The Frome Rotary Club and Inner Wheel Frome, held their Annual Harvest Thanksgiving recently, raising £710 for the Julian Wort Memorial Fund at CRY. The event was held at Standerwick Market on Thursday 6th October, and a total of £710 was raised for CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). The evening commenced with a service led
A specialist ambulance appeal in the name of a teenager who died has been given a cash boost by jazz fans. Members of the Concorde Club at Eastleigh handed £2,750 to the Smile4 Rich fund. The charity drive aims to raise £80,000 for a specially equipped ambulance for the Wessex Neurological Centre at Southampton General Hospital.
A picture of a Malvern man who died of a heart attack at the age of 32 is being used to raise awareness of cardiac problems in the young. Scott Jackson, who died suddenly of a heart attack in 2000, is one of eight faces on a postcard showing people killed by a heart condition before they
Twenty years after the death of their teenage son, a Workington family have joined a campaign to try and save other youngsters from early deaths. Craig Dixon (left), who was tipped for sports stardom, was just 14 when he collapsed and died without warning on a training run on March 14, 1985, and the family now
A teenage authoress is taking her first step to stardom at an official signing of her debut book. Julie Tanner, 13, approached more than 400 celebrities to see what inspired them, and compiled them in her book, 101 Reasons to Get Up in the Morning. Now, hotly tipped to become a Christmas bestseller, it has hit
Heart checks which could save young people's lives are being offered at a hugely subsidised fee. A screening clinic will be run at Colchester General Hospital in partnership with the CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) charity. The clinics were originally set up through the efforts and pressure from Frinton woman Caroline Gard, whose son, Andy, died
Five years ago, Julian Wort collapsed and died, aged 28, from hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. His parents, Shirley and Dave, contacted the organisation Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) and they were a tremendous support to them. A year later, they decided that they needed to raise awareness of the charity and do some fundraising themselves. CRY set
The Rotary Club of Frome and Inner Wheel held their annual harvest thanksgiving at Standerwick Market on October 6. A total of £710 was raised for the Julian Memorial Fund at CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). The evening started with a service led by the Rev Rob Widowson and hymns were accompanied by Rotary president
A super-fit woman is gearing up to row a marathon for charity, on the day that would have been her sister