Ealing Eagle Christine Elliott has done a great job raising publicity for CRY – you can read about her marathon effort in the Ealing Gazette or online in Ealing Today here.
Read MoreA fantastic effort by Chris Cockburn to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, raising more than £800 and a huge amount of awareness for Tom’s Fund and @CRY_UK
You can read how Chris braved altitude sickness to get to the top in this story in the Ealing Gazette: http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/chris-scales-dizzy-heights-raise-6799430
Louise and Ella
A brilliant effort by Ella Brown and Louise Kirk who sound as if they had a great time running the Bath half-marathon on March 2.
Huge thanks to them both and to everyone who supported them – they’ve raised a tremendous amount of awareness as well as funds.
Ella wrote: “Louise and I took on the mammoth task of running the Bath Half. 13.1 miles was a daunting task having never been regulars at the gym! It was a lot of fun, with a really great atmosphere on the day.
We’re so grateful for all the support we received from friends and family and have managed to raise over a thousand pounds, which was far above our original expectations.
Hopefully in running we managed to raise further awareness for a really fantastic charity and hope the money we have raised will help them continue their great work. We’ve definitely got the running bug now and are hoping to keep on running and raising money – and hopefully we’ve encouraged others to do the same!”
Their fundraising page is still open at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=louiseandellarunthebathhalf&isTeam=true
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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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