CRY Awareness Week (8th - 16th October 2011)

To launch CRY Awareness Week (8th - 16th October 2011) CRY is holding this event for the 2nd year running. The CRY Durham Riverside Walk pairs beautiful countryside with the stunning backdrop of Durham’s cityscape to provide incredible views.
Registration costs £15 on the day. Children aged 16 and under free of charge but must be accompanied by an adult. The walk will start and finish at Durham Amateur Rowing Club.

This event will provide new and existing CRY supporters, including corporate and family teams, with an opportunity to get together and commemorate or support young people and to enjoy a beautiful walk in the Wear Valley.

Drinks will be available at the start and finish. Balloons and certificates will also be provided. CRY T-shirts will be sent to walkers in advance, to wear on the day.

The route includes great views of Durham’s iconic landmarks, including the famous cathedral and castle, a World Heritage site.

The cathedral has been voted Britain’s favourite old building and the whole city is steeped in history.

Why not take a stroll along the ancient, winding lanes and pay a visit to the Town Hall, covered market or Botanic Gardens whilst you are in Durham?

Please join us on this CRY event to raise awareness and funds and help save young lives.

We are very grateful to the Durham Amateur Rowing Club and Northumbrian Water for their support for this event by providing a venue and the water for the walkers respectively.

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"Don't Cry" CD EP - raising funds and awareness for CRY

"Don't Cry" is a CD EP by North East singer/songwriter Steve Percival, released to raise awareness and funds for CRY. Steve was commissioned by CRY to create the CD, to help promote CRY's 2011 Raising Awareness Week.
The CD features 4 original songs, including one written specifically for CRY.
The songs feature a host of musicians from the North East who gave their time freely to support the project.

Steve explains, "Since losing a friend in 2002 to one of these silent cardiac conditions that kill so many young people in the UK every year, I’ve wanted to write a song for CRY".

The title track also features Bon Achord, a local 16-member choir from County Durham who performed with Steve and his band at the regional launch party for the CD on October 7th in the Jubilee Hall, West Rainton, Durham from 7pm.

Steve adds, "I hope the song acknowledges the inevitable sadness that is felt, but also the importance of treasuring those things that are left to you and celebrating a life, however young."

"It was difficult to write but I hope people will find it easy to relate to".

The CD was recorded at Quayside Studios in Newcastle, mixed by Julien Batten and Produced by Steve and Will Lang.

The CD, priced £5, is available in regional record stores; or can be purchased direct from CRY via one of these methods:
• Online at the CRY web shop
• Calling the CRY office on 01737 363222 to purchase by credit / debit card
• Sending a cheque [payable to CRY] to: CRY, Unit 7 Epsom Downs Metro Centre, Waterfield, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 5LR
All proceeds from sales of the CD will go directly to CRY's core works.

‘Don’t Cry’ CD EP : Steve Percival
Catalogue number: ISSY01
UPC Barcode: 885767904354