because Maisy has arthritis, they did the walk over a week, covering 6 miles a day on average. Maggie & Maisy
“These are pictures from our cake and craft sale this easter. We raised £700 in total and we all had a great day raising money for CRY in memory of our son Richard. His favourite was lemon drizzle cake so we always make sure there is plenty!” Nicola Merriman
On Friday 4th April the Friends of Sam Wright Committee hosted a 50’s style charity ladies night in Derby with drinks, pampering and entertainment. The event raised an amazing £3,084 for CRY in memory of Sam Wright. “At 7pm on Friday 4th April our event had officially opened and tables were laden with welcome drinks and
On Wednesday 26th March the Friends of Sam Wright Committee were awarded a national Everyday Heroes Award from St John Ambulance for their wonderful fundraising and awareness raising work to help save lives in their local community. Since 2012, the Friends of Sam Wright Committee have been fundraising for CRY in order to provide heart screenings
Suzanne Middlemiss organised a book and cake sale on Wednesday 9th April in memory of David Ian Reid. They raised a wonderful £363.10 at the event. “I organised a ‘Book and Cake sale’ yesterday 9/04/14 at work and raised a total of £250.10 plus a further £113 in donations from friends and family. I took a