Sudden cardiac death charity steps up its campaign for action and awareness A charity set up to support the families of young people who have died from a condition known as sudden cardiac death, has launched a new national campaign to promote awareness of the condition. Supporters of the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)
This is the postcard that Islanders are being urged to send to their MP urging him to support a new campaign. The thought-provoking card features the photograph of tragic Sheppey girl Charlotte Wright, who died aged just eight years old. Charlotte is pictured alongside seven other young people from the South East who also lost their
Local MP Tim Loughton was the guest speaker at the launch of a postcard campaign by the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) The East Worthing and Shoreham MP is also shadow children
A teenager who died after collapsing during a playground kick about has become the face of a national campaign. Nicholas Thorne, 13, of the Cravens, Smallfield, died two years ago after suffering a heart attack at Oakwood School in Horley. Now his parents have thrown their weight behind the Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) campaign
Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) is a national charity raising awareness of potentially-genetic cardiac abnormalities in young people. The charity also offers bereavement support and promotes and subsidises screening for those at risk. Surprisingly, the high-risk group includes athletes, illustrated by the deaths of 25-year-old David Longhurst, a York City footballer who died during a
Tony Green reports on the charity that aims to raise awareness of previously-undetected heart conditions in young people To date, the work of Surrey-based charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) doesn
A campaign featuring the faces of eight young people who have died from a sudden cardiac death was launched on Friday. One of the youngsters featured on the campaign postcard is 13-year-old Nicholas Thorne, from The Cravens, Smallfield, who died after collapsing during a playground kickabout in 2002. Charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) want
'Screening might have saved our grandson' A woman whose 15-year-old grandson died from a rare heart condition has spoken of her family
Parent plans race debut to help the charity that gave her family so much support A mum is to run a gruelling 26 miles to help ease the suffering for families with seriously-ill children. Determined Cheryl is to tackle the London Marathon for the charity that was
Grief-stricken relatives' appeal to health chiefs The grandmother of a 15-year-old who died from a rare heart condition is urging health bosses to check teenagers and prevent other tragedies. The