Posted by PaulClabburn on Nov 4, 2013 in 2013, Awareness, Fund-raising event
Tom would have been 21 at the end of this month. We wish we were celebrating that milestone with him.
Instead we are marking the launch of our new website which will carry news and information about Tom’s legacy, the Tom Clabburn Memorial Fund.
We do not think it right that Tom and so many like him lose their lives when screening might save them.
We know that many of you feel the same because since its launch in 2008, Tom’s Fund has raised more than £70,000 for the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young, CRY. That’s down to family, friends and supporters in west London and we are hugely grateful to them all.
That generosity has enabled us to hold free heart screenings in west London every year since 2009. The 2013 screenings, this coming Sunday, are already fully booked. As usual, they were over-subscribed.
We’d like to mark Tom’s 21st by trying to raise £30,000 over the coming year, which would mean the fund reaching £100,000. If we could do that it would secure free screening in west London for many years ahead and also help to fund CRY’s vital research programme.
If you’d like to help in any way, you can do so via the Support Tom’s Fund/ Contact Us page.
You can also follow Tom’s Funds updates via Twitter, Facebook or email.
Posted by PaulClabburn on Oct 21, 2013 in 2013, CRY screenings
Tom’s Fund is sponsoring free heart screenings for young people aged 14-34 in Ealing on November 10.
The screenings are now fully booked.
If you would like to go on a stand-by list, please contact Suzanne at CRY by emailing suzanne@c-r-y.org.uk and she will be glad to help.
Posted by PaulClabburn on Sep 30, 2013 in 2013, CRY London Bridges Walk
Despite it being the sixth year of Team Tom taking part in the annual CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk, we still had a large number of people walking to support us and CRY. We appreciate that.
To read a report on the event, go to http://www.ealingtoday.co.uk/default.asp?section=info&page=evtomcryjuly001.htm
Posted by PaulClabburn on Sep 30, 2013 in 2013, Book sale, Claire Prosser, Fund-raising event
Claire (left), pictured here with friends Gina Bentley (centre) and Sue Howells, held her latest book sale at Munson’s Coffee and Eats in St Mary’s Road, Ealing, in June 2013. The event raised more than £800.
Posted by PaulClabburn on Sep 30, 2013 in 2013, A Father's Grief, Awareness, Paul Clabburn
In June 2013, CRY published the second in a planned series of booklets on bereavement, “A Father’s Grief”.
Tom’s dad, Paul, was one of 10 men who contributed essays.
You can read “Tom’s Story” at http://www.crydadsgrief.org/toms-story-by-paul-clabburn/ while the booklet can be found at http://www.crydadsgrief.org/
The first booklet in the series, “Sibling Grief”, can be found at http://crysiblinggrief.org/
Posted by PaulClabburn on Sep 30, 2013 in 2013, Fund-raising event
Vicky Pearson and Munson’s Coffee and Eats in St Mary’s Road, Ealing, have both been staunch supporters of Tom’s Fund over the years.
The two combined in May 2013 when Vicky, a family friend, was inspired by Munson’s barista Panayiotis Sinnos, both pictured above, to take part in the Ealing Eagles 10k. They were joined by Vicky’s niece, Lucy Gillet, and between them raised more than £1,700.
You can read about Vicky’s “never again” moments at http://www.ealingtoday.co.uk/default.asp?section=info&page=evrace001.htm
Posted by PaulClabburn on Sep 30, 2013 in 2013, Fund-raising event
Tessa Gomm is a family friend and she and Tom shared many a laugh.
In March this year, Tess, pictured centre, decided to give the Hastings Half Marathon a go – not only did she succeed in completing the event but she also raised the best part of £900.
Posted by PaulClabburn on Sep 30, 2013 in 2013, Claire Prosser, Fund-raising event
Claire left the BBC in March 2013 after more than 28 years and colleagues old and new raised more than £1400 to mark the occasion.
The idea to raise money for CRY came from members of the Journalism Trainee Scheme, pictured above with Claire.
The “I’m fundraising for Cardiac Risk in the Young because I would like to say thank you to Claire Prosser” Justgiving page can be seen at: http://www.justgiving.com/BBCJTS
