On 19th November 2014 over seventy members of The Rutland Group of WI’s attended a soup and sweet lunch organised by Dronfield WI.  As  Dronfield WI’s Charity of the Year Elaine received the proceeds of the raffle which amounted to over £200.  Trustees of The Derbyshire Federation also made a generous donation of £100. An article

On 13th December 2014 Elaine and The Dronfield Singers sang carols outside our local branch of Sainsbury’s and the collection was donated to CRY.

In January 2015 Elaine received a cheque from Roy Cutts at the Miners’ Arms.  This was reported in the Dronfield Eye as follows.   A big well done to Roy Cutts and Dronfield Woodhouse’s Miners’ Arms Charity Circle members who continue to raise thousands of pounds for local charities.  The result of fundraising during 2014 were

Thursday, July 15th 2014 and “the team” of special friends were ready in their CRY T shirts to sell programmes on the gate of the Botanical Gardens in Sheffield.  It was a lovely summer’s evening.  The music for the evening was a Glen Miller Tribute Band.  We set up a table next to the gazebo with

A coffee morning was held at the home of Elaine Ward on 29th November 2013 to raise funds for the heart screening in Dronfield in July 2014.  £414 was raised thanks to friends who together with Elaine made and sold craft items, cakes, jams and chutneys, cards and Christmas Trees made out of Celebration Chocolates which

Inner Wheel Club President Elaine Ward (pictured) is the 29th President of the Inner Wheel Club of Dronfield (July 2012 – July 2013) and her chosen charity for the year is Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) – a cause dear to her own heart as her son Neil died suddenly aged 17 in 1992. Neil

At the end of Elaine’s one-year long Presidency of the Inner Wheel Club of Dronfield (July 2012-July 2013), not only had the £5,000 for core-funding been anonymously donated by a generous member but she had £3,258 towards the first screening.  Many thanks to all the ladies of Dronfield Inner Wheel who supported Elaine and gave so

A Folk and Country evening was held in Dronfield’s Pioneer Club on 17th December 2012 to raise both awareness and funds for CRY. Around 100 people attended the event and the main band for the evening (which included one of Elaine’s former teaching colleagues) gave their time for free. It was a very pleasant evening with

In November 2014 during Elaine’s presidency of Dronfield Inner Wheel, she held her first coffee morning to raise funds for screening in Dronfield.  It was in conjunction with CRY’s Great Cake Bake held at the end of Raising Awareness Week. Over 40 people attended.  It was a very special day.