2017

James Wood Tennis Tournament

Another year has passed by and Broxbourne Tennis Club have once again held a Tennis Tournament in James’ memory with all proceeds to CRY. This year the Club held their parent and child event on Friday, 1 December. It was at 6pm as the parents arrived home from work. The temp had dropped drastically that week and yet

Ilminster couple raise £60,000 for CRY in memory of Dr Jenny Bucknell

Chard and Ilminster News, 19th December 2017 Hillary and Bill Durant, the Grandparents of Jenny Bucknell, set up a memorial fund in Jenny’s name in 2011 and since then have raised £60,000 in aid of CRY. Hillary started busking, as well as hosting charity events to raise money for Jenny’s Fund; the money raised has enabled

Raising Awareness in memory of Balinder Mann

In  memory of Balinder Mann we raised £1301.76 on the CRY awareness week. My husband and I, along with some of my family made over 60 curries, as well as chocolate brownies/pokora’s/somasa and sold these to my colleges at Agility over the duration of that week.  My niece Pritti made some lovely cupcakes for us to

Cake Bake at White Oaks Leisure Centre

Tony and I have been members of White Oaks Leisure Centre in Swanley, Kent for over a year. So we thought it would be an ideal place to have the CRY cake bake and reach many people of all age ranges. A meeting with Kevin Stanley the centre manager was more than successful. Not only did

Timperley Boneshakers Manchester to Morecombe (and back) bike ride

On the weekend of 23rd and 24th September 2017, over 30 cyclists from Timperley Boneshakers cycled to Morecombe and back. This was organised by Ian Elliot to raise funds in memory of Chloe Waddell, who died suddenly of an undiagnosed heart defect in February 2013 at the age of 16. Chloe’s mum, Fiona, and sister Holly, both

Unicorn Primary School awareness week in memory of Evan Shonfield

The staff, parents and the children of The Unicorn Primary School, Beckenham held a CRY awareness and fundraising week which culminated on Friday 24th November with a fantastic cake sale. The weeks’ events ended up raising £900 for CRY in memory of Evan James Shonfield. As well as the cake sale there was a raffle and

WI talk in Doncaster

I was very pleased to be asked to speak on behalf of CRY at Hatfield Church, Doncaster at the carol concert organised by the Vermuyden Group of WI on 4th December. The photo shows Cath Watson (Vice President of the High Levels Group) myself and the reverend Liz Turner-Loisel. A collection was made at the service

Couple raise £60,000 for CRY in memory of granddaughter

Chard & Ilminster News, 19th December 2017 Hillary & Bill Durrant set up Jenny’s Fund in 2011 to raise money for CRY. The couple have since raised more than £60,000 which has allowed them to buy two new ECG screening machines for the charity and screen over 700 young people. Read more