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Posted by on May 14, 2014 in 2014, Awareness, Book sale, Claire Prosser, Fund-raising event

Bibliophiles’ bonanza supports @CRY_UK

 
Spring book sale 2014

Book-lovers should head to South Ealing on Saturday, May 24th for a sale of new books at much reduced prices.

The annual Spring sale is being held by Claire in aid of Tom’s Fund and on past experience could help people top up their summer holiday reading while supporting Cardiac Risk in the Young.

All the money raised goes to fund the local free heart-screenings for young people run by CRY. This year’s screenings are scheduled for November.

The sale will be held outside Munsons Cafe at 73 St Mary’s Rd, London W5, from 10am-3pm.

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Posted by on Jan 25, 2014 in 2014, Claire Prosser, CRY screenings, Fund-raising event, Uncategorized

On the road

Helen Barnes

Helen Barnes

Tom’s Fund will be going further afield – and all for a very good cause.

CRY screenings are going to be held for the first time on the Isle of Wight and they will part-funded by Tom’s Fund.

The driving force behind the idea is Claire’s cousin, Helen Barnes, who lives in Ryde. She has been fund-raising for Tom’s Fund ever since Tom died, selling books at the school where she works, the Sandown Bay Academy, and coming on the Bridges Walk.

She suggested running screenings at the school for its students and so the school are funding a day and we are funding the other. Some 200 young people will be screened at the Academy on Jan 28-29.

We will also be holding our usual screenings in Ealing later this year.

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Posted by on Dec 4, 2013 in 2013, Book sale, Claire Prosser, Fund-raising event

Having your cake – and reading with it!

Tom's book sale 2013 helpers

Angelique, Jacky, Ruth, Simon, Vicky and Claire

Claire’s report: Cake and book lovers flocked to our latest sale in aid of Tom’s fund on Tuesday December 3rd. The sale – our 12th – was held at the BBC where I worked full time until March this year.

Start of the book sale 2013

Start of the sale…

 

Hundreds of books had been donated and West London’s amateur bakers had been out in force too* – with the icing on the cake (as it were) going to these cupcakes decorated with books!

Tom's book sale cupcakes 2013

Yummy cupcakes

As ever these sales take a lot of effort – otherwise I would be organising them once a week! Hugest thanks go first to Ruth Akins who hosted the sale at the BBC and organised all the tables, setting up and teams of helpers. Others who played their part on the day were Vicky Pearson, Jacky Hems, Simon Wright, Sue Ellis, Angelique Halliburton, Lorna Donlan, Phill Thomas, Bridget Osborne, Sam Upton, Elspeth Morrison and Jane Kinghorn.

tom's book sale 2013 load

Lots of customers!

Thanks also go to former BBC colleagues – Annie Flury on Radio Five Live, Gillian Dear on Radio Four and the One Show for their contributions. We couldn’t do it without you!

So the grand total – yes I know you were wondering about that – was a wonderful £834 which will all go to funding screenings for young people in West London.

Keep your eyes on the site for the next sale which will probably be in the spring outside Munsons cafe in Ealing.

*Those bakers in full: Ruth Akins, Gina Bentley, Elin Hale, Faith Howells, Shona MacMillan, Alison Montgomery, Elspeth Morrison, Linda Panzer, Elizabeth Porter, Anne-Marie Reilly, Isabel Turner and Debbie Young.

Ruth and Jacky 2013

Ruth, Jacky and Angelique on cakes

Booksale Angelique 2013

Angelique puts finishing touches to the cake stall

 

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Posted by on Sep 30, 2013 in 2013, Claire Prosser, Fund-raising event

BBC “thank you” to Claire raises more than £1,400

BBC JTS scheme members
 
Claire left the BBC in March 2013 after more than 28 years and colleagues old and new raised more than £1400 to mark the occasion.
 
The idea to raise money for CRY came from members of the Journalism Trainee Scheme, pictured above with Claire.

 

The  “I’m fundraising for Cardiac Risk in the Young because I would like to say thank you to Claire Prosser” Justgiving page can be seen at: http://www.justgiving.com/BBCJTS

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