Wakefield Express, 10th May 2018 May 26th will see just over 100 young people screened at the Rory’s Return pub in Ackworth, in memory of Rory Embling. Rory died in 2014 from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, and since then his friends and family have raised £30,000 for CRY. Rrory’s father, Chris Embling said of the day,
Yorkshire Evening Post, 9th May 2018 Mark Allerston will be running the Leeds Half Marathon this weekend in memory of his friend, Adrian Badon. Mark started running in 2016 with short jogs in the park, and look part in the Leeds 10K and Abbey Dash last year. Read more
Pontefract and Castleford Express, 4th May 2018 The families and friends of Jonathan Leigh and Michael Land have held many events to support CRY – charity days, raffles, a race night, and marathon runs have enabled screenings for local young people in memory of Jonathan and Michael. Read more
Chronicle Live, 8th May 2018 Since 2014, Robert Smith’s family have been working alongside CRY to bring heart screenings to hundreds of young people local to County Durham. 200 young people were screened over the bank holiday weekend. Read more
A weekend of screenings will take place in Tayside in memory of Pete McAvoy in June. Pete’s Father, Mr McAvoy is headteacher at the school hosting the screening on the 24th June, he said: “If Peter has been fortunate enough to get the heart scan, he wouldn’t be dead. If these two days help to save
Around 50 people took part in the seven mile walk to raise money for CRY, including Young Fundraiser of the Year 2017 winner, Harry Steele. £1,500 was raised on the day, and CRY rep David Jewell hope to make the walk an annual event. David said: “For me, I’d never heard of CRY or charities like
The Northern Echo, 1st May 2018 Young golfer, Archie Qualtrough will be taking on a five day golf challenge for various charities, including CRY. The challenge covers 83 miles and uses fifteen different courses starting at Maryport Golf Course on the West coast, and finishing off in Tynemouth. Archie hopes to raise £6,000 for CRY, Young Minds
Rhyl Journal, 27th April 2018 Adam White, Mike Clark, Jimmy Cook and Dan Harrison completed 2,400 press ups, sit-ups, kettle bell swings and 24 miles of running and rowing at Fitness HQ, St Asaph. The challenge was to raise money for the Sam Standerwick Memorial Fund with CRY, and will go towards funding a 2nd heart
Western Telegraph, 26th April 2018 47 vehicles and over 90 classic car fans will take part in the convoy, travelling through Pembrokeshire all the way to Ireland over five days. In 2017, the tour raised £7,000 for the Dean Mason Memorial Fund with CRY, and Meningitis now; 2018 will see funds raised once again for CRY,
24th April 2018 The screening weekend took place at Bradwell Memorial Hall last weekend. 214 local young people had their hearts screened, with six of them being referred onto their GP’s for further testing. The community supported the weekend with cakes and drinks for donations – £1000 was raised in memory of Kyle Hancock. Read more