Kate Piddington and Anna Morecombe tackled the London to Paris Bike Ride to raise money for CRY in memory of Kate’s boyfriend Oliver Griffin who died suddenly in February 2008. Kate and Anna’s progress was tracked and documented by Kate’s Auntie Sheila: DAY ONE Evening all. This is Kate’s Auntie Sheila with the first update on
When Lewis Marsh died in May 1998 it sent shock waves around the community. Sandhurst has grown from the small village it once was, but it has retained the community spirit. Lewis had played football for the team my husband managed at the local football club. He also played tennis and had gone to a local
September 2008 Helen Brisco and myself climbed Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, in September 2008 to raise money for CRY in memory of my younger brother Jack Rae who died suddenly of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in February 2006, at age 11. Jack and I had plans to climb the mountain together when he left high school but sadly he didn’t
10th September 2008 The first Robert Lancaster clay pigeon shoot, in aid of CRY, went with a bang and has this year raised £164,000. The Robert Lancaster Charity Fund has now raised a gross total of over £200,000 for CRY since the start of 2008. The shoot, at Bisley Shooting Ground in Surrey, was a complete
My family raised over £3000 for CRY in Northern Ireland during a bag packing event at the Asda supermarket in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. The date of the fundraiser was the 22nd of March and the money was raised in memory of Richard Martin (my brother) who died in November 2004 of WPW syndrome. The fundraisers pictured
The day started with thunder, lightning and torrential rain but Suzanne and I gamely splashed our way through the puddles to the riverside opposite Hampton Court. After much pleading we convinced the organisers to let us keep the CRY van on site as we wanted to use the awning on the van to keep us dry.
On Sunday 11th May 2008, my husband Ken and my friends Jeannette and Yvonne (a manager at Fujitsu who organised the entries) arrived in Blackpool just 20 minutes before the beginning of the race. All the roads to the promenade were blocked off and the roads into town all had roadworks!! The race is sponsored by
Having taken part in several fundraising events organised by CRY, I wanted to try and do something personally that would combine having fun, increasing the awareness of this amazing charity and also, hopefully, raising some money. I realised that other supporters had previously hosted a Ball and felt this was something that matched up really well
I was very pleased to be asked if I could attend Pfizer Pharmaceuticals’ Headquarters at Tadworth where they were holding a Fun Sports Day and wanted to give some of their proceeds to CRY. I was a bit nervous as it was my first job as a CRY County Representative but my daughter Lucy – who
I am delighted to report that we are back from India all safe and sound! It was a brilliant event and everyone completed the challenge. It was an amazing challenge and all the participants were fantastic. There was no problem with the Cancer and Heart charities mixing together [something which was not planned, but occurred for