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Posted by PaulClabburn on Apr 16, 2015 in 2015, Awareness, Cardiac Risk in the Young

“To do nothing is not an option …” @CRY_UK’s General Election manifesto

CRY on the road.

CRY have produced an apolitical election manifesto. It’s well worth a read and you can find it here.

In its own words it “… brings together our key campaigns, including; improving awareness in the general public and within the medical community, providing appropriate support and expert pathology, improving early diagnosis through
screening, improved management of young people identified with cardiac conditions and greater research into young sudden death.”

It calls for the next government, of whatever political stripe, ” … to establish a national strategy for the prevention of young sudden cardiac death.”

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 Jan 19, 2015 in 2015, Cardiac Risk in the Young

The year ahead for Tom and Claire’s Fund

Claire and Tom

The focus for Tom and Claire’s Fund will, as ever, be on screening and raising awareness. We have two CRY screenings planned for 2015 in Ealing. The first will be in April, the second in the autumn. Details of both screenings will appear on this site.

We also know that people are already planning to raise funds this year. If you are, please let us know via the contact form here.

Last but by no means least, our thanks and appreciation to Jim Ballantyne who has written a poem for Claire. You can read it here and Jim’s earlier poem in memory of Tom here.

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 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 19, 2014 in 2014, Awareness, Cardiac Risk in the Young, CRY screenings

Booking open for Tom’s @CRY_UK screenings

Free heart screenings sponsored by Tom’s Fund for young people aged 14-35 can now be booked online at http://www.testmyheart.org/

This year’s screenings will be held on Sunday, November 9, and once again we must thank the Florence Road surgery in Florence Road, Ealing, for hosting the event.

If you have any queries, please do not ring the surgery but contact CRY on 01737 363222 (10am – 5pm Monday to Friday excluding Bank Holidays) or by emailing cry@c-r-y.org.uk

Tom’s Fund has supported screenings, mainly in west London, every year since 2009. More than 1,000 young people have been screened. We are, as ever, incredibly grateful to all those who have supported us by fund-raising. Without their efforts, these screenings would not take place.

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