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Posted by PaulClabburn on Mar 16, 2015 in 2015, Awareness, Fund-raising event

Mother and child reunion in aid of CRY

Elizabeth and Charlotte

Charlotte Johnson and her mum, Elizabeth Adams, will be running the Edinburgh Marathon in May 2015 in memory of Tom Clabburn, who was in the year below Charlotte at High School, and his mum, Claire Prosser, a friend of Elizabeth’s. They’ll be raising money for Cardiac Risk in the Young.

Charlotte has been running for four years and dragged Elizabeth to her first park run three years ago. They have trained and raced together since, completing the Ealing Half Marathon twice, the Serpentine New Year’s 10k, and the Ealing Eagles 10k.

As Charlotte is studying in Scotland, it was only natural that they take part in the Edinburgh Marathon. It will, reluctantly, be Elizabeth’s first marathon and Charlotte’s second. Both are aiming to complete the 26.2 miles in 4 hours.

Charlotte said: “The generosity of friends and family who have donated make the early mornings, the aches and pains, the exhaustion and the tears undoubtedly worth it.

“CRY do amazing work raising awareness of conditions like Tom’s and making free heart screenings available for 14 to 35 year olds. It put my family’s minds at rest knowing that each of my brothers have been screened and no irregularities found.

“My mum and I are very proud to be donning the CRY t-shirts for the Edinburgh Marathon and knowing that we have raised awareness and donations for such a valuable cause in memory of Tom and Claire will really help to provide a psychological boost when we are flagging.”

If you’d like to support Charlotte and Elizabeth, you can do so here.

Ellen Clabburn said: “I got to know Charlotte on a school ski trip but in contrast to me she’s clearly kept up with the exercise! It means so much that she and Elizabeth are running in memory of mum, Tom and CRY.”

Posted by PaulClabburn on Feb 27, 2015 in 2015, CRY screenings

Fully booked – our #Ealing #Hanwell @CRY_UK heart screenings

Screening update: Our next sponsored heart screening day for young people aged between 14-35 at Drayton Manor High School, W7, on April 8, is now fully booked.

Thank you to everyone who has raised the money that allows the screenings to be free and thank you to everyone who has publicised the event.

Posted by PaulClabburn on Feb 26, 2015 in 2015, CRY screenings

Handful of places left for @CRY_UK free heart screenings #Ealing #Hanwell

Screening update: a limited number of free heart screenings are still available for booking for young people aged between 14-35 on Wednesday, April 8.

The event, which is almost booked-up, is taking place at Drayton Manor High School, Drayton Bridge Road, London, W7 1EU.

At the moment you can still book a CRY screening by going here and choosing “Book Appointment”.

The screenings are sponsored by the Tom Clabburn and Claire Prosser Memorial Fund.

Posted by PaulClabburn on Feb 24, 2015 in 2015, CRY screenings

Free Ealing heart screenings open for booking

Our latest free heart screenings for young people aged between 14-35 will take place on Wednesday, April 8, at Drayton Manor High School, Drayton Bridge Road, London, W7 1EU.

You can book a CRY screening by going here and choosing “Book Appointment”.

We are extremely grateful to Drayton Manor High School, Tom and Ellen’s old school, for hosting the event, which takes place in the Easter holidays.

To date more than 1,100 young people have been screened for free at events sponsored by Tom and Claire’s Fund. So to all of you who have raised funds over the years, thank you – it’s a record you can be proud of.

Posted by PaulClabburn on Feb 16, 2015 in 2015, Awareness, BBC, Fund-raising event

Cake bake for CRY’s sake

Food for thought.

A cake bake at the BBC raised nearly £100 and plenty of awareness for Tom and Claire’s Fund and CRY on February 11.

BBC journalist Jasmine Coleman said:

“People in the BBC Newsroom came together to tuck into cake, take a moment to chat and raise money for Tom and Claire’s fund this week.

The BBC’s World Online team organises a fairly regular ‘bake-off’ to bring colleagues together and fundraise for different charities.

This time Tom and Claire’s Fund was the only choice.

Many of us who took part knew and loved Claire and were glad to be able to do something in her memory. Others had never met her but had heard of her work with the BBC’s Journalism Trainee Scheme and were interested to find out more about her efforts for Cardiac Risk in the Young.

The theme for the bake off this time around was ❤️ – a nod to the charity as well as Valentines Day coming up.

Yum!.

The delicious offerings included chocolate and marshmallow cupcakes by Helier, one of Claire’s former trainees, and white chocolate and cranberry ‘love’ cookies by Jasmine, who also completed the scheme. We couldn’t help but think that Claire would have enjoyed Vanessa’s boozy chocolate mousse, and Alix’s Seville Orange meringue pie, and David’s lime and coconut slices brightened up our break.

Together we managed to raise just under £94 – not bad for eating loads of cake and talking to friends. We certainly didn’t need a second lunch after that.”