“On Saturday 14th April 2012, a whole community came together to celebrate the life of Sam Wright. Organised by friends and family of Sam, a craft fair at Woodlands School in Allestree, Derby raised over £7,000.

We had over 40 stalls selling goods such as cakes, jewellery, toys, clothes, beauty products, books, cards and many more. We had a number of beauty treatments running throughout the day including reflexology, massages and nail painting, as well as entertainment in the form of belly dancing and a BMX demonstration. On top of all this we had around 10 different games and activities for all ages to get involved, from face painting to skittles, and even a ‘Sponge the Teacher’ game, kindly run by volunteer teachers from the school.

We held a raffle for which we sold over 2,500 tickets and advertised top prizes (iPad 2, Signed Red Bull F1 hat, Signed Derby County Merchandise) through local magazines, newspapers, radio stations and over the internet.
Overall the event was a huge success and we had the pleasure of welcoming BBC East Midlands News Reporter James Roberson to run a story about it. We are hoping to make this an annual event in order to continue raising money and awareness for CRY.”

Dani West