James William Campbell

Halloween Cupcake and Bracelet Sale for CRY in memory of James William Campbell

Year 6 pupils, Poppy and Annabelle, worked hard to organise a Halloween Cupcake and Bracelet sale to raise awareness for CRY. Leaflets and posters were delivered to neighbours in the community and an amazing £285 was raised in memory of James William Campbell. Poppy and Annabelle said: “we love baking and making bracelets and wanted […]

Mums Memorial Video

Once we lost Garreth aged 30 as his Mum I was lost too. Each day was so difficult more difficult because I was so so alone. CRY offered me telephone support with a lovely lady which I found invaluable you know who you are “Thank you”! I realised that I was not alone. The same lady

CRY Update Magazine Issue 80

Read Update 80 here CRY Update 80 reports on all news, events and fundraising from September to December 2019. September got underway with the Great North Run, as 50 runners representing CRY took part. You can read more on page 22. To start October we held the 10th CRY Durham Walk, with 219 supporters gathering to

Simplyhealth Great North Run 2018

Congratulations and a huge thank you to the 50 runners who took part in the Simplyhealth Great North Run for CRY on Sunday 9th September 2018. It was once again a lively event, living up to its billing as the world’s biggest half marathon. There were plenty of people out to show their support and to

CRY Update Magazine 73

Read Update 73 here. CRY Update 73 reports on all the CRY news, events and fundraising from May to August 2017. In June, CRY launched a new version of its main website. The site immediately saw the number of visitors double in the first month and has consistently recorded more visitors per month than before the

Campbell family screening

The Campbell family screening was held at the MacMillan Academy in Middlesborough on the 12th April 2017. 107 young people were screened on the day in memory of James Campbell.

Simplyhealth Great North Run 2017

Congratulations and a huge thank you to the 62 runners who took part in the Simplyhealth Great North Run for CRY on Sunday 10th September 2017. The streets of Newcastle quickly started to fill with runners and supporters from 8am. As always, the huge crowds covered the whole route providing a great atmosphere and well needed

CRY Update Magazine 72

Read Update 72 here. CRY Update 72 reports on all the CRY news, events and fundraising from January to April 2017. February saw over 20 years’ worth of CRY research help to inform new international ECG guidelines for screening athletes, led by CRY Consultant Cardiologist Professor Sanjay Sharma. Our work is making a difference and gaining

CRY Update magazine 71

Read Update 71 here CRY Update 71 reports on all the CRY news, events and fundraising from September to December 2016. In this period, we held our annual Raising Awareness Week – including our most successful CRY Great Cake Bake yet. We also saw fantastic support for the Great North Run in September with over 70 runners

BBC Radio Tees – The Mike Parr Show

Karen Campbell is interviewed from a screening day held in memory of her son James. CRY Screening Event Manager Peter Lewis is also interviewed about the tests CRY performs. Listen here (2:42:00)

CRY Update Magazine 70

Read Update 70 here CRY Update 70 reports on all the CRY news, events and fundraising from May to August 2016. The 10th annual CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk took place on June 26, and another fantastic turnout of over 1,200 supporters took part in the new route for 2016. We very much appreciated all

B&Q book sale in memory of James Campbell

Colleagues from B&Q at the Cleveland Retail Park store helped raise money for the James Campbell fund with help off staff and customers donating the books for our in store book sale.

CRY Update Magazine 69

Read Update 69 here CRY Update 69 reports on all the CRY news, events and fundraising from January to April 2016. CRY’s biggest awareness event in this period was our BBC Lifeline appeal, broadcast on BBC One and Two in February, presented by CRY Patron Pixie Lott. She not only made her West End debut that

CRY Great Cake Bake 2014

The third CRY Great Cake Bake took place on Friday 28th November 2014, as part of Raising Awareness Week. We would like to thank everybody who took part in the CRY Great Cake Bake and for helping to make the event such a success. Money is still coming in but we are delighted to say that

Great Cake Bake 2014 – Karen Campbell

We had been prompted by the staff at Asda to expect a very busy day, the day after Black Friday sales and one the big shopping weekends in the run up to Christmas; we really did not know what to expect and hoped we would have enough to sell. We need not have worried; we had

Pantomime in memory of James Campbell

December 26 – 29th saw St Marys Amateur Dramatic Group in Acklam, Middlesbrough hold their annual pantomime – for 2014 it was Babes in the Wood. This was their tenth production with people from the local community playing all roles. Eve Bointon, a Macmillan Academy student plays the lead role of Robin Hood and was a

CRY Update Magazine 64

Read the magazine here Issue 64 of the CRY Update looks back at a busy CRY summer from May to August 2014. Our flagship raising awareness event, the CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk, features in this issue with a full report and photos from the day. Also prominent is our Patron Pixie Lott’s terrific tour

Memorial Tree in memory of James Campbell

I bought a pre-lit indoor tree, the type you may use at Christmas, and a friend of my mums made paper owls which friends, family and staff at Macmillan Academy were invited to leave a memorial message for James and make a donation for an owl in return. I knew I wanted to mark James first

Football Tournament in memory of James Campbell

On 5th October at Norton and Stockton Ancients FC three teams battled it out in a round robin competition for the inaugural challenge for the James Campbell Memorial Shield. Ex-Boro player Andy Campbell organised the tournament in memory of his cousin, 16 year old James who died last November from young sudden cardiac death and the

Mount Kilimanjaro in memory of James Campbell

Gazette Live – 28th July 2014 The memory of James Campbell, teacher James Day will climb Kilimanjaro while raising funds for CRY. The school have already raised £2,000 for the James Campbell Memorial Fund. Read more