Richard Merriman

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

Vitality London 10,000 2017

Thank you and congratulations to the 21 CRY runners who took part in the Vitality London 10,000 on Monday 29th May 2017, including CRY Patron Bill Neely who completed the course in 40 minutes and 50 seconds! The weather was very humid but the buzzing atmosphere in Green Park seemed to give the CRY team the

Christmas Tombola for CRY in memory of Richard Merriman

We did a Tombola on Sunday 11th dec for cry at my work place Ashridge house Hult.  They have a santa’s grotto out in the gardens of Ashridge house every year! It’s magical! the elves  take the children and their mums and dads to see Santa, then afterwards inside mince pies , cakes mulled wine and

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

Quiz Night in memory of Richard Merriman

On 26th November, during CRY Raising Awareness Week our family got together and did a quiz night. Thanks to our sister-in-law Janet Merriman who got the ball rolling, Paul Biswell for giving us the venue, and doing a fantastic job of setting it all up for us at Astley Cooper School, Hemel Hempstead, also thanks to

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

Ridgeway walk in memory of Richard Merriman

Our ridgeway walk was a big success again we raised a whopping £2710! It’s our second year doing this for CRY in our son Richard’s memory, we all had a great day and finished off with a lovely BBQ at Brownlows cafe at Ashridge Monument. Thank you so much Ian & Jensigne for doing this for

Virgin Money London Marathon 2016

Congratulations and a huge thank you to all the runners who took part in the 2016 Virgin Money London Marathon for CRY on Sunday 24th April. We are very proud of all our runners and grateful to them for their fantastic efforts and for choosing to run for CRY. The 117 London Marathon runners who ran