Congratulations and thank you to everyone who took part in the CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk on Sunday 18th July, led by CRY Patron and international soprano, Kathryn Harries. A record 878 adults, children and dogs took part this year. Most of the participants, as usual, were taking part in memory or support of a
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London to Paris Cycle Ride
Jake Presley, Freddie Fitz-Gibbon, Hugo Gateley, Fred Evans, Louis Timpany and Andy Wilson embarked on a charity bike ride from London to Paris to raise funds for CRY. This is a personal charity to Jake as his Grandfather was the first ever Chairman of CRY. The cyclists left the London Eye at 7.15am on Friday 9th
Ullswater 1 mile open water swim
I entered my first open water swimming event, it was a 1 mile race in Ullswater on Sunday 11th July. I finished 14th overall out of 178 swimmers and 2nd in my age group in a time of 25 minutes and 6 seconds. I have raised £360 in sponsorship and will carry on fundraising until our
Gideon died – but we can save others
A bereaved family are using cash from a fund set up in their son’s memory to provide potentially life-saving health checks for young people. Tony and Sue Baws are working with the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young – CRY for short – to make the under-35s realise they could have an undetected heart condition. Their
Mum fights to stop illness which took 16-year-old son
After the death of her son to an unknown heart defect, Angela Butler, has set about raising awareness of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). And so far Angela, from Hassam Parade, Wolstanton, has raised more than £25,000 and potentially saved the lives of many other young people in offering two cardiac screening events. Nathan Butler
Charity Golf event in memory of Gregory Brookes
Friday 2nd of July saw the playing of a memorial Golf event in memory of Gregory Brookes from Markfield, Leicestershire who died suddenly and tragically last October 7th of Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome – SADS. The death was widely publicised in the Leicester Mercury last year when it happened and raised awareness in many readers of
East Postcard
Twelve families across the East of England (Essex to Lincolnshire) are helping to launch a major regional campaign to highlight the shocking statistic* showing that the number of young people who lose their lives to the tragic condition sudden cardiac death now stands at 12 every week – a staggering 50% rise on previous estimates. *The
Rallying CRY for BUPA 10K
They might not have smashed any world records but Eleanor Stevens and Adi Gunn are certainly winners in our eyes. The Calor duo took part in this year's BUPA London 10,000m road race on 31st May and helped raised £564 for our corporate charity, Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). Last September, we pledged to raise
Miscellaneous Fundraising, ServiceMaster Clean Newbury
June 2010 Way back in November of 2009, Nick Dee Shapland, the MD of the company we work for (ServiceMaster Clean of Newbury) announced his intention to get married to Eve, his fiancée. We were informed that the ceremony would be in June 2010. As the HR Manager, I would usually organise a collection for a
Varsity Series: University of Nottingham vs Nottingham Trent University
It began as a few friendly matches between respective teams and has grown to a head to head competitive series organised by two Athletic University Unions. The Series now spans the whole of the second semester with 14 matches in 10 different sports. The charity chosen for the 2010 series was Cardiac Risk in the Young
