Danielle Roberts took to the skies on Sunday 7th October 2012 to take part in a skydive in memory of Lewis Dean. She raised a wonderful £503.00 from her jump. “On a beautiful crisp October day with clear skies & sunshine, I made a tandem skydive from 14,000ft at the Black Knights Parachute Centre in Cockerham
Chris Smith and his friends and family held a fundraising curry night at their local curry house on Sunday 21st October and raised a wonderful £724.50 for CRY. We raised £724.50 at our very popular curry night on the 21st of October at the Kashti Indian Restaurant, a huge great big thank you to the owner,
After being inspired by local news and events related to the death of teenager Sam Wright, Phoenix Trader and Events organiser Allie Sanderson hosted a gift and shopping day at Woodlands School in Allestree, Derby. Stallholders selling hand-made goods each contributed items to the raffle draw, and volunteers ran a tombola and cupcake stall, from which
Congratulations and a huge thank you to the 63 runners who took part in the BUPA Great North Run in aid of CRY on Sunday 16th September 2012. This year’s race saw the largest number of participants to ever take part, 40,000. Everyone seemed to enjoy another fantastic race day, despite the drizzle and blustery winds.
I have been running for about a decade now and have done a lot of races. A few years ago I did my first marathon in Dublin, which went well but I got injured not too long after and didn’t run for a while. In 2012 I felt ready again to run another marathon and decided
“The 2012 Marine Resources Boat Show party, held on Thursday 20th September, was once again a resounding success. Over 500 people attended the event raising over £620.00 for our nominated charities C.R.Y (Cardiac Risk in the Young) and The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust. Exhibitors and industry professionals danced the night away at Wahoo bar until the
On Wednesday 20th June 2012 Suzanne Agnew completed the Lisburn Half Marathon in 2 hours and 13 minutes in memory of her brother Paul. She has so far raised £175 from her efforts. “On June 20th 2012 I ran the Lisburn (Northern Ireland) half Marathon in memory of my brother Paul Agnew. I spent around 6
A man carried a heavy load across the Malvern Hills on Saturday in aid of two charities. George Anstey of Broadway, strapped a washing machine weighing 82.6 kilos to his back and trekked the 12.2 miles in support of Cardiac Risk in the Young and Experiment in International Living. The challenge took around six hours and
Throughout 2012 Jim Appleby undertook a series of one mile open water swims in memory of his nephew Sean throughout 2012. With the support of his family, including his son Lochlainn getting involved in the swims too, he raised wonderful awareness and £1,600 for CRY. “Following the death of my 19 year old nephew, Sean O’Brien,
In January 2011, my fiancée’s father, Chris Lester, died of S.A.D. At the time he was 45 years old and had a wonderful wife, Sam, and five magnificent children: Chloё (21), Issy (19), Ben (5), Phoebe, (3) and Sophie – just two months. It was an inexplicable tragedy and caused infinite sadness amongst all the people