Thank you to everyone who has supported CRY over the past 12 months.
Here’s a look back at some of CRY’s achievements in 2024
On the 23rd of June 2024, the 18th annual CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk was held. We were so pleased to welcome 1,134 supporters to Southwark Park, as well as having 42 walking for CRY in their local area. From 9am onwards, supporters started gathering by the bandstand, observing and uploading messages and pictures to our message wall, and connecting with CRY staff and with other participants…
Thank you to our incredible supporters who joined us on Sunday the 6th October, for the 15th annual CRY Heart of Durham Walk!
We are deeply grateful to all 255 walkers and volunteers who joined us on the day, with many traveling far and wide to come together to remember those that have died of Young Sudden Cardiac Death. This important date in the CRY calendar is a meaningful occasion for everyone involved…
Congratulations and a massive thank you to the 67 runners who took part in the Great North Run for CRY on Sunday 8th September 2024!
It was a brilliant day, though the weather conditions were far from ideal, with the rain starting around the same time the race began. Despite this, the CRY team did amazingly well to make it round the course and make it to the finish line…
A huge thank you and congratulations from all at CRY to our amazing runners who took part in the 2024 TCS London Marathon!
On Sunday 21st April 2024 #TeamCRY got to complete the iconic 26.2 miles through London. We were delighted to have 118 runners take part on behalf of CRY, raising both vital funds and awareness…
Thank you and congratulations to the 35 CRY runners who took part in the London Landmarks Half Marathon on Sunday 7th April 2024!
With 18,500 runners taking to the streets of London, the buzzing atmosphere along the route really made the day special. The enthusiastic CRY cheering team spurred on our CRY London Landmarks team with noisy whistles and cowbells! We saw some fantastic costumes and fancy dress including a few well-known buildings, an elephant, a moose and much more.
A huge thank you to everyone who shared their fundraising efforts with us this year. It’s always amazing to see the incredible ways people support CRY, from ultra marathons to skydives, galas to golf days. Each and every moment dedicated to raising both funds and awareness is invaluable to CRY. Without your support, we wouldn’t be able to continue our essential work.
See all write-ups we’ve received this year below!
In memory of our beautiful Mike and all the other beautiful people who have lost
-South Devon Endurance Life Half Marathon The event will be full of harsh muddy steep
What an incredible evening we had at the inaugural Red Bow Ball at The Cairndale
Stacy Whittington was our great friend and1/3rd of the Southern Supremes, we all worked together
Lisa was a work colleague who came to work for the Pre assessment Department. She
CRY Heart of Durham Walk Write up 2024 Thank you to our incredible supporters who
During Raising Awareness Week, a group of us participated in Cardiac Risk in the Young’s
Through a raffle and tombola during October, I am so pleased to have raised £900.
My husband Martin Bond has completed the Cardiff half marathon in memory of Natalie and
I have forever had a love/hate relationship with running. I have always wanted it to
Well we held a band night last night for CRY for Wilson. At Barrow AFC
110 customers attended including Architects, clients, developers, contractors and sub-contractors, the event was co-sponsored by
I recently completed Manchester Half Marathon a big challenge as I've never ran this far
Kavi Luchowa raised more than six times his target amount for CRY when running in
On Sunday 22nd September 2024, I ran my first ever 10K, whilst raising money for
Kyle Davidson and Louie Goldie are running the Scottish Half Marathon in memory of their
£280 was raised during a Majorette competition where we held a stall to "Name Ashley’s
On the 8th June 2024 I tied up my shoelaces and set off on the
On Saturday 22nd June we held a sports day in memory of our friend Clarissa
Well done and a massive thank you to Paul Benfold for completing the 60 mile
Read all about our flagship event in London – with over 1000 supporters joining us in Southwark Park this year, the Bridges Walk continues to be a place to connect and remember for those who have suffered the loss of a young person to YSCD
I was invited to talk about C-R-Y to the Soroptomist International SW and Channel Islands
In August 2023 I took part in the Thames Marathon, an endurance swimming marathon in
Two of Toby’s friends, Joe McNeil and Lewis Hodges, ran marathons for CRY in Toby’s memory
We had a wonderful celebration cricket match for Rose, with ‘Team White’ winning with the
We were joined by family and friends who walked from our village to Rose’s resting
Since my dear friend, Nicky, lost her beloved eldest son, Ben, 3 years ago I
On Saturday 15th June 2023, a group of 40 people all climbed Snowdon in the
Thank you so much to everyone who donated to my just giving page, offered support
Fortunately a sunny Saturday greeted the annual Jack’s Day football match hosted by Saltford Sports
Myself and hubby along with our daughter son in law and grandchildren, my sister Mags
Great Wall of China In May 2024 mark went to Beijing, China to take part
A charity football match will be held on Sunday 04 August 2024 in memory of
The G&M Trade Counter & Showroom raised £618.81 for CRY in loving memory of Madison
THANK YOU to everyone who made the Annual Coffee morning such a great success. The
On the 31st May 2023 we lost a beloved friend and colleague, Stacy. Stacy’s sudden
An early start and a tough run taking in Manchester Centre, the Etihad Stadium and
What a wonderful night we had and raised a great amount of money for Cardiac
On the 21st April 2024, I ran the London Marathon in memory of my cousin
EDINBURGH TO DUBLIN CHARITY CYCLE, 9TH-16TH MARCH 2024 To mark the second anniversary of David
A community came together to raise more than £2,000 in memory of a much-loved dad,
Last October I decided to run the Bath Half Marathon in memory of my son Will, who died suddenly in November 2022 from SADS. The shock and heartbreak from this tragedy are with us constantly. I wanted to try to do something positive in Will’s memory to try to prevent this tragedy and suffering happening to other families.
Thank you so very much for helping to achieve my goal of funding for screening
Last year I was nominated for a BBC Radio Lancashire Making a Difference award, I
I have donated the money £700 from the purchases of christmas cards designed by myself
Olympian, Jo Pavey MBE starts, The 4 Trigs Challenge. This year we were honoured to
One hundred young people aged between 14-35 had their hearts screened for free by Cardiac
In 2024 we launched our ‘I’ve had my heart screened by CRY’ campaign following our screening interest list receiving a record high of 100,000 people.
The campaign’s aim was to raise awareness and funds for CRY’s screening programme Test My Heart and promote CRY’s message that every young person should have the choice to have their heart screened.
Thank you to our incredible families, donors, and supporters who make this lifesaving work possible.
Find out more about the campaign and how you can get involved below.
In September, myheart released it’s 2024 newsletter rounding up all of the myheart news from 2023.
The newsletter includes personal stories shared by myheart members, information regarding myheart meetings, volunteering options and more!
In Heart Month 2024, CRY reintroduced the ‘Why Do I Support CRY?’ campaign to highlight the personal reasons behind supporting CRY.
We invited our supporters to share their reasons, allowing us to showcase what CRY means to so many on our social media platforms. The campaign was a resounding success for the second consecutive year, with an overwhelming number of responses, many of which shared the profound impact of Young Sudden Cardiac Death (YSCD) on their lives.
To read all the responses from this campaign, please click below.
We invited our supporters to help to raise awareness of the incidence of young sudden cardiac death and to raise vital funds for CRY’s cardiac screening programme for young people by submitting a photo of the person they support CRY in memory of, their name and age when they died. We then used this information to create a personalised graphic, which was sent to the supporter for use on social media.
Hundreds took part in this impactful campaign, spreading crucial awareness to new audiences across social media platforms.
Thank you to everyone who took part in support of CRY.
Thank you to everyone who shared, liked or commented this year!
What it is like being a current CRY Research fellow and her latest inspiring and innovative research projects.
Pivotal projects and the potential impact and practical application of these findings on the ongoing development of CRY’s cardiac screening programme.
Profiling the work, research and academic achievements of former CRY Research Fellow, Dr Joyee Basu.
To read interviews with CRY’s past and present research fellows go to Research Fellows – Cardiac Risk in the Young
3 September 2024: almost 300 delegates attended an intense, informative and interactive event, held in Central London, sharing the very latest developments in sports cardiology as part of the EAPC Sports Cardiology Course. This was the 10th anniversary of the EAPC course which was first held in London back in 2005. For the first time EAPC, an association of the ESC, joint forces with the American College of Cardiology Foundation to bring a truly international flavour to the course. In a change to the annual research calendar, the leading charity, Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) took the decision to partner with EAPC and Cleveland Clinic London and co-host its International Conference (which has been held in late October for the past 16 years), immediately following on from the 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress, which was also being held in London. The format delivered a ‘packed programme’ of presentations on key aspects of sports Cardiology practice, discussion and interactive sessions.
