In memory of our dear work colleague Joe, who passed away 6 years ago, the branch staff at Nationwide in Feltham did a sponsored walk around Laleham Park on Saturday 18th May. Throughout the month we also sold raffle tickets to win a food hamper, and this was won by our delighted member Mrs S!! We
I have always wanted to do a skydive after my wife did it for C-R-Y three years ago so I took the plunge, as it were! The day was perfect and the weather was ideal. Mike, who I was doing the tandem with, had already done 16,000 jumps so I felt very safe. We climbed in
The first of the fundraising is complete! Janet Tomlinson & Gill Chant walked the 52 miles of the coastal path of the Cleveland Way to kickstart Jen’s memorial fund. Thank you to all for your generous donations x
Saturday went really well, we had a great turn out and the weather stayed dry for us. We had 36 players turn up for the match with ages ranging from 12 to 64. The teams were based on the 2 managers nationalities (England vs Spain) and England won 6-1. Despite the scoreline it was a closely
The main fundraising event took place in our local cinema, the Rex, Wareham. We hired out the venue to show the LEGO movie – ‘the second part’. Julie at the Rex had arranged the event for us and we had over 70 people attend. With prizes donated from local businesses we had a cracking raffle, a
It was my 5 year old nephew who inspired me to do pedal for Paul in May this year – a solo charity cycle ride 191 miles from Buxton in the Peak District to Richmond Surrey, in one weekend. In 2018 he, and his 11 friends from nursery cycled 12 miles to raise money for Cardiac
On the 18th June 2018 we held a charity birthday party to mark what would have been Nicholas’ 40th birthday. The event was attended by family and friends. Music for the evening was provided by Nicholas’s uncle Malcolm and Darren his cousin in law. His sister Natasha sang “Hey Brother” and read a poem she wrote for
On the Easter weekend 3 members of Putney Cricket Club, Ben Brook, Paul McCann and Mark Wibberley and a separate team of 3 friends, took part in the 24-Hour fundraising swimming event, “2swim4life” at the Guildford Lido. The format – swimming a mile distance every hour on the half-hour in relay (each person completing their allotted
On May 18th the village once again welcomed three visiting choirs – Witchert Chorale, Chorate, and Waltham Madrigals… …who presented a concert in church with music from a huge range of musical styles – from French chansons of the early 1500s to popular tunes by Billy Joel and Anders Edenroth. With a couple of short interludes,
Vitality London 10,000 2019 Write Up We would like to say congratulations to the 4 CRY runners that took part in the Vitality London 10,000 on Monday 27th May 2019, and a huge thank you for their kind support and fantastic fundraising efforts! We do hope they enjoyed the experience. We would also like to thank