School to Snowdon Run Raised Over £2,000 for CRY

Oswestry and Border Counties Advertizer, 13th December 2019 Ellesmere College alumni Johnny Wells, running along with a team of other former students, staff and parents, took on the School to Snowdon challenge; a relay race of 75 miles from the gates of the college to the base of Mount Snowdon. Johnny, who works at Enterprise Rent-a-Car


Havering Dolphins Charity Swimathon for CRY

Romford Recorder, 12th December 2019 The Havering Dolphins Swim Club held a charity swimathon in support of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). A spokesperson for the club said: “We would like to thank everyone that took part in the event to make it such a huge success. A huge thank you to everyone who came


Presentation to students at Richard Huish College Taunton on 25th November

This was my first presentation as a voluntary representative to a large group of sports students at Richard Huish College in Taunton. I explained to the young people what happened to our son, and told his story. I then explained about Cardiac Risk in the Young, why I have become a representative, and why fundraising for


Secret Valley Xmas Tree Farm

I was delighted to be invited by John and Jan Hardwick to have a stall at their Secret Valley Xmas Tree Farm for their 2 busiest weekends of the season, CRY being their charity of choice for this year. As well as selling Xmas trees, families with young children enjoyed a visit to Father Xmas in


Adam Knapp Memorial Ball

On Saturday 30th November we held a memorial ball for Adam on the closest weekend to which would have been his 36th birthday. We raised an amazing £5031!! Jessica Knapp


‘Her Majesty’ Drag Race Raises £170 for CRY

Lincoln’s first ever Drag Race ‘Her Majesty’, created and run by Lincoln International Business University Students, was held at DoubleTree by Hilton on Thursday 28th November 2019. The event included 6 Drag Queens who were all competing for a chosen charity including Seven who was campaigning for CRY. In total, £1,080 was raised and split amongst


Ascot Academy of Dance CRY Cake Bake

Some of our youngest dancers are shown here at the start of our CRY cake bake. We sold cakes and some Christmas cards between ballet classes. We would like to say a massive thank you to all the students and their families for baking such lovely cakes for everyone to buy, and for contributing so generously


Couple Cycle from Mumbai to Goa in Memory of Tom Clabburn and Claire Prosser

This Is Local London, 10th December 2019 Juliet and Clive Matthews from Ealing succeeded in completing an intense 500k ride from Mumbai to Goa. The completely self funded challenge was embarked on in support of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) through raising money for the Tom Clabburn and Claire Prosser Memorial Fund. Tom’s fund was