“I was walking for CRY in aid of the Carli Lansley Foundation, we finished the walk on Carli’s daughter’s 13th birthday. An emotional time knowing that Carli is no longer around to see her daughter reach this milestone.” -Melanie Pike
On Wednesday 18 September PCC Events held a charity cycle for both CRY and Alzheimer’s Society outside the Leeds office. We set our challenge to ride the distance from Leeds to London, which worked out as 170 miles within one working day. We were kindly given two exercise bikes from Snap Fitness in Leeds who set
Zoe, who is only 11, is very active (along with her brother) and loves to ride with her cycle club, the Edinburgh Road Club (ERC), which is the club Ben also rode with. This year the club has been hosting a few fundraising events to raise money and awareness for Ben’s fund and the charity CRY.
On 7th September 2019, employees from Charles Stanley took part in the Thames Path Challenge, a 100 kilometre walk along the Thames Pathway from Putney Bridge to Henley. Katie Alcock, from the Charles Stanley Birmingham office took part in the Challenge, with her boyfriend, Charles (Charlie) Parker. Katie had nominated CRY as Charles Stanley’s Charity of
Colson Smith attends CRY screening event in memory of Rory Embling Chris and Anne Embling have been supporting CRY since the tragic death of their son, Rory. Rory was seemingly healthy, but died due to a heart arrhythmia in 2014 when he was just 26 years old. The Embling family have raised almost £50,000 and hold
“It was an incredible event, Revolve24 is an exceptional well organised affair, and has to be with a few hundred cyclists taking on a number of events over the weekend festival of cycling. I’m not sure it’s something that I’ll want to try and take on again…. I don’t think I ever want to or have
Simplyhealth Great North Run – 8th September 2019 Congratulations and a huge thank you to the 50 runners who took part in the Simplyhealth Great North Run for CRY on Sunday 8th September 2019! It was a brilliant event, with the sunshine beaming throughout the day. This led to the atmosphere being even livelier than usual,
Photo of artist who appeared at the recent packed memorial event where a massive £496 was donated through ticket sales, raffles etc- special thanks to Nathan, Joan and Jean without whose help such events would not take place. Also thanks to the Monkwood pub in Rawmarsh who have been constant friends of our fund and CRY.
Tomfest 2019 – Saturday 7th September 2019 Tomfest 2019 was an afternoon and evening of live music, crafts and entertainment and remembrance of Tom Reid who died in September 2009. The day’s activities began at The Lord Gascoigne Pub in Garforth with live music from: Tom Clayton Dave and Lindsey King Chapel Jazz Collective Luke Flear
On 24th August 2019, I took part in a tandem skydive from 10,000 ft. My experience of skydiving was windy, intense and adrenaline pumping, but definitely something I would do again if given the opportunity. Words can not fully explain the amazing experience, and it was over before I even had time to be scared! By the