Posted by PaulClabburn on Apr 29, 2015 in 2015, Awareness, Fund-raising event
The four runners taking part in the London Marathon on behalf of Tom and Claire’s Fund and CRY raised more than £2,500 between them – enough to fund the best part of a whole screening day.
Ben Brown, a CRY patron, and Lucy Thorpe took part in the main race while Juliette and Saul Westbrook competed in the mini-marathon. Each of the four comfortably beat their fund-raising target while also raising loads of awareness at the same time.
After crossing the finishing line in 3 hours 58 minutes, Ben tweeted that there was incredible support from the crowd and that it was “painful but good fun” while Lucy tweeted that she had “such a great run”, finishing in 4.44.44.
Huge thanks to all four for putting their bodies on the line.
Posted by PaulClabburn on Apr 22, 2015 in 2015, Awareness, Fund-raising event
Juliette and Saul.
We are privileged to have four people running in memory of Tom and Claire in this year’s London marathon. They are Lucy Thorpe, Ben Brown and Juliette and Saul Westbrook.
We’ll be featuring them all on the site this week, ahead of the race on Sunday, April 26.
Today it’s Juliette and Saul Westbrook, whose dad Ian writes:
“My children Juliette and Saul are once again running in the London Mini Marathon for Brent. We always decide on an organisation which means something to us and so their chosen charity for 2015 is the Tom Clabburn and Claire Prosser fund.
“Claire was my boss at BBC Ceefax for a couple of years and I was shocked to hear of her sudden death last year and that of Tom a few years before.”
You can support Juliette and Saul here.
Posted by PaulClabburn on Apr 21, 2015 in 2015, Awareness, Fund-raising event
Ben.
We are privileged to have four people running in memory of Tom and Claire in this year’s London marathon. They are Lucy Thorpe, Ben Brown and Juliette and Saul Westbrook.
We’ll be featuring them all on the site this week, ahead of the race on Sunday, April 26.
Today it’s CRY patron Ben Brown who writes:
“Training for the big day is going quite well, though rudely interrupted by a hamstring injury from too much five-a- side football, a bad dose of flu and the small matter of a general election I’m supposed to be covering around the country!
“On the plus side, I’ve been running along the glorious banks of the Thames between Putney Bridge and Barnes Bridge and also in the majestic scenery of Richmond Park.
“Having run the Royal Parks half marathon for CRY and Tom, I know half of what to expect on April 26th, though I fear it might be twice as painful! This time I’ll be running once again to raise money for CRY, and in loving memory of both Tom and Claire. Thinking of them both as I limp round will keep me going and drive me on.”
You can support Ben here.
Posted by PaulClabburn on Apr 20, 2015 in 2015, Awareness, Fund-raising event
Lucy.
We are privileged to have four people running in memory of Tom and Claire in this year’s London marathon. They are Lucy Thorpe, Ben Brown and Juliette and Saul Westbrook.
We’ll be featuring them all on the site this week, ahead of the race on Sunday, April 26.
First up, it’s Lucy Thorpe who writes:
“I am honoured to raise money for CRY with my marathon effort. I don’t like asking for things – least of all money – but I think it would be selfish to pass up the opportunity to transform the personal challenge of running the London Marathon into something more.
“That is why I am telling anyone who asks to donate to CRY after an undiagnosed heart condition robbed a wonderful family of their son. Tom’s mum, Claire, was one of the sparkiest and kindest women I ever met and she campaigned like mad to raise awareness of the issue.”
You can support Lucy here.
Posted by PaulClabburn on Apr 16, 2015 in 2015, Awareness, Cardiac Risk in the Young
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 Apr 12, 2015 in 2015, Awareness, Fund-raising event
Sanda and Kelvin en route.
Our first free screenings of the year took place on Wednesday, April 8, at Drayton Manor High School, W7, and more than 90 young people were screened – a great result when the target is 100 in a day.
Thanks again to all those who have fund-raised to enable the event to take place – the latest folk to do so are Sandra Courtney and Kelvin Walker, organisers of the Ealing Half Marathon, who, two days after the screenings, managed to visit all 270 – yes that really is 270 – London tube stations.
The Walk the Tube challenge began at 4:45am and ended late in the evening. It was led by Geoff Marshall, who previously held the Guinness World Record for navigating all the stations in the fastest time.
The pair raised funds for the Alzheimer’s Society, the Ealing Half Marathon’s headline charity for 2015, and also for CRY, walking in memory of Tom and of Andrew Carter. Andrew took part in the 2014 Ealing Half Marathon but the 33-year-old runner from Ealing collapsed near the end of the race following a cardiac arrest and died on October 1 last year.
Tom and Andrew were among the at least 12 young people aged 14-35 that die every week from undiagnosed heart conditions. We are hugely grateful to Sandra and Kelvin for raising not just funds but so much awareness of what CRY stands for.
Posted by PaulClabburn on Apr 10, 2015 in 2015, Awareness, Fund-raising event
Kelvin and Sandra.
It’s a gloriously sunny Spring morning so what better way to spend the day than deep underground raising money and awareness for Tom and Claire’s Fund, CRY and The Alzheimer’s Society.
Sandra Courtney and Kelvin Walker, organisers of the Ealing Half Marathon, are part of a group of about 20 fund-raisers who will be spending nearly 20 hours on the London Underground in an attempt to visit all 270 stations in a single day.
The Walk the Tube challenge started at 4:45am and aims to finish at around 11:00pm. It is being led by Geoff Marshall, who previously held the Guinness World Record for navigating all the stations in the fastest time.
Sandra and Kelvin say that as they usually organise races in which others raise funds, this gives them the chance to do so themselves for a change.
They are raising money for The Alzheimer’s Society, Ealing Half Marathon’s headline charity for 2015, and CRY in memory of Tom and Andrew Carter. Andrew took part in the 2014 Ealing Half Marathon but the 33-year-old runner from Ealing collapsed near the end of the race following a cardiac arrest and died on October 1 last year.
If you want to support Sandra and Kelvin’s efforts you can do so here.
Posted by PaulClabburn on Apr 8, 2015 in 2015, CRY screenings, Ealing
Teacher Caroline Bischoff, centre, with the CRY team, left to right Lorna Carby, Peter Lewis, Sue Brown, Ralph Knox, Dr Alexandros Steriotis, Helen Budding and Kate Dougal.
A fully booked day of screenings sponsored by Tom and Claire’s Fund is underway at Drayton Manor High School, Drayton Bridge Road, W7. As ever, it could not have happened without all of you who have fund-raised.
Tom was a student at Drayton Manor and the idea of holding the event at the school came from one of his teacher’s, Caroline Bischoff, who has also raised awareness of CRY among pupils.
Paul Clabburn said: “We’re very grateful to Caroline for coming up with the idea and we’d like to thank Liz Stephenson and Guy Heyhoe from Drayton Manor for working with CRY in planning the event. We’re also grateful to Sir Pritpal Singh, head teacher, for allowing the premises to be used.
“It was lovely to be able to catch-up with the CRY screening team, some of whom we have worked with many times before. It’s fantastic that those being screened have the benefit of being tested by such a highly experienced and motivated team.”
