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On Wednesday October 15th CRY hosted its annual Parliamentary
Reception at Westminster as part of its Raising Awareness Week. We
were delighted to have new CRY Patron
James Cracknell as guest of honour.
The event was attended
by around 25 MPs who
came to show their support for CRY’s campaigning. This was fewer MPs than in previous
years, but - as ever - there were a number of other evening events taking place at Westminster
at the same time, so we are very
grateful to those MPs who did find the time to attend.
Other guests at the event were CRY supporters
/ families; CRY Surgery Supporters Club members;
CRY Patrons Jeremy Bates (tennis), Ray Wilkins (football), Pat Jennings
(football), Kathryn Harries (soprano),
Roger Taylor (tennis) and Andy Scott (football); representatives from Philips; medical
professionals; representatives from sporting
organisations; CRY Trustees; CRY office and screening staff – and many others.
The event was hosted by Kevan Jones MP, Tim Loughton MP and Dr Vincent Cable MP, and
alongside CRY's postcard campaign
re-launch, was one of the key events in CRY’s Raising Awareness Week.
There were a number of speakers at the event,
including Andy Burnham MP (Secretary of
State for Culture, Media and Sport); Dr Sanjay Sharma (CRY Consultant
Cardiologist) and Ann Keen MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary for Health
Services at the Department of Health).
James Cracknell was
officially announced as a new CRY Patron, and he and Andy
Burnham unveiled a large display board showing the signatures of many
top sports people who have expressed their support for CRY's proactive
screening programme.
The signatures on the board are: Rob Andrew
MBE; Jeremy Bates; Roger Black MBE; Chris Boardman; Sir Ian Botham OBE;
Alan Campbell; Adrian Chiles; Clive Clarke; Mark Cox MBE; James
Cracknell OBE; Tasha Danvers; Montell Douglas; Tony Doyle MBE; Nick
Easter; Andrew Flintoff MBE; Darren Gough; Sally Gunnell OBE; Simon
Halliday; Tim Henman OBE; Chris Hoy; Colin Jackson CBE; Pat Jennings
OBE; Ally McCoist; Paula Radcliffe MBE; Sir Steve Redgrave CBE; Andy
Scott; Professor Greg Whyte and Ray Wilkins MBE
The Reception received much positive feedback
from those who attended, and it was a powerful reminder of the
importance of CRY's work, and the progress that CRY's campaign is
making.
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