Our free CRY heart screenings for young people aged between 14 and 35 will be held at Trailfinders Sports Club in Ealing on Sunday, 2nd February, 2025.
Booking is now open on CRY’s site here. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
