Update Magazine Issue 77

Read Update 77 here CRY Update 77 reports on all news, events and fundraising from September to December 2018. There were plenty of major events throughout this four-month period. We were thrilled to be so well represented at the Great North Run on September 9, with 50 runners taking part for CRY. You can read...

Local mum speaks of shock the moment her son was told he had a potentially fatal heart condition

Aron Preece, pictured with Sue Dewhirst It’s every parent’s worst nightmare, being told that your apparently fit, healthy teenager has a heart condition that could potentially kill him and that he may have to give up the sport he loves. That was the news that hit Kerry Preece from Shrewsbury like “being slapped in the...

CRY Great Cake Bake 2018 Write Up

The seventh annual CRY Great Cake Bake took place on Friday 23rd November 2018 as part of Raising Awareness Week. We would like to say a big thank you to everybody who took part in the CRY Great Cake Bake, and for helping to make the event so successful. Your support will enable CRY to continue...

An insightful new study comes under the spotlight as CRY marks a decade of funding expert pathology

The latest research funded by CRY is helping to transform the way we understand conditions that can cause young sudden cardiac death.

A “100-year-old” test is still the gold standard for preventing sudden cardiac death

Results of a new survey show public awareness of the humble ECG is good…but more needs to be done. A new opinion poll for the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) has revealed that around two-thirds of people (62%) are aware that an ECG (electro-cardiogram) could detect the majority of conditions which can lead...

Registration Now Open for the Heart of London Bridges Walk 2019

Join CRY in 2019 for the 13th annual CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk. This event offers the opportunity to show support for CRY, remember young people, raise funds and help raise awareness of young sudden cardiac death. In 2018, almost 1,400 people took part in the walk.

Charity Founder Praises Loyal Fundraiser Awarded in Queen's New Year's Honours

A mum from Essex who has raised over £125,000 for Cardiac Risk in Young (CRY) and worked tirelessly to promote the importance of heart screening in young people, has been awarded with a British Empire Medal in the Queens New Year’s Honours list, for services to Young People and charity. Caroline Gard (65) from Frinton,...