In February, the DHL team in Stoke-on-Trent nominated CRY as their site charity of the month after being put forward by Michael Brown in memory of good friend Nathan Butler.Nathans’s parents Angela & Phil provided lots of flyers, posters, collection tins, badges, stickers, posters & T-shirts….WOW! which were shared around the site to spread awareness about
A woman whose son died of an underlying heart condition is hosting her first cardiac screening since the pandemic. Angela Butler, 63, from Wolsanton, lost her sporty son Nathan from a sudden heart attack when he was just 16. Nathan, who has an older brother Josh, now 29, collapsed and died at his home in Wolsanton in 2006.
158 people screened on the 26th and 27th of March 2022 at St. Wulstan’s Catholic Primary School. This screening was in memory of Nathan Butler
Read Update Magazine Issue 85 here Issue 85 of the CRY Update reports on all news, events and fundraising from May to August 2021. From June, fundraising and screening levels started returning to pre-COVID levels as events around the country started picking up and we returned to holding regular screening events again. We also transformed the
Read issue 84 of the CRY Update magazine here Issue 84 of the CRY Update reports on all news, events and fundraising from January to April 2021. In February as Heart Month began, we introduced an exciting new fundraising initiative: the 25 Million Metre Challenge. Supporters could take part individually or in teams as we collectively
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
Read Update 79 here CRY Update 79 reports on all news, events and fundraising from May to August 2019. In May, we found out that CRY had been selected for the Tesco Bags of Help Centenary Grant in 10 regions across the country, which gave people a chance to vote to support CRY using their tokens
Royal Parks Half Marathon 2019 Congratulations and a huge thank you to the 20 runners who took part in the Royal Parks Half Marathon 2019 on behalf of CRY on Sunday 13th October 2019. The 12th edition of the Royal Parks Half Marathon saw 16,000 runners take part in the event on a damp and windy
Read Update 78 here CRY Update 78 reports on all news, events and fundraising from January to April 2019. In March we announced two new additions to our group of CRY Ambassadors: England and GB international hockey player James Gall and artist Katy Jade Dobson. You can read about James and Katy and why they decided
Read Update 77 here CRY Update 77 reports on all news, events and fundraising from September to December 2018. There were plenty of major events throughout this four-month period. We were thrilled to be so well represented at the Great North Run on September 9, with 50 runners taking part for CRY. You can read a