Here’s to a healthy and peaceful 2014
Thank you for all the support during 2013.
Thank you for raising funds or awareness for CRY.
Best wishes to all for the New Year.
Read MoreJust gets better
Chris Cockburn has managed to raise even more awareness about CRY, this time on the Ealing Today site – see http://www.ealingtoday.co.uk/default.asp?section=info&page=eacrychris001.htm
Read MoreGreat publicity, Chris!
Chris Cockburn has done a fantastic job of raising awareness about CRY and what it stands for.
See http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/young-man-scale-mountain-raise-6414300
Read MoreIn at the deep end with the ‘Bath Half’
Louise and Ella
University student Ella Brown is tackling her first ever half-marathon next year in aid of Tom’s Fund and CRY.
Ella and her friend Louise Kirk will be taking part in the ‘Bath Half’ – the Bath half-marathon – in March 2014.
Ella, studying Ancient History at the University of Bristol, is a daughter of CRY patron Ben Brown. She said she hoped running in the event would encourage young people to be screened.
“I’ve never run anywhere except for a bus before so this is a pretty big challenge! We’re really hoping we can do everyone proud and complete it, as well as raising money for CRY. It’s a great charity providing invaluable support as well as research into cardiac conditions.
“My siblings have both been screened, and it was an incredibly easy and friendly experience that can give you such peace of mind.”
Anyone who wants to support Ella and Louise can do so via Virgin Money Giving at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/louiseandellarunthebathhalf
Read MoreDonations and what’s next …
Firstly, and most importantly, thanks very much for the latest Justgiving donations from Liz and Alan, Ellen, Rob and Caro and Neil.
We have plenty to look forward to this week as, on Tuesday, Ruth Akins is hosting Claire’s book sale for BBC staff in west London. We’ve had lots of offers to bake cakes for sale too, to fit in with CRY’s Great Bake event, which is fantastic.
Finally, we said we’d try Facebook ads to promote Tom’s Fund and CRY during the charity’s Raising Awareness Week. We have paid for the ads ourselves as a family initiative, no money raised for Tom’s Fund or CRY has been used (It’s a bit dull to keep saying this but we think it’s important that if, say, you’ve slogged your way around a 10k, you know the money you’ve raised is only going to be used on screenings and research).
But was it money well spent? We think, on balance and despite the baffling nature of Facebook’s metrics, that the answer is “yes”. We’ve had a good percentage of new “likes”, so thanks to everyone who has given us a thumbs-up. Hopefully we’ve reached people who might not otherwise have been able to read about CRY. We’ll think about doing it again next year during the 2014 CRY Raising Awareness Week.
Have a good weekend!
Read MoreXmas cards and cake at “A Cut Above”
CRY supporter Anna Aristodemou is selling the charity’s Christmas cards at her shop, “A Cut Above” in west Ealing’ from today.
The shop can be found at 17 The Avenue, Ealing, London W13 8JR, and is open Tuesday to Saturday, 9am till 5pm, except on Fridays when it is open until 7pm.
Anna will also be holding a cake bake event in aid of CRY on Friday, December 6.
NB: You can also buy CRY charity Xmas cards at Ealing YMCA in W5. See http://www.c-r-y.org.uk/christmas_cards_charity.htm for details.
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