Our Christmas concert raised over £700 for CRY this year and was held in memory of Nathan Foley, a seventeen year old sixth former at Great Marlow School who collapsed and died suddenly while kicking a ball around with friends. The Songbirds is a group led by our Choral Director, Sophie Juge, made up of ladies
Claire Prosser and a group of her old work colleagues raised more than £830 at a book and cake sale held at the BBC in Shepherds Bush on Tuesday 3rd December 2013. “More than £830 was raised at the latest book and cake sale for the Tom Clabburn Memorial Fund run by CRY. Ealing schoolboy Tom died suddenly
Over 500 people gathered at the prestigious setting of St John’s Smiths Square on the evening of December 9th to enjoy a wonderful evening of carol singing and choral music to help mark CRY’s “coming of age”. Full sponsorship of the performance was organised by leading retail group, McColl’s – whose Chairman and CEO, James Lancaster,
I am 66 and have suffered from mild arthritis in my knees for many years. I decided last January to diet and have lost a total of 3½ stone. I have been able to start jogging again, albeit for very short periods, for the first time in over 20 years. My youngest son likes to take
Staff at The Market Bosworth School have been treated to a ‘souper’ event over the last two weeks. Mrs Hallows and Mrs Jones came up with a fantastic idea to run a soup kitchen to showcase the year 8s fantastic cooking skills and they raised £95 for CRY. Read their write-up below.
On Saturday 30th November, The Gobstoppers Glee Club sang their hearts out in a charity concert – “Keep Calm and Sing Your Heart Out” – in aid of CRY. The evening was held at Berkhamsted School, who donated use of their beautiful Dean’s Hall for the event, which raised £1700 for CRY. “It was a brilliant
The second CRY Great Cake Bake took place on Friday 29th November 2013, as part of Raising Awareness Week. We would like to thank everybody who took part in the CRY Great Cake Bake and for helping to make the event such a success. Money is still coming in but we are delighted to say that
Jennifer is 32 and has long QT syndrome. In December 2013 she sailed south around Australia from Albany to Brisbane in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race – Jennifer has been raising money for CRY and her fundraising total has just hit £5,000. “My name is Jennifer Hill, I’m 32 and I have long QT
Students and staff at Warwickshire College, Henley in Arden Centre, held a very successful Charity Christmas Gift Fair on 19th November. The Henley in Arden Centre has adopted CRY as their charity following the sudden death of our student, Adam Middleton. Students took great pride in making gifts to sell and providing massages and nail treatments
This Halloween McColls will be raising up to £120,000 to fund a CRY Research Fellowship Grant CRY is delighted to be teaming up with McColl’s Retail Group for an extra special Halloween Campaign. This promotion will be in stores for the 3 weeks leading up to Halloween and will include donation boxes in all stores; individual store