Times of Tunbridge Wells, 13th December 2017 Tracey Crouch MP attended a CRY screening at Tonbridge Angels’ Longmead stadium, at which the 1,000th screening was held by the club – the club and the local community have raised over £35,000 since 2015. Tracey Crouch has now pledged her support of mandatory screening for all young people,
Leicestershire Police Website, 12th December 2017 A Christmas Carol Concert held by Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Service took place on the 11th December 2017 at Leicester Cathedral. Nearly 300 serving and retired officers, staff and their families turned out for the service, with collections going to Leicester Children’s Holiday Centre and CRY. CRY was chosen by
Lancashire Post, 12 December 2017 A screening in memory of Katrina and Cheryl Christopher took place at Tesco Extra in Leyland last weekend. The day was organised by Vivienne Christopher and her daughter Laura, raising a further £281.55 through donations on the day, which will go towards more screenings. Vivienne said, “I know fund-raising for screenings
Redditch Advertiser, 8th December 2017 A screening, in memory of Aaron Dixon, will be taking place this weekend with all 200 spaces fully booked. Organiser, Maggie Underwood, is thrilled with the response and said, “we will be doing more screenings in 2018 once we have raised more funds… it is vital to help save lives and
Burton Mail, 6th December 2017 Leah Kellogg is campaigning for all football clubs across the country to have defibrillators installed, after the death of her brother, Joe Kellogg in 2011. Newhall United was chosen by the family to receive the first donation as the ground is more than 25 minutes from the nearest hospital. The Kellogg
BBC Radio Sheffield, 2nd December 2017 Kat Cowen talks to Heather Reid about her daughter Alex Reid, raising awareness of screening and raising money for the Alex Reid Memorial Fund – the latest effort being ‘Strictly Dancing for CRY’. Listen here (Starts at 1:36:37)
CelticFC.net 25th November 2017 An article in the match day programme will pay tribute to Phil O’Donnell as well as raise awareness of CRY’s work; a charity that is strongly supporter by the O’Donnell family. Read more
Shropshire Star, 25th November 2017 Sam Barker, family and friends have been fundraising in aid of CRY for the past few years and have raised upwards of £40,000 in memory of Johny Barker, who passed away in 2001 to YSCD. This weekend will see 200 local young people screened for underlying heart conditions, as well as
ITV News, 23rd November 2017 Donna and Richard Fell talk about their involvement of CRY and the importance of research leading up to the CRY Parliamentary Reception 2017. Watch here
Yorkshire Life, 22nd November 2017 The event was held in the ground of Wharfedale RUFC, bringing together a number of speakers and raised £30,000 for Cardiac Risk in the Young and Wharfedale RUFC. Read more