Buxton Advertiser, 23rd August 2018 Elaine Ward spoke of her son, Neil, who died in 1992 and her fundraising efforts for CRY. Elaine and Ian Ward held their first screening in 2014, and since then have raised £57,500 for CRY and put on 15 screenings across Derbyshire. More 1500 young people have been screened in Neil’s
Oxford Mail, 15th August 2018 A screening has been organised to mark the 10th anniversary of the sudden death of Guy Evans. The event has been arranged by Guy’s mother, Beth Chesney-Evans; she said of the day, “We’re pleased to be able to offer the opportunity for heart screening […] we still miss him dreadfully and
Stoke Sentinel, 4th August 2018 A charity bouncathon has taken place at Boogie Bounce Extreme in Fenton, Stoke on Trent in memory of Jake Dean. The event was organised by the owners of Boogie Bounce and Janine Dean, Jake’s mother. The family have raised £24,000 for CRY since Jake’s death in 2017. Read more
Derbyshire Times, 17th July 2018 On 4th August 2018, Amelie Wayte will attempt to ride up and down a climb local to her 63 times, clocking in over 29.029ft of ascent to match the height of Everest. The challenge is expected to take 18 hours in total. Amelie is taking on the challenge in memory of
The Nantwich News, 2nd July 2018 Joining 1,400 other people for the CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk, Alison walked around London raising awareness of CRY in memory of her daughter, Ceri. Ceri died in 2014 from an undiagnosed heart condition when she was 22 years old. Read more
Shropshire Star, 29th June 2018 Chris and Sue Dewhirst were joined on the walk by Hazel Wakefield, and her son, Charles, a close friend of Matthew, who travelled all the way from New Zealand to support them. Since Matthew’s death in 2012, Sue along with her family and friends have raised more than £140,000 for CRY.
Northamptonshire Telegraph, 22nd June 2018 Nicola Lee has stepped out of her comfort zone with a new bright-red hairstyle, in memory of her daughter Miriam. Miriam died from cardiac arrest in 2016 and since then, Nicola has been fundraising for CRY. On Sunday 24th June, Nicola and ‘Miriam’s Marchers’ will join over a thousand others to
Stoke Sentinel, 25th May 2018 In three-and-a-half-years, Nicola Burndred has raised over £80,000 in memory of her son, Jordan Burndred. Nicola arranged a charity fun day just a month after Jordan’s death in order to bring everyone together and do something for others, and has continued fundraising since in order to put on screening days in
Midlands Running Guide, 14th May 2018 The team took on the run among two thousand other runners in memory of Adam Green. Tom Green, Adam’s father has been raising money for CRY since 2012, raising £30,000 to date to go towards screenings for local young people in Market Drayton. Read more
We successfully raised £105 per charity on Saturday through a variety of stalls and a raffle at the Ancient Oak in Cottam. Caroline Colley