Ealing Half Marathon are holding this year’s Andrew Carter Memorial Mile at 11am tomorrow, Saturday 2nd September. It’ll take place in Lammas Park, Ealing.
The event is free to enter but Andrew’s family kindly allow all donations to go to CRY or to Tom and Claire’s Fund so that more free heart screenings for young people can be held in Ealing.
Andrew Carter, 33, took part in the Ealing Half Marathon on Sunday 28th September 2014. He collapsed shortly before the end of the race following a cardiac arrest and passed away on Wednesday 1st October 2014.
A Red Admiral hitches a lift. Picture by Helen Lewis.
Around 800 people took part in this year’s annual Cardiac Risk in the Young Heart of London Bridges Walk on Sunday, 25 July.
Team Tom 16 walked again in memory of Tom and Claire, setting off from Southwark Park on a six mile route that crossed several of the capital’s iconic bridges.
“We’re extremely grateful to all those who walked, especially on such a hot day,” said Paul Clabburn. “It was a tremendous effort and we really appreciate people choosing to spend their time supporting CRY.
“It’s the first Bridges walk since the recent death of Tom’s Grandpa, Gordon Prosser. Gordon was a great supporter of CRY and already 76 when Team Tom first walked in 2008. He completed the course for the last time in 2019 when 87 and, but for lockdown, he’d probably have managed one or two more. It felt right to walk in his memory too.
Picture by Morna Hinton.
“Thank you as well to all those who kindly donated to Tom and Claire’s Fund to mark the occasion of the walk.”
While it took place, Tom’s sister, Ellen, and her friends promoted CRY at Glastonbury festival, sporting Heart of London Bridges T-shirts.
Tributes were paid before the start of the walk to the late Kathryn Harries, opera singer and CRY patron, who came up with the idea of the CRY Bridges Walk. I well remember Kathryn always taking the time to talk and listen to those taking part in the event. Our condolences to her family.
Kathryn chatting to members of the first ever Team Tom in 2008.
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.
Members of the CRY team at the Trailfinders 2023 screenings.
Two days of free CRY heart screenings sponsored by Tom and Claire’s Fund took place at Trailfinders Sports Club in Ealing on Saturday, February 4 and Sunday, February 5.
Ninety-three young people aged 14-35 were screened on the first day and ninety-nine on the second. A total of seven were referred for further tests.
Tony Hill, CRY’s family screening manager, said: “Trailfinders is a lovely venue, everybody is very welcoming and the staff can’t do enough for us, they’re all incredibly helpful. We look forward to returning.”
Ellen Clabburn said: “It’s so impressive to see the CRY team at work, carrying out nearly 200 screenings over two days is a real feat. They pulled out all the stops and we really appreciate that. We are also, of course, very grateful to Trailfinders Club for hosting us once more.”
Tom and Claire’s Fund plan more screenings in Ealing in early 2024. Other family screenings will be held before that throughout the UK. You can book here or pre-register your interest in future screenings here.
The Tom and Claire Fund sponsored heart screenings at Trailfinders in Ealing in February were fully booked within an hour or so of being put online by CRY.
The same thing happened with our screenings last year. Demand is great.
If you missed out, you can register your interest for a CRY cardiac screening here. You will be notified of forthcoming family screenings and can specify which region of the country you are interested in.
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.
Left to right: Tony Hill, CRY, Marcus Garratt, Trailfinders, Ellen Askew, CRY and Ellen.
A total of 99 young people aged 14-35 received free cardiac screening from CRY at the Olympic Pavilion, Trailfinders, Ealing, on Sunday, November 13.
Six people were referred for follow-up tests after the event, sponsored by Tom and Claire’s Fund.
Ellen Clabburn said: “We’re very grateful to Trailfinders for once again playing host. We knew it would be a busy day, the screenings were fully booked within ninety minutes of being online, but, as ever, the CRY team coped brilliantly.
“We’ll be back at Trailfinders early in 2023 for a further two days of screening. Keep an eye on our site for further information.”
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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