 Cambridge Charity Fund Raisers are pleased to announce that they will be supporting Little Buds / Happy Mama for the next 12 months . CCFR will be raising funds to purchase sensory toys and other items to support the the children who attend Little Buds.
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 Life saving act by Cambridge United Foundation staff earns award
A walking football tournament was taking place on the bank holiday weekend in May at the Abbey stadium when one of the players had a cardiac arrest and due to the fast acting work of four members staff the player recovered. Staff carried out CPR and had to use a defibrillator to get the players heart beating again they worked on the individual until emergency service help arrived . Cambridge Charity Fund Raisers presented the four members of staff with an engraved salver and Marks & Spencer vouchers to celebrate the outstanding life saving work they carried out. Left to right ,Ian Darler CCFR ,Vicky Neal CUFC Foundation ,Simon Wall CUFC Foundation , Tim Walker CUFC Foundation, Mark Bonner 1st team head coach, Fin Peters the 4th member of the life saving team not pictured. Proud to work alongside you all outstanding act of saving a life.
 The outstanding efforts and stories of a group of exceptional young people were celebrated in style at the Inspirational YoungStars Awards on Friday night.
It was the showcase of an initiative launched in partnership between the Cambridge Independent and Cambridge Charity Fundraisers to spotlight the brilliant work and stories of youngsters across society. There was a full array of emotions on display at the awards dinner, which was hosted by BBC Look East’s Jonathan Park. After the emotional citations of some of the winners, the compere for the evening conducted some superb interviews, with the responses of the young interviewees drawing laughs all round.A judging panel which included Lord Lieutenant Julie Spence, and representatives of Mick George, Cambs FA, Cambridge Charity Fundraisers and the Cambridge Independent felt that the strength of the nominations merited a far broader scope for the awards and increased the range from four to 10 individual award winners, with a further four highly commended. Read more about the evening by following the link below https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/in-depth/winners-of-the-cambridge-independent-and-cambridge-charity-f-9261512/ At last we get to announce the Inspirational children's awards, Special thanks too all the sponsors for their patience in waiting due to the delay caused by the pandemic. We hope that we can highlight the amazing things that children of today undertake. If you know a child who has helped out in any way please nominate them via the link below www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/sport/nominate-now-for-our-inspirational-youngstars-awards-9249831/   Tesco Newmarket Road Cambridge & Cambridge Charity Fund Raisers have agreed to sponsor female toiletries for the next 7 matches at the Abbey stadium.
In the photo above are Ian Darler , Ian Westwood Manager Tesco Newmarket Rd , Julie Izzard Community . We would like to thank Tesco's for their continued support  I was so sorry to hear of the passing of our very good friend Mick Curtis.
Mick was one of the first anglers to join CCFR and was always keen to make a donation and support our fishing events, but it didn’t finish there as Mick was always keen to offer support to the other anglers and over the years lent me several rigs especially his paste rigs for what he was well known for in the summer months. He was a very accomplished angler winning lots of silverware over the years. Mick was very kind, compassionate, and a true gentleman. Sadly there are few people like that in the world today. We will all miss his sense of humour and his long, long conversations held on the bankside. He was a wonderful man, and a great friend to so many people. I will be forever grateful for all that he did for me in helping with Cambridge Charity Fund Raisers and his generosity in supporting our events was incredible. I could never repay all that he did for me and CCFR, I have spoken to Mick’s wife Ros and agreed that I will introduce a new award during our 2022 fishing series, one which anglers will be able to compete for in years to come. Myself and all from CCFR extend our deepest sympathy to Ros and family and wish to let them know how much we share their pain at this sad time. Ian Darler and everybody at Cambridge Charity Fund Raisers Michael's funeral is on the 21st December at 10.30am at Barton Woodland Burial site . CB23 7BA In Friendship & Sorrow. Cambridge Charity Fund Raisers staged their 2021 annual fishing event in aid of Cambridge Fans United and are pleased to confirm £520 was raised.  Nigel Browne CFU , Ian Darler CCFR & Brian Thorby CFU at the cheque presentation CCFR would like to thank the following companies for sponsoring the fishing event and the anglers for taking part. Andrew Aspinall at A.R.Aspinall , Bob Barnes at Cambridge Lakes Golf course, Steve Ankin at Herringbone Restoration Ltd Tim Cooper at Coopers Trophies, Cambridge. The event was fished on Raven Lake at Rookery waters , Pidley. The individual winner on the day was Dave Keedy with a weight of 87lb , Runner up was Dudley Seal with 65lb 8oz.  Above - Dave Keedy with one of his carp that took him to the top of the leader board. Below Left Tim & Dudley with their trophies & prizes - Below Right Runners up in the Pairs match were Dave Keedy & Wayne Thomas Thanks to everybody for their support.
Since the start of virus situation 18 months ago I had seen a lady everyday walking between the villages of Histon and Cottenham on my journey in to work.
So what you may say but this lady had been collecting the litter that had been thrown in to hedgerows, footpaths etc I had seen the ever increasing amount of litter the lady had been picking up on a daily basis come rain, sun or snow. I became so impressed by what an amazing job that she had done over an 18 month period that I felt that she deserved a small thank you. So I made the decision to stop on the way to work last week and offer a small gift to the lady for the outstanding work she had done over a prolonged period. I stopped and spoke to the lady who I now know as Kathleen and said that CCFR had a small gift of a couple of boxes of chocolates for the outstanding work she had done in keeping the country side so clean and tidy it was so nice to be able to offer a small gift for somebody who cared about her community and put a smile on her face. Outstanding work Kathleen Ian Darler B.E.M Life's a Pitch book by Ian Darler ---- Ian Darler, Head Groundsman at Cambridge United’s Abbey Stadium for 40 years, looks back on an eventful career in his autobiography, Life’s a Pitch: The Groundsman’s Tale From an apprenticeship that kindled his love affair with the turf to welcoming the world’s biggest football club to his stadium. Discover:
But Ian also talks bravely about the life-threatening incident that plunged him into a very dark place, and sheds light on the reasons why he works tirelessly to raise money for good causes. Life’s a Pitch is published by sports and special interest publisher G2 Entertainment. Available for £16.99 including 4.00pp Order a copy here www.cambridgefansunited.org/store/p71/lifes-a-pitch.html  |
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