At 5pm on Friday June 29th, a team of 8 intrepid walkers from The Berkeley Partnership, a London-based Management Consultancy – along with David Taylor, who drove the team from peak to peak and kept the whole thing on schedule – started the clock on their 3 Peaks Challenge. The weather was kind and apart from
On Saturday 29th June Dave Boulton and a group of friends set off on an epic 13 day cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats in memory of Jack Boulton. The ride raised a wonderful £24,000 for the Jack Boulton Memorial Fund. You can read Dave’s summary of the challenge below but if you would like
On 14th June 2008, Mike Aylott and Adam Austin began a cycle ride from Lands End in Cornwall, to John O’Groats in northern Scotland. Both were raising money for CRY in the process, in memory of Mike’s fiancée (and Adam’s friend) Jane Starr, who died suddenly on 17th May 2006, aged just 33, of a rare
Every year the Pink Tie Club holds a Charity Golf Day to benefit one or more charities. CRY was one of the beneficiaries of the Pink Tie Club’s Charity Golf Day in 2012, when funds were raised for CRY in memory of Max Lowry. CRY Representative Paul Daniels was invited to attend the Club’s 2013 event,
Friends and family of Luke Meekings, who died of HCM on the 24th June 2008 aged 24, joined together on the 23rd June 2013 to remember Luke and raise funds for CRY. After the BBQ everyone gathered in the garden to release white helium filled balloons and raise a glass in memory of Luke. A total
On the 19th June 2013 our family and some friends took part in the Lisburn Fun Run to raise money and awareness for CRY. We were very successful in our efforts and raised £2433.01. We were pleased with this amount. The reason for doing this was because on the 1st August 2011 we lost a precious
On the weekend of the 15-16th June I completed the Wiggle Mountain Mayhem 24 hour mountain bike endurance event. With heavy rain on the Friday night, the course wasn’t in the best of shape for the start of the event on the Saturday afternoon. The race started as usual with a Le Mans style run to
Claire Prosser raised £875 at a book sale outside Munson’s Coffee and Eats in South Ealing, W5, on Saturday June 15th. The money raised goes to the Tom Clabburn Memorial Fund at CRY – in memory of Claire’s son Tom, who died aged 14 of an undiagnosed heart problem. It will fund heart screenings for young
Danielle West organised a charity fundraising evening with auction on Friday 14th June 2013 in memory of her friend Sam Wright. The event raised a wonderful £1,900 for CRY. “On Friday 14th June 2013, Genting Club Riverlights Derby hosted a corporate charity fundraiser. Our 70 guests enjoyed a champagne reception on arrival, before being able to
Donna Brittain (Adam’s mum) presented the Adam Middleton Award to Ross Jarvis at Warwickshire College on Monday 10th June. The award is presented annually in Adam’s memory. “I presented the Adam Middleton Award at Warwickshire College, Henley-In-Arden in memory of my son who attended as a student until his sudden death on February 3 2011 from