Posted by PaulClabburn on Dec 2, 2014 in 2014, Claire Prosser
Ellen and Claire: “Better hair than her daughter.”
Raconteuse, wit, journalist (old school), good companion, simply the best wife and the unique Mumma Bear. Above all a beautiful spirit and a woman of great courage. For the good times. All my love, Paul. Love you lots like jelly tots, Ellen.
Thank you for all the support. In the days and weeks following the loss of Claire, it will give us great comfort. We read your messages even if we don’t reply.
This site will change to become the Tom and Claire Fund. It will be the site on which we post information in the coming days.
We are going to arrange the biggest damn celebration we can for CP. It will be at St Paul’s Church, Ealing, and we will post the date on this site when we have it.
Claire’s great wish was that Tom’s Fund should raise £100,000. We’re nearly there, it’s raised more than £90,000 since 2008. So if you would like to make a donation to what is now the Tom and Claire Fund you can do so here.
In the meantime, we’d be really grateful if you didn’t call us directly and please don’t send flowers. If you were thinking of doing so, that’s very kind of you but we’d rather it went towards a donation.
Once again, thank you for all the support. Let’s do CP proud.
Paul and Ellen xx
Posted by PaulClabburn on Nov 27, 2014 in 2014, Tom Clabburn
… free heart screenings for more than 1,100 young people since 2009.
Happy Birthday Tom. Love you x
Posted by PaulClabburn on Nov 10, 2014 in 2014, Awareness, CRY screenings
Claire with the CRY team, from left to right Kate Dougal, Helen Budding, Sue Brown, Gareth Jones, Rob Sargent, Claire, Dr Vincent Gabus and Bev Katigbak.
Eighty-nine people were seen at the latest Tom’s Fund/CRY free heart screenings for young people aged 14-35 on Sunday.
Three people were referred for further tests after the event at Florence Road surgery in Ealing.
Claire said: “We’re glad the day ran smoothly and would like to thank the CRY team for all their hard work. We also received nearly £200 in donations on the day which is very generous. Finally, we very much appreciate that Dr David Evans and his team once again allowed the surgery to play host to the screenings.”
Posted by PaulClabburn on Nov 9, 2014 in 2014, Awareness, Cardiac Risk in the Young, CRY screenings
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.
Posted by PaulClabburn on Oct 28, 2014 in 2014, Donations
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.
Posted by PaulClabburn on Oct 13, 2014 in 2014, Awareness, Fund-raising event
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.
Posted by PaulClabburn on Oct 10, 2014 in 2014, Claire Prosser, Ellen Clabburn, Paul Clabburn, Tom Clabburn
for all the flowers, messages, texts and cards we have received since Sunday. It means a lot to us.
Claire, Paul and Ellen x
Posted by PaulClabburn on Oct 7, 2014 in 2014, Awareness, Fund-raising event
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.
