This physically challenging fund raising event has taken place in the Highlands of Scotland every August since 1986. The Ullapool Air Cadets have been involved since 1998 and have so far raised a total of £27,325 specifically for our adopted Charity – CRY’s “Joanne F. Fotheringham Memorial Fund”. Cadets, Adult Staff members and other supporters walk
The screening took place on 5th & 6th August 2017 at the Pickaquoy Centre in Orkney. 204 young people were screening in memory of Freya Dalrmple.
The Scottish Sun, 29th October 2017 CELTIC and Motherwell plan to pay tribute to the late Phil O’Donnell at the Betfred Cup Final, ten years after the former Celts start died. O’Donnell’s friends and family support the heart screening charity CRY — Cardiac Risk in the Young — with former team-mates Simon Donnelly, Jackie McNamara and Stevie
Evening Telegraph Dundee & Read, 23rd October 2017 The American collage that Pete McAvoy was attending in 2014 when he died of sudden cardiac arrest, have held a memorial day in his honour. Students wore #4Pete t-shirts and the collage football teams played matches to raise funds for Cardiac Risk in the Young. Pete’s father, Peter
In December 2012 our beautiful mum, Caroline Macdonald passed away at the age of 38. We wanted to do something in her memory and to help save others who are at risk. We challenged our dad and step-mum to run a half marathon and 10k as part of the Great Scottish Run on October 1st 2017.
Wendy and Robert Panton are interviewed about their son Taylor, the fundraising the family have done, and the work that Cardiac Risk in the Young do. Listen Here (Starts at 1:18:37. CRY mentioned 1:35:00)
Daily record, 10th October 2017 Robert and Wendy Panton have raised £24,000 in Taylor’s memory since 2015 and have recently installed a defibrillator at the centre of their community. Wendy Panton said, “We wanted to raise awareness and to do something proactive in Taylor’s memory, and for someone out there not to go through what we
Evening Telegraph – 21st September 2017 17-year-old Abby Lang has been put forward to deliver the “Time for Reflection” speech at the Scottish Parliament after launching a bid to have cardiac screening in schools following the death of fellow pupil Yusef Abubaker. Read more
Evening Express, 31st August 2017 Scott Cruickshank and Karen Cowie will be taking on a section of the Great Wall in memory of their cousin, Gary Stewart who died in 2011 from an undiagnosed heart condition. The pair have raised more than £7,000, which will go towards Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) to fund research
Fast & flat, this course was voted the fastest marathon in the UK by Runners World, ideal if it’s your first marathon or you are looking for a PB. The Edinburgh Marathon has sold out every year since 2008 and is the second largest marathon in the UK, behind only London.