Dr David Evans, centre, of the Florence Road surgery greets members of the CRY team.
The Tom’s Fund/CRY free heart screenings for young people aged 14-35 are taking place today in Ealing.
The event, hosted by the Florence Road surgery in Florence Road, Ealing, is fully booked.
As ever, the event couldn’t take place without all those who have supported us by fund-raising. We’ll update later on how the day went.
We’re had many donations over the past three months via Justgiving and it’s time to say “thank you”.
We are grateful for the generosity and support of (in chronological order of donation):
Sonja and Richard
Bev
David
Helen
Grange
Nicky,
Isabel
Jayne
Peggy
Tony and Kathleen
Lucy and Gileas
Richard
Jeremy
Much appreciated and helps us to plan our 2015 Ealing screenings with CRY.
Ben at the finish.
BBC news presenter Ben Brown successfully completed his first half-marathon and raised more than £1,000 (including gift aid) for Tom’s Fund and CRY on Sunday, October 12.
Ben, a CRY patron, took part in the Royal Parks Foundation half-marathon and said: “I’m thrilled to have completed my very first half marathon for CRY and in memory of Tom Clabburn who tragically died seven years ago.
“Thanks to some very generous donations, I raised more than £1000 for CRY – and completed the race in a decent 1.49.21. The weather was fine, the route beautiful and the training with my running mate Rob really kicked in!”
You can still support Ben here.
for all the flowers, messages, texts and cards we have received since Sunday. It means a lot to us.
Claire, Paul and Ellen x
Ben Brown
BBC news presenter Ben Brown is to run the Royal Parks Foundation half-marathon for Tom’s Fund and CRY on Sunday, October 12.
Ben said: “This is my first half-marathon, and I’m running it in memory of Tom, who tragically died seven years ago this month when he was just 14.”
Ben, who met Tom, added: “I worked at the BBC with Tom’s parents, Claire and Paul, who have both worked tirelessly for CRY. It’s an amazing charity which raises awareness about sudden cardiac death, which claims the lives of 12 people under 35 each week, if not more.”
You can support Ben here.
Tom died on October 5, 2007, from an undiagnosed heart condition. He was 14.
We miss him terribly every day.
Cardiac Risk in the Young’s statistics suggest that 12 young people die each week from undiagnosed heart conditions. These same figures imply that a further 4,300 or more young people aged 14-35 will have died since we lost Tom seven years ago.
Yet if cardiac screening had been available, the vast majority could have been diagnosed and gone on to live their lives*.
Cardiac screening works. It can save lives. We’re therefore hugely grateful to all those who have supported us and enabled us to sponsor free screenings.
The screenings are part of Tom’s legacy. So please continue to remember Tom and support CRY. Thank you.
* To read more on CRY’s research statistics, please go to https://tomclabburnfund.co.uk/about-the-tom-clabburn-fund/
Nikki – raising funds for CRY
In a first for Tom’s Fund, trampolines were used to help raise more than £270 for CRY at an event in Guildford, Surrey, on September 26.
The money was raised at a charity aerobics and coffee session at Airhop trampoline park, one of the first such parks in the country.
Organiser Nikki Smith, a family relative, who works at the park, said: “CRY is a charity close to our hearts as Ellen, Tom’s sister, was my bridesmaid. We were really pleased with how it went and hope to repeat a similar event in the next year.”
Nearly there – Faith on the home stretch.
Faith Howells raised nearly £400 and a shedload of awareness when she wore her CRY T-shirt while competing for Tom’s Fund in the Ealing half-marathon on Sunday, September 28.
In what was Faith’s first half-marathon, she also beat her target time of 2 hours 20 minutes by a whopping 18 minutes.
“I’m a little bit tired but very happy” said family friend Faith, a close friend of Tom’s, after the event.
You can still sponsor Faith here.
Done it!
