The Terrace Marquee, Westminster – 21st October Guest of Honour: CRY Patron Phil Packer On Wednesday October 21st CRY hosted its annual Parliamentary Reception at Westminster as part of its Raising Awareness Week. We were very pleased to have new CRY Patron Phil Packer as guest of honour. We were also delighted to welcome over 40
20th June 2009 On a historic night, the force paid tribute to the hard work and dedication of its officers and staff at the 2009 City of London Police Awards and Charity Gala. The theme for the gala night was a nostalgic look back at 170 years of force history. Among the 230 guests were three
First free heart testing tour of England comes Welwyn Garden City CRY Philips Test My Heart Tour 09 aims to reduce number of heart deaths of apparently fit and healthy young people Hertfordshire, UK – A new national campaign aiming to reduce the number of undiagnosed heart conditions reached Welwyn Garden City on the 20th and
A charity musical evening was held at Preston Minster on Saturday 13th June at 7pm. The event was held to raise funds for 3 charities – EDN (Eating Disorder Network) Disabled Cricket and CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). Councillor Christine Abram and Ruth Lowe organised the function with a splendid raffle and auction and serving
6th June 2009 This charity night was held at The Engine Rooms – http://www.engine-rooms.co.uk – which is a music and arts centre. They let me have it free, as well as donating money from the bar takings and playing in their band too. All free entertainment, we had bands playing live music – including John’s younger
In May 2009, Harvey’s best friend Adam Caine – along with friends from St. John’s Church, Heath Hayes – successfully completed the gruelling Three Peaks Challenge, climbing to the summits of Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon. Organised by George Green and Bill Caine (Adam’s Dad), the other climbers were Paul Holding, James Holding, Richard Arm,
16th May 2009 A book and cake sale held by the family and friends of Tom Clabburn raised more than a thousand pounds for his memorial fund. More than 150 leaflets promoting CRY’s TestMyHeart tour were also handed out at the event in Ealing, which was organised by Tom’s mum, Claire Prosser. Among those visiting were
Team background The Rockwater 1 is a diving support vessel mainly employed in the oil related industries. 6 of our guys on the cycle challenge are ‘saturation divers’. The ship supports both ‘saturation diving’ (where the divers live in pressurised chambers for the duration of their time onboard – typically up to 28 days); and
I held a raffle and auction to raise money for CRY in memory of my brother John Marshall at a Golf Weekend on May 9th in Wales. A day of fancy dress golfers and golfers’ WAGS [“wives and girlfriends”] and lots of fun! We raised £340 in total which I was amazed at, for such
A sponsored coast to coast bike ride took place on the 2nd May 2009 Our close friend Jeff Kinkade presented a cheque of a fantastic £1, 635. Jeff and his friends started from Cumbria and rode to Tynemouth – and the weather stayed good for them. The money raised will go to our daughter Kasia’s memorial