A senior Conservative politician paid a whistlestop tour to Quinton Working Men’s Club to see the work of a leading charity into sudden adult death syndrome. 

Dr Liam Fox, co-chairman of the party, visited the World’s End Lane club to help raise money for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) charity, which was set up in 1995. 

Roy Ball, of Selcroft Avenue, lost his son Andrew when he was just 16 in 1980.  He volunteers for the charity and held a teen disco at the club, handing out postcards to raise awareness, on April 7. 

He said: “At least eight young people die from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome a week and CRY and I would urge anyone to get in touch who think that they have lost someone through the condition.” 

Dr Fox said: “This is something I wanted to give support to and it is something we need to raise money for.” 

Deirdre Alden, Tory candidate for Quinton, said: “This is a really good, worthwhile cause.  My own father died suddenly.  You expect your parents to die when they are older but it must be traumatic for people to have their children die young. 

“I was interested to hear the charity started in 1995 as there must have been lots of people suffering before that.” 

For more information call Roy on 0121 6818189.