Halifax RLFC sets up screening for players
Halifax Courier – 1st Febraury 2014 Halifax RLFC is the first in its championship to screen players with CRY Read more
£23,000 raised for CRY in memory of Jack Thomas
Campaign – 30th January 2014 £23,000 has been raised so far by the Jack Thomas Memorial Fund. Family of Jack have also been working to get defibrillator installed in schools, in order to help save young lives. Read more
South Wales Argus launches Jack’s Appeal
HoldtheFrontPage – 30th January 2014 Jack’s Appeal is a campaign to get defibrillators installed in every secondary school in Gwent. Jack died from sudden cardiac death in 2012, and since then his family have been fundraising for CRY heart screenings, and workings with Welsh Hearts to install defibrillators locally. Read more
Football match to be held in memory of Lily Webster
East Anglian Daily Times – 29th January 2014 Teachers from Stowupland High School will play in the match to raise awareness and funds for CRY in order to provide heart screenings for local young people. Read more
Schools support defibrillator campaign in memory of Jack Thomas
South Wales Argus – 28th January 2014 The parents of Jack Thomas have been campaigning to raise awareness of underlying heart conditions following Jack’s death in 2012. The campaign to get defibrillators in every secondary school in Gwent is being supported by schools in the area. Read more
CRY screenings for Isle of Wight students
Isle of Wight County Press – 24th January 2014 The Isle of Wight will have its CRY free heart screenings next week. 200 pupils will be screened at Sandown Bay Academy on Tuesday and Wednesday.
200 screened in memory of Claire Reed
Daily Echo – 21st January 2014 A second CRY heart screening saw more than 200 young people checked out in memory of Claire Reed. Read more
UYAFC support CRY on new kit
Nouse – 21st January 2014 UYAFC are showing their support for CRY by wearing their logo on the front of their shirts. Read more
Greg Whyte inspiring youth into taking up sport
Bucks Free Press – 9th January 2014 Former Olympian, Greg Whyte is hoping to use a new advisory role to inspire young people to take up exercise. He will also be advising at the Commonwealth Games this year. Read more
Four screening days in Shropshire
Shropshire Star – 1st January 2014 Four CRY screening days will be held in Shropshire, thanks to the hard work of Sue and Chris Dewhurst, who lost their son, Matthew, in 2012. Read more
James Bailey promotes new CRY booklet
Weston & Somerset Mercury – 26th November 2013 Twenty-two-year-old James Bailey is one of 10 young people working on the booklet with CRY. Read More
Shop manager waxed for CRY
Frome Standard – 9th November 2013 A Frome convenience store manager raised nearly £300 for charity. Paul Clews, manager of McColl’s, was waxed by customers to raise money for CRY
McColls has Haloween fundraiser for CRY
Swindon Advertiser – 31st October 2013 Shop employees at six venues across Swindon put on their costumes in order to take part in a charity fun day to raise money and awareness for CRY. Read More
McColls car wash day
Gazette & Herald – 31st October 2013 A Chippenham McColls manager has volunteered to have wet sponges thrown at him as part of a fundraising day for CRY. Read More
Mother of James Steen talks importance of screenings
Belfast Telegraph, 24th October 2013 Mother of James Steen, Deirdre Steen has talked about the importance of screening after no cause of death could be found for her son. Read More
Fundraising event organised in memory of Debbie Rendle
The Cornishman – 16th October 2013 Sylvia Pezzack, whose daughter Debbie Rendle died from an undetected heart condition in 2007, has organised a number of fundraising event to raise money and awareness of CRY. Read More
Fundraising in memory of Jenny Bucknell
This is the West Country, 112th October 2013 The family of Jenny Bucknell, who died suddenly from an undiagnosed heart condition, have pledged to try to prevent it happening to others. A coffee, cake and craft morning will take place at Horton Village Hall on Sunday, 19th October in order to raise awareness of CRY. Read
Family and friends taking part in the Great Scottish Run
Evening Times, 4th October 2013 Aubrey Smith died during last years race from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome; This year his friends and family will be completing the run in his memory. Read More
Oakdale School presented with heart defibrillator
Campaign Series, 1st October 2013 The defibrillator was donated to the school in memory of Jack Thomas, who died in February last year. £23,000 has been raised for CRY by Jack’s family and friends. Read More
Doctor to set out on 10,000 mile road trip for CRY
A Chipstead doctor has set out on a 10,000-mile charity road trip. Dr Ian McCurdie and his co-driver Paul Chambers are taking part in the Mongol Rally across Asia in Smart car! The trip is in support of Cardiac Risk in the Young.
The Squires Effect fancy dress raises funds for CRY
Harborough Mail, 27th June 2018 Amy Burke has dressed in different fancy-dress costumes for a week to raise funds in memory of her friend, Claire Squires, who died during the London Marathon last year. Read More
Thousands of pounds raised in memory of Tom Hardman
Manchester Evening News, 27th June 2018 Friends and family of Tom Hardman ran the Bupa Manchester 10K last month in his memory. The four runners on the team finished the run in under an hour and managed to raise more than one thousand eight hundred pounds. Read More
Football match in memory of Bexleyheath Academy student Philip Lamin
Bexley Times, 24th June 2013 More than 600 Bexleyheath Academy students, staff and parents gathered to remember Philip Lamin, who died in February from cardiac arrest. £3,000 was raised for CRY and Arrhythmia Alliance. Read More
Second screening in memory of Chris Parr
The second cardiac screening in memory of Chris Parr will be on September 17th and 18th at Leek Cricket Club, Highfield, Macclesfield Road, Leek. Read More
Fun day in memory of Paris Holden
Coventry Telegraph, 20th June 2018 A fun day is being organised in memory of Paris Holden, who died suddenly from heart failure aged twenty-one. Paris Holden suffered a cardiac arrest while visiting her grandmother’s home in Stoke Aldermoor last May. Read More