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

A first for Ben for @CRY_UK

 

CRY Ben Brown

Ben Brown

 

BBC news presenter Ben Brown is to run the Royal Parks Foundation half-marathon for Tom’s Fund and CRY on Sunday, October 12.

Ben said: “This is my first half-marathon, and I’m running it in memory of Tom, who tragically died seven years ago this month when he was just 14.”

Ben, who met Tom, added: “I worked at the BBC with Tom’s parents, Claire and Paul, who have both worked tirelessly for CRY. It’s an amazing charity which raises awareness about sudden cardiac death, which claims the lives of 12 people under 35 each week, if not more.”

You can support Ben here.

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Posted by on Oct 5, 2014 in 2014, Awareness, Tom Clabburn, Uncategorized

4,000 reasons to remember Tom

 

Tom's CRY poster

Tom died on October 5, 2007, from an undiagnosed heart condition. He was 14.

We miss him terribly every day.

Cardiac Risk in the Young’s statistics suggest that 12 young people die each week from undiagnosed heart conditions. These same figures imply that a further 4,300 or more young people aged 14-35 will have died since we lost Tom seven years ago.

Yet if cardiac screening had been available, the vast majority could have been diagnosed and gone on to live their lives*.

Cardiac screening works. It can save lives. We’re therefore hugely grateful to all those who have supported us and enabled us to sponsor free screenings.

The screenings are part of Tom’s legacy. So please continue to remember Tom and support CRY.  Thank you.

* To read more on CRY’s research statistics, please go to https://tomclabburnfund.co.uk/about-the-tom-clabburn-fund/

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Posted by on Oct 2, 2014 in 2014, Awareness, Fund-raising event

A hop, skip and bounce for Tom and @CRY_UK

 

CRY, Nikki, trampoline

Nikki – raising funds for CRY

In a first for Tom’s Fund, trampolines were used to help raise more than £270 for CRY at an event in Guildford, Surrey, on September 26.

The money was raised at a charity aerobics and coffee session at Airhop trampoline park, one of the first such parks in the country.

Organiser Nikki Smith, a family relative, who works at the park, said: “CRY is a charity close to our hearts as Ellen, Tom’s sister, was my bridesmaid. We were really pleased with how it went and hope to repeat a similar event in the next year.”

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Posted by on Sep 28, 2014 in 2014, Awareness, Cardiac Risk in the Young, Fund-raising event

Keeping Faith with @CRY_UK

 

Faith Howells, Ealing Half

Nearly there – Faith on the home stretch.

Faith Howells raised nearly £400 and a shedload of awareness when she wore her CRY T-shirt while competing for Tom’s Fund in the Ealing half-marathon on Sunday, September 28.

In what was Faith’s first half-marathon, she also beat her target time of 2 hours 20 minutes by a whopping 18 minutes.

“I’m a little bit tired but very happy” said family friend Faith, a close friend of Tom’s, after the event.

You can still sponsor Faith here.

Faith Howells, Ealing Half

Done it!

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Posted by on Sep 23, 2014 in 2014, CRY screenings

If you were unable to book an Ealing @CRY_UK screening …

CRY logo

Our annual screenings in Ealing book up very quickly and this year was no exception.

If you were unable to book a place, you can be put on a waiting list in case of cancellations by emailing CRY at ecg@c-r-y.org.uk or by calling the screening team on 0203 691 0000.

You can also check the screening calender at www.testmyheart.org for free screening events sponsored by other families or by CRY. These are held throughout the UK.

Tom’s Fund plans to work with CRY to hold further free heart screenings in Ealing in Spring and Autumn 2015.

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