Daniel Hughes

Franklen’s Ride in Memory of Daniel Hughes

Franklen was accompanied on the ride by his father (Martin Howell) and Dan’s best friend, Nathan Shaw (Martin’s cousin). They where sent on their way by the Town Crier from Leek (Bill Lomas). Half way around Franklen fell off and cut his knee, but after being patched up with Star Wars plasters he bravely carried on.

CRY Update Magazine Issue 83

Read Issue 83 of the CRY Update magazine here Issue 83 of the CRY Update reports on all news, events and fundraising from September to December 2020. Even with continued restrictions and lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CRY’s supporters remained active and engaged as always to raise funds and awareness however they could. On October

Frankie’s Walk For Her Uncle Dan

On the 19th of December 2020 7-year-old Frankie Hughes completed an 8 mile walk to raise money for her uncle Dan’s memorial fund with CRY. Frankie was 2 years old when Dan died in his sleep on March the 19th 2015 but she still talks about him and she attends most of our fundraising days with

Looking Back at 25: The importance of CRY’s Memorial Funds

For the past 25 years, bereaved families have reached out to CRY for support and solace in their darkest of times. CRY has – and always will be – here for those families and individuals, with our team on-hand to help and guide them as they try to navigate their way through the often-unchartered territories of

Sports evening in memory of Daniel Hughes

On the 13th of March we held our 5th annual Sports evening at Bignall-End cricket club; Our regular host and compare for the evening, ex Stoke City footballer Terry Conroy, was in attendance again and this year’s guest was another former Stoke City forward from more recent times – Ricardo Fuller. Following the introductions, pie, peas

Dan Hughes Quiz night fundraiser for the London Marathon.

Dan’s former football manger Lian Kelly was due to run the London Marathon for CRY in April; With the help of good friend Craig Mason A quiz night was held at Audley cricket club on Friday 29th of February to help raise the £2,000 needed. It was standing room only as the 15 teams tackled a

CRY Update Magazine Issue 80

Read Update 80 here CRY Update 80 reports on all news, events and fundraising from September to December 2019. September got underway with the Great North Run, as 50 runners representing CRY took part. You can read more on page 22. To start October we held the 10th CRY Durham Walk, with 219 supporters gathering to

CRY supporters fund new mobile screening unit

CRY has added a brand new vehicle to its fleet of vans which travel the length and breadth of the UK, thanks to the incredible fundraising efforts of bereaved parents David and Sue Hughes. Costing around £25,000, the new vehicle will see around 50,000 young people screened during its time of service with CRY. Along with