2016

Great Cake Bake – Zenia Selby

I got to work early on the CRY Great Cake Day. I carefully opened two big cake tins, one full of coconut macaroons, each topped with a glace cherry and resting on a square of CRY rice paper, the other full of Deliciously Ella almond-and-sea-salt brownies. This was only my second week at this new job,

Oxford Half Marathon in memory of Ian McDonald

With regards to both the day and the reasons behind running The Oxford Half Marathon on behalf of CRY, it would not have been possible without meeting a lady called Emma Jones. Emma’s brother Iain was taken at the age of 26 only a couple of years ago, and we were inspired by both the efforts

Charity Day in memory of Mark Law Hing Choy

We managed to raise £4’000 for our Cry charity, we also supported another charity which is fitting defibrillators in local areas in Bedfordshire which links in nicely with our CRY charity. The day was fantastic and people donated generously which was very touching to us and Marks family. James, Mark, Shane and Marcus were best friends

Coffee Morning in memory of Joseph Leyland

On the morning of Friday 25th November 2016, we held a coffee morning and cake bake in order to raise funds for Joe’s Memorial Fund. Thank you to everyone who came to support and who donated cakes. The total raised from the morning was £529. Charlotte Leyland

Great cake bake in memory of Ethan Jones

I made £1,765.48 from my cake sale for the Ethan Jones Memorial fund. My son who is 12 and was Ethan’s friend did a guess the number of sweeties in the jar competition instead and he raised £137.50 which we will double for all his efforts. Hilary Wagstaff

Great cake bake – Henrietta Inman

I made my clementine and pomegranate jewel cake of mine (which was featured in the baking booklet this year) over the weekend and sold it on my market stall. Thank you for letting me be a part of this year’s fundraiser, I hope I can help again in the future. Henrietta Inman

Great cake bake – Helen Walcott

On Friday 24 November 2016 I organised a CRY Great Cake Bake with the help of my colleague Zoe Phipps. The event was really successful and well supported, we raised £203 for CRY. We also raised money by holding a raffle for Nanny Peg’s Christmas cake (homemade by the bosses Mum). Thanks to CRN WM and

Great cake bake in memory of Claire Reed

So far we have made £605 from our cake bake with £51 coming from a donated Bottle of House of Commons Champagne signed by the Prime Minister The Rt Hon Theresa May MP. Graham and Anne Hunter