Alex Reid

Great North Run 2016

  Congratulations and a huge thank you to the 74 runners who took part in the Great North Run for CRY on Sunday 11th September 2016. This was CRY’s biggest team yet! The atmosphere was brilliant, as it always is at the largest half-marathon in the world! Double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah won the race

BBC Radio Nottingham interview – Alison Cox and Heather Reid

BBC Radio Nottingham – 15th August 2016 CRY Founder Alison Cox and Heather Reid talked to Andy Whittaker and Verity Cowley on the BBC Radio Nottinghamshire breakfast show about CRY’s work and the loss of Heather’s daughter Alexandra. Listen to Alison’s interview discussing CRY’s work and responding to the National Screening Committee recommendation not to implement cardiac

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

Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 and 46 2016

Thank you and congratulations to the 49 CRY cyclists who took part in the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 and 46 on Sunday 31st July 2016. 41 cyclists took part in the 100 mile event and 8 cyclists took part in the 46 mile one. The day started with a cool breeze and then slowly got warmer throughout

Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge in memory of Alex Reid

My name is Sophie Marsden and I am a third year physiotherapy student at the University of Nottingham, I was the main organiser of the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge for CRY for the Alex Reid Memorial Fund. This was completed on the 30th April where a cohort of physios and lecturers all completed the challenge in under

CRY Update Magazine 64

Read the magazine here Issue 64 of the CRY Update looks back at a busy CRY summer from May to August 2014. Our flagship raising awareness event, the CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk, features in this issue with a full report and photos from the day. Also prominent is our Patron Pixie Lott’s terrific tour

CRY Update magazine 63

Read the magazine here This latest mailing brings you Issue 63 of the CRY Update, which looks back at CRY news and events from January to April 2014.  A key fundraising and awareness raising event during this part of the year is, of course, the London Marathon; and you will find a write-up and photos of

Netball Tournament in memory of Alex Reid

At the inaugural Alex Reid Sheffield High School Memorial Netball Tournament last Saturday Woodhouse Grove took the brand new trophy after a great morning of this sixth form competition. The U19 tournament was set up to provide competitive play to start the season for school and college teams in memory of Alex Reid, one of the

Bupa Great North Run 2014

Congratulations and a huge ‘thank you’ to the 51 runners, including CRY Patron Matt Wells, who took part in the BUPA Great North Run in aid of CRY on Sunday 7th September 2014. This year’s race saw over 56,000 runners take part in a very historic year for the event, seeing its one millionth finisher! Once