Jake Presley, Freddie Fitz-Gibbon, Hugo Gateley, Fred Evans, Louis Timpany and Andy Wilson embarked on a charity bike ride from London to Paris to raise funds for CRY. This is a personal charity to Jake as his Grandfather was the first ever Chairman of CRY. The cyclists left the London Eye at 7.15am on Friday 9th
London to Paris Cycle Ride 9th – 12th July 2010 Jake Presley, Freddie Fitz-Gibbon, Hugo Gateley, Fred Evans, Louis Timpany and Andy Wilson embarked on a charity bike ride from London to Paris to raise funds for CRY. This is a personal charity to Jake as his Grandfather was the first ever Chairman of CRY. The
I entered my first open water swimming event, it was a 1 mile race in Ullswater on Sunday 11th July. I finished 14th overall out of 178 swimmers and 2nd in my age group in a time of 25 minutes and 6 seconds. I have raised £360 in sponsorship and will carry on fundraising until our
6th July 2008 A group of fearless CRY supporters took part in an abseiling event at King’s College on July 6th, to raise money and awareness for CRY. In the midst of another damp British summer, the participants were lucky to get a relatively dry day to tackle the 5-storey building. Any pre-event nerves were quickly
Friday 2nd of July saw the playing of a memorial Golf event in memory of Gregory Brookes from Markfield, Leicestershire who died suddenly and tragically last October 7th of Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome – SADS. The death was widely publicised in the Leicester Mercury last year when it happened and raised awareness in many readers of
June 2010 Way back in November of 2009, Nick Dee Shapland, the MD of the company we work for (ServiceMaster Clean of Newbury) announced his intention to get married to Eve, his fiancée. We were informed that the ceremony would be in June 2010. As the HR Manager, I would usually organise a collection for a
It began as a few friendly matches between respective teams and has grown to a head to head competitive series organised by two Athletic University Unions. The Series now spans the whole of the second semester with 14 matches in 10 different sports. The charity chosen for the 2010 series was Cardiac Risk in the Young
29th June 2010 Hundreds of young students from South West London are making a splash this week in a bid to raise awareness and vital funds for CRY. Students at Ernest Bevin College in Tooting are using National Sports Week to launch a series of “swimathons” for CRY. As part of this week long fundraising and
Foresters Heathrow Branch supported CRY by manning stalls at both Ashford-on-the-Map on 6th June and Bedfont & Feltham Carnival on 12th June. The weather on both days was very warm which brought many people out. The stalls consisted of a Hook-a-Fish, Pick-a-Lolly and Rebound – all at a modest charge for the children to enjoy. Also
This two act musical was written by Malcolm Henty and his granddaughter Bethany Wood. It was performed over three nights by the cast of ACT2 and their friends in Axmouth Village Hall to raise money for CRY in memory of a young mum Ali Ostler from the village and Malcolm’s niece Natalie, who both died of