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Posted by on Mar 7, 2014 in 2014, Awareness, Fund-raising event

A Bath Half laugh!

Bath Half

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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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 Jan 5, 2014 in 2014, Awareness, Fund-raising event

Good luck, Chris

Kilimanjaro

Yep, I can see him.

Chris Cockburn is off to Africa in his bid to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness and funds for CRY.

He’s already done a terrific job raising awareness; you can read about the challenge he’s taking on here http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/young-man-scale-mountain-raise-6414300 and here http://www.ealingtoday.co.uk/default.asp?section=info&page=eacrychris001.htm

If you know anyone who might be looking to offer sponsorship, Chris’s Justgiving page is at http://www.justgiving.com/christophercockburn and he’s only 40 quid off his target.

So good luck Chris, we hope you have a terrific experience with both the teaching and the climbing. Thanks for supporting CRY and Tom’s Fund.

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Posted by on Dec 11, 2013 in 2013, Awareness, Fund-raising event

In at the deep end with the ‘Bath Half’

Louise and Ella enter 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

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