CRY Great Cake Bake: NHS England chose C-R-Y as their preferred charity for October-December and I undertook a ‘Great NHS England Bake off’ on Monday 27 November, followed by a cake sale. Michelle Lake, Head of Revalidation played a key role in devising the poster and organising the day with me. 12 fantastic entries were received
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Schoolboy Harry Steel raises thousands for charity after double family tragedy
ITV News, 5th December 2017 Since losing his Father and Uncle both in 2015, eleven year old harry Steel has been fundraising and raising awareness of CRY and Maggie’s. Harry’s fundraising efforts have seen him organising sponsored walks, sitting in a baked bean pool, sweet stalls and most recently the CRY Great Cake Bake. Harry says
Great Cake Bake Botley in memory of Claire Reed
So far we have made £700 from The CRY Cake Bake held at Botley Market Hall in memory of our Daughter Claire Reed, with more donation promised on our Justgiving page. We made £95 from a Bottle of House of Commons Champagne donated by our MP for Eastleigh and CRY supporter Mims Davies, signed by the Prime
CRY Parliamentary Reception 2017
CRY’s 16th annual Parliamentary Reception, hosted by Kevan Jones MP (Labour), was a glowing success and featured a wide range of speakers, indicating the strength of support that CRY has from all areas of the UK. The House of Commons Terrace Pavilion was full with CRY families, current and former CRY Research Fellows, Trustees, Representatives,
Ward Family Screening
The Ward family screening took place on Saturday 8th July 2017 at the Gosforth Playing Fields, Derbyshire. 106 young people were screened in memory of Neil Ward.
Nicholas Family Screening
The screening, in memory of James Nicholas, took place at The Hub, Liverppol on the 23rd July 2017. 104 young people were screened.
Screening in memory of Aaron Dixon
On the 26th July at the Grange School in Chester 102 young people were screened, on the 27th July at the Brio Leisure Centre, 105 young people were screened. Both days were in memory of Aaron Dixon. (Photo – The Grange School, Chester) (Photo – The Brio Leisure Centre)
Waight Family Screening
The screening event, in memory of Richard Waight, took place at the Doncaster Knights FC on the 30th July 2017. 94 young people were screened.
500th young person screened by the Jamie Loncaster Memorial Fund
During the recent two-day weekend screening event held at South Hunsley School, the Loncaster family were pleased to see their 500th young person screened in Jamie’s memory. Local teenager Luke Wilson, a former pupil of Hull Collegiate School, was pleased to be able to join the family for a photograph to mark this milestone moment. Luke’s
Heart Screening Event – 25th & 26th November 2017
Jamie Loncaster Memorial Fund Less than a month after the previous screening event the CRY team we back in our region over the weekend of 25/26 November 2017 to carry out more screening for local young people. The £7,000 cost was again covered by past donations to Jamie’s Fund at CRY. The team consisted of Peter