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Posted by PaulClabburn on Mar 28, 2015 in 2015, Awareness, Cardiac Risk in the Young, CRY London Bridges Walk, Fund-raising event

12 weeks to go before the @CRY_UK London Bridges Walk 2015

We’d be thrilled if you could join Team Tom VIII for the 9th annual Cardiac Risk in the Young London Bridges walk, taking place on Sunday, June 28.

You can register for the event here .

Don’t worry if you can’t fund-raise, the event is as much about raising awareness as cash. After eight years of walking, CRY understand that it’s not easy to keep trying to obtain sponsorship.

So enjoy a stroll through the centre of town to mark CRY’s 20th anniversary year and wear the CRY T-shirt.

Claire believed it was an important way to promote the message that the loss of 12 young lives a week was unacceptable. She was determined never to miss a Bridges Walk. It would be lovely if you could help us keep that commitment alive.

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 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.”

Huge thanks to all concerned from Paul and Ellen x

Posted by PaulClabburn on Nov 10, 2014 in 2014, Awareness, CRY screenings

A successful day of CRY screenings in Ealing

Claire with the CRY team, from left to right Kate Dougal, Helen Budding, Sue Brown, Gareth Jones, Rob Sargent, Claire, Dr Vincent Gabus and Bev Katigbak.

Eighty-nine people were seen at the latest Tom’s Fund/CRY free heart screenings for young people aged 14-35 on Sunday.

Three people were referred for further tests after the event at Florence Road surgery in Ealing.

Claire said: “We’re glad the day ran smoothly and would like to thank the CRY team for all their hard work. We also received nearly £200 in donations on the day which is very generous. Finally, we very much appreciate that Dr David Evans and his team once again allowed the surgery to play host to the screenings.”

Posted by PaulClabburn on Nov 9, 2014 in 2014, Awareness, Cardiac Risk in the Young, CRY screenings

All set for the @CRY_UK screenings #Ealing

Dr David Evans, centre, of the Florence Road surgery greets members of the CRY team.

The Tom’s Fund/CRY free heart screenings for young people aged 14-35 are taking place today in Ealing.

The event, hosted by the Florence Road surgery in Florence Road, Ealing, is fully booked.

As ever, the event couldn’t take place without all those who have supported us by fund-raising. We’ll update later on how the day went.

Posted by PaulClabburn on Oct 13, 2014 in 2014, Awareness, Fund-raising event

Ben’s first time success for CRY

Ben at the finish.

BBC news presenter Ben Brown successfully completed his first half-marathon and raised more than £1,000 (including gift aid) for Tom’s Fund and CRY on Sunday, October 12.

Ben, a CRY patron, took part in the Royal Parks Foundation half-marathon and said: “I’m thrilled to have completed my very first half marathon for CRY and in memory of Tom Clabburn who tragically died seven years ago.

“Thanks to some very generous donations, I raised more than £1000 for CRY – and completed the race in a decent 1.49.21. The weather was fine, the route beautiful and the training with my running mate Rob really kicked in!”

You can still support Ben here.

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