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

A first for Ben for @CRY_UK

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.

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

4,000 reasons to remember Tom

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/

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

A hop, skip and bounce for Tom and @CRY_UK

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.”

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

Keeping Faith with @CRY_UK

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.

Done it!

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

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

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.

Posted by PaulClabburn on Sep 22, 2014 in 2014, Awareness, Ealing, Fund-raising event

It’s because of people like Faith …

We’re holding our next free heart screenings for young people aged 14-35 in Ealing on November 9 – and it’s because of the fund-raising efforts of people such as Faith Howells that we are able to do so.

Family friend Faith will be pushing herself to run further than ever before in this Sunday’s Ealing half-marathon.

Faith said: “I have never attempted a half-marathon and so this will be my biggest challenge so far. CRY is important to me because my close friend Tom died unexpectedly from an undiagnosed heart condition when he was 14.

“CRY are incredible both at raising awareness of conditions like Tom’s and increasing opportunities for 14-35 year olds to identify cardiac irregularities through their free screenings.

“I saw first-hand the benefits of these screenings when a minor irregularity in my sister was detected and checked out.”

Faith continued: “I discovered my love for running when I was 17 and have kept it up over my three years at university. Any money raised for Tom’s Fund will help towards screening in west London so donations large or small would go towards this incredibly important cause and spur me on to reach my personal best!”

You can support Faith here.

NB: The Ealing November 9 screenings are now fully booked. We plan to hold further free screenings in Spring and Autumn 2015. Follow this site on Twitter, Facebook, Linked-In or by email for updates.

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