As you no doubt know, this year’s CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk, due to take place this coming Sunday, June 28, has been cancelled.
However, if you want to leave a message and/or photograph of those you would have walked in memory of, you can do so on CRY’s digital message wall here.
There’s also a link to further information on what CRY will be doing on the day – including a two-minute silence – here.
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Reflection.
More than 40 people walked in memory of Tom and Claire at CRY’s Heart of London Bridges walk on Sunday, June 23.
The walk, the 13th organised by CRY, started and finished in Southwark Park and attracted more than 1,500 CRY supporters.
“It was nice to see so many people turning up for Team Tom,” said Ellen Clabburn. “We’ve been taking part for 12 years and we’re very grateful to people for making the commitment and giving up their time.”
Some of Team Tom XII
The Note-Orious choir will be among those providing musical entertainment.
In just under a fortnight, this year’s CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk will take place on Sunday, June 23. Join us if you can as part of “Team Tom XII”.
You can register here. There’s a new start and finish point, both in Southwark Park, Gomm Road, London, SE16 2TX. The walk begins at 11am after a minute’s silence. There’s also an ‘improved route,’ a first CRY family picnic and musical performances.
But at the centre, as ever, is the walk. You don’t have to raise money unless you want to – just put one foot in front of the other to show support for CRY and to raise awareness. Twelve young people aged between 14-35 die each week of undiagnosed heart conditions in the UK.
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Some of Team Tom 2018.
This year’s Heart of London Bridges Walk takes place on Sunday, June 23, and we’d love to see you there as part of “Team Tom XII”.
You can register here. Be aware there’s a new start and finish point, both in Southwark Park, Gomm Road, London, SE16 2TX.
You don’t have to raise money unless you want to – just walk to show support for CRY and to raise awareness. Twelve young people aged between 14-35 die each week of undiagnosed heart conditions in the UK.
And if you want to be reminded of the impact, spend a couple of minutes here listening to CRY patron and former Brentford manager Andy Scott speak about the death from a cardiac condition of 28-year-old Bees technical director Robert Rowan last year.
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Dr Steven Cox, CRY’s Chief Executive, opens the conference.
CRY held a conference on understanding the impact of its research at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, on Saturday, May 11.
It was a fascinating afternoon, full of information about the mind-boggling progress made by CRY’s researchers – all of whom are paid for by you.
Among the speakers, Professor Mary Sheppard, who head’s CRY’s Centre of Cardiac Pathology, explained the centre now holds the largest cardiology database in the world. CRY consultant cardiologist, Professor Sanjay Sharma, who leads CRY’s screening programme, pointed out that the NHS misses out on diagnosing the 80% of young people among whom death is the first symptom of an underlying cardiac problem.
How does this tie in with the 2019 Heart of London Bridges Walk, on Sunday June 23rd?
This year, the National Screening Committee will once again consider whether there should be a nationwide cardiac screening programme for young adults. In the run-up, raising awareness of what CRY stands for – its screening programme, it’s internationally renowned research – remains as important as ever.
Please help by joining us on the walk. You don’t have to raise funds, you just need to show your support. It really does count.
You can register here.
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More than 50 people walked in memory of Tom and Claire at Cardiac Risk in the Young’s annual Heart of London Bridges Walk on Sunday, June 24.
It’s the 11th time we have walked and, yet again, we’re hugely grateful for the fantastic turn-out. We’re very lucky to have such support.
As CRY’s Chief Executive, Steve Cox, explained in a brief speech, one of the most important steps in CRY’s campaign to prevent Young Sudden Cardiac Deaths (YSCD) took place earlier this month.
For the first time, causes of death including SADS, ARVC and Short QT have been recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO). You can read more here.
In Steve’s words: “We believe that once this new code is fully implemented it will finally be possible to establish that these cardiac conditions are one of the most common causes of death in young people and much more should be done by our government to prevent these tragedies.”
That could mean the eventual implementation of a national strategy.
Meanwhile, 12 young people aged 14-35 are dying every week.
CRY can’t campaign without your support so, whether you walked this year or in the past, thank you.
Paul and Ellen x
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