About Tom and Claire’s Fund

The Tom Clabburn and Claire Prosser Memorial Fund supports the registered charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY).

Since 2008, it has raised more than £200,000, primarily to support free heart testing for young people. More than 2,900 young people have been screened.

We believe that screening can make a real difference. CRY’s statistics suggest:

• One in every 300 of the young people CRY tests will be identified with a potentially life threatening condition.

• One in every 100 will have a condition that is less serious but could cause problems in later life.

The fund also raises awareness of the risk of young cardiac death and has contributed funding to CRY’s medical research programme as well as purchasing an echocardiogram machine.

After Tom Clabburn died on October 5, 2007, aged 14, the Tom Clabburn Fund was set-up in 2008 by his parents, Claire Prosser and Paul Clabburn, and his sister, Ellen. Tom was one of the 12 young people aged 14-35 who die each week in the UK from an undiagnosed heart condition, according to CRY.

When Tom’s mum, Claire, died from a heart condition on December 1, 2014, aged 54, the name of the Fund changed to Tom and Claire’s Fund.

Claire believed passionately that young people should be able to attend free screenings which could identify undiagnosed heart conditions and campaigned tirelessly to raise both funds and awareness for CRY.

While 80% of the young people who die have no prior symptoms, cardiac testing can identify those at risk in the vast majority of cases.

Most events have been held in and around Ealing in west London, where Tom and Claire lived and where so many have supported the fund with time, money and effort.

Thank you for reading this page. If you want to get in touch, please go to the Support the Fund/Contact Us page.

Paul and Ellen