My brother Martyn moved up to Swindon with me in April 2005 to find work and to get a bit of life experience away from home. Whilst he was up with me I think he learnt an awful lot about life without our parents’ support and I believe he actually found himself as an individual. Martyn

I first met Sam Wright when we started the same secondary school at 11 years old. Before long we became good friends and I was constantly amazed and inspired by his enthusiasm for fun and adventure. He saw the best in everyone in everything and had a strong passion for making others happy. I can remember

In June 2006 my family and I were on holiday in Center Parcs when my brother Dean, aged just 26, passed away from a cardiac arrest caused by an undiagnosed cardiac problem. It was found that my brother had a slightly enlarged left ventricle and no other issue could be found as to the cause of

In May 2001 my son, Damien aged 28, went to bed and did not wake up. The post-mortem identified that he had suffered an “acute myorcorditous” – losing your only child is devastating. I became aware of CRY at this time but I did not take the opportunity to use any of their service. Instead I

My son Robert died May Day Bank Holiday Monday, 1996. He was a fit, healthy 15 year-old who enjoyed hockey and cricket – and had recently returned from an Outward Bound Course for the second year running (his choice) with school. That afternoon, Robert collapsed and died whilst on a bike ride along the River Severn

I live in Swinton, near Rotherham, and am now retired and hoping to help CRY as their representative for the South Yorkshire area. In September 2009 we lost our only son, Bruce, suddenly to an undiagnosed heart condition. Bruce was found sitting on his sofa about to start his supper with the TV remote control still

I was in a deep sleep and somewhere in my dream I could hear a phone ringing. It took a while for me to comprehend it was the bedside phone. The clock on the bed side table said 2:00am. As soon as I picked up the phone I heard my brother’s trembling voice saying “He has

My name is Joseph Richard Tanner and I’m proud to be a representative for C-R-Y and all the work they do. I hope to further raise awareness for C-R-Y in this role and be an advocate for C-R-Y in this position. I got involved with C-R-Y after suffering a Cardiac arrest in 2008 at the Hastings

County Representative Sudden cardiac death syndrome has taken three members of my family, who all died from Long Q.T. syndrome. My first daughter, Pauline, died in 1979 aged 16; Rosaleen died in 2002 aged 38 years. Matthew, Rosaleen’s son, died in 2002 aged 17 years. Without the help of CRY we would be left in the

I’m Mallory, a director at an events agency and live with my boyfriend in South London. I enjoy making home-made pasta, and drinking red wine (as that’s good for your heart, right?), while listening to some 80s music or counting down to Christmas. I was diagnosed with Wolffe-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome when in July 2012 I collapsed

When I was a young (20) Insurance Agent, I insured a young girl – single parent. She died suddenly, and the tragedy shook me. I am an old colleague of CRY’s Fundraising Manager, Rebecca Zouvani, and I am relieved to discover that something can be done. At the time, no-one had any idea why the young

My name is Paul Clabburn. I live in west London. With my late wife, Claire Prosser, I had two children, Tom and Ellen. Tom was the elder. He was 14 when he died in his sleep on October 5, 2007. He had been healthy. Except he wasn’t. I started writing this on what would have been

We live in Frinton-on-Sea, on the Essex coast, a place famous for its fish and chip shop and “soon to be” pub! It’s a good place to live for a family of sports lovers such as ourselves, with tennis, squash, golf and cricket clubs all on the doorstep, not to mention a beautiful sandy beach. With

After almost seventeen years of suffering what I was initially told were ‘panic attacks’, I was finally diagnosed with Long QT Syndrome two months prior to marrying my husband Ian. Seventeen years which were filled with moments of terror for those around me, who were witness to some of the many so called ‘life threatening seizures’

Two and a half years ago I had never heard of CRY or Sudden Adult Death Syndrome. On 12th April 2004 my only child Andrew died suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 21. My Husband Dave and I were away on holiday in Oxford making the most of the Easter break, at the time I

Having been together since meeting at Aberdeen University, James and I finally got round to getting married in November 2001. Six months later James went off to play cricket and didn’t come home. He collapsed during a game and was rushed to nearby Edinburgh Royal Infirmary – when I arrived the medics had been trying to

I suppose my ‘story’ starts in 2004. We were a few days in to a family holiday when my fit and healthy 17 year old brother collapsed and died. Following two post mortems (one in Cyprus, and one in the UK) the coroner ruled his death as SADS (sudden adult death syndrome). How can a 17

My name is Tara Challenor and I came into contact with CRY when my sister Therese died in 1997 at the age of 16.

“Please feel free to send chocolates and make charitable donations to…” As I lay in ICU moments after waking from an induced coma, these were my words in response to my dad question “what do you want to say on social media about your health, as you have been asleep for 2 days and everyone knows