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Posted by on Mar 28, 2024 in 2024, Awareness, Cardiac Risk in the Young, Claire Prosser, Donations, Fund-raising event, Tom Clabburn

“Marathoning. The Triumph of Desire over Reason”

Jane Kinghorn and Stephanie Marshall.
Jane and Stephanie.

Jane Kinghorn will be putting the slogan to the test at this year’s London Marathon – albeit she does have a very good reason for taking part.

Here, in Jane’s own words, is why she will be attempting her first marathon and raising money for CRY’s general funds:

“I’m sure I’m just one of many to say I feel lucky to have been able to call Claire a friend.
I met her at the BBC just after Tom had died.
We moved from colleagues to chums – and what a friend she was.
Her energy and her wit unmatched.
Looking out for me – when her plate was already full. That’s why  I ran the Great North Run for Tom and why I’m attempting London for them both.
A good friend said Claire would be laughing out loud at the thought of me running London and with good reason.
61 is an odd age to attempt your first and last marathon,  especially when you haven’t run for a decade.
She’s worth every step.
We won’t be breaking  any records – we’re just hoping to cross the line before everyone packs up for home – then we can toast a glorious friend.”

Jane and her pal, Stephanie, are both running for CRY. You can read the full story about why – and sponsor them – here.

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Posted by on Dec 18, 2023 in 2023, Cardiac Risk in the Young, Claire Prosser, CRY screenings, Ealing, Tom Clabburn, Trailfinders Sports CLub

The 2024 @CRY_UK #Ealing screenings – fully booked

CRY St George's launch event
An ECG bought by Tom and Claire's Fund in 2016.

UPDATE: As of this evening, Tuesday December 19, the screenings are fully booked

Our free CRY heart screenings for young people aged between 14 and 35 will be held at Trailfinders Sports Club in Ealing on Sunday, 4th February, 2024.

Booking opens on CRY’s site here tomorrow, Tuesday 19th December, from 3pm. Please note that in recent years the event, sponsored by Tom and Claire’s Fund, has been fully booked within 24 hours.

We are very grateful to Trailfinders for once more hosting the screenings.

If you have any queries, please contact CRY here rather than us or Trailfinders.

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Posted by on Jun 2, 2023 in 2023, Awareness, Cardiac Risk in the Young, Claire Prosser, CRY London Bridges Walk, Tom Clabburn

Walk for Tom, Claire and Gordon, too @CRY_UK

Gordon Prosser and family on the CRY 2017 walk.
Gordon at the 2017 Bridges walk with grandaughter Ellen and, behind, nephew Richard (left) and son Neil.

Tom’s grandpa, Claire’s dad, Gordon Prosser, who died on Saturday, May 27 aged 91, was a great supporter of CRY.

Gordon was a familiar sight on the Heart of London Bridges Walk. He first completed the circuit in 2008 when he was 76 and he continued to do so into his late eighties. He was said to have been the oldest person to have taken part. 

If you would like to take part in this year’s walk, on Sunday June 25, you can register here.

As with every other charity, the pandemic made raising funds and awareness that much harder and so we’d really appreciate as many people as possible signing up for Team Tom 16. Sadly, Gordon won’t be there to walk with us but I’ll still picture him striding along.

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Posted by on Nov 27, 2022 in 2022, Awareness, Cardiac Risk in the Young, CRY screenings, Fund-raising event, Tom Clabburn

Tom’s 30th birthday and @CRY_UK heart screenings

Tom Clabburn

If Tom hadn’t died from an undiagnosed heart condition in 2007, today, November 27, would have been his 30th birthday.

Instead, he became one of the 12 young people aged 14-35 who CRY estimates die each week from an undiagnosed heart condition.

That’s almost 10,000 young people who have died since Tom.  

CRY has carried out more than 200,000 heart screenings and the evidence suggests:

One in every 300 will have a potentially life-threatening condition.

One in every 100 will have a less serious condition that might cause problems in later life.

Tom’s Fund has sponsored free CRY heart screenings in west London since 2008. The support has been incredible and is greatly appreciated. It’s made possible the testing of more than 3,000 young people, the purchase of screening equipment and contributions towards CRY’s research programme.

Both the demand for screenings and the cost of holding them is rapidly increasing. Economic times are tough and there are many charities out there but if you could find a way to support the Fund we’d be extremely grateful. Whatever amount you can donate, thank you, it all helps. Please click here.

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Posted by on Nov 1, 2022 in 2022, Cardiac Risk in the Young, CRY screenings, Donations, Tom Clabburn, Trailfinders Sports CLub

Screenings and donating to @CRY_UK

CRY October 2018

This year’s free CRY heart screenings for young people sponsored by Tom and Claire’s Fund were fully booked within 90 minutes.

We didn’t even have time to publicise the event, to be held later this month at Trailfinders in Ealing, before all slots had gone.

If you missed out, or know someone who did, you can complete CRY’s “Screening Interest Form” here. We also plan to hold more screenings in February 2023. Details will appear on this site in December.

The speed at which slots fill shows the strength of demand. It’s not just our screenings, it’s pretty much all CRY family screenings.

And any family screening is only free at point of use because of those who have donated. We’re very grateful to anyone who has ever done so, it’s only through your generosity that the Ealing screenings continue.

When we set out fundraising for CRY many years ago, the most efficient way to donate was via Justgiving. Now, with the improvements to CRY’s website, that’s changed and it’s better to do so here on Tom and Claire’s CRY memorial page. We will therefore be closing our Justgiving page at the end of the year.

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