Generous staff who worked at the Land Warfare Centre at Imber Road, Warminster, have helped raise more than £1,000 for charity. Staff from Defence Estates, Army Training Estates and Landmarc Support Services raised money for the Julian Wort Memorial Fund set up by charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). Julian Wort of Frome died, aged
The Warminster-based Land Warfare Centre has raised £1,309 for the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). The centre organised coffee mornings, summer barbecues, and an annual walk across Salisbury Plain and donations in jars, and raised £309. A further £1,000 was given by Landmarc Support, the centre
May we, through the Frome & Somerset Standard, thank everyone who has helped us reach our target for the defibrillator, which we donated to the Victoria Hospital, in memory of our son Julian, through CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young.) We started our appeal in March 2004, hoping to raise £4,000. Our first event was an Easter
A nurse from St Cross Hospital is training for the London Marathon despite being new to exercise. Sue Barnard, a 39-year-old cardiac rehabilitation nurse from Hillmorton, will be running for CRY which raises awareness of cardiac risk in young people and Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS). The charity also offers support to families of people who
A Swansea cardiologist has warned that hidden heart defects which can kill young people out of the blue are probably much more prevalent than even doctors realise. Mark Anderson is helping to brief the UK government on a new chapter in its national service framework on coronary heart disease. He is working with the pressure group
The issue of young people dying from undetected heart conditions is highlighted in a campaign to be launched in Wales on Friday. The campaign features a postcard bearing the photographs of eight young Welsh people who died unexpectedly from undiagnosed cardiac complaints. Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) is calling for simple cardiac screening to be
Cycling granny Jean Smith is celebrating after being made an MBE for her charity work in Essex. Mrs Smith, 73, of Wigboro Wick Farm, St Osyth, said:
A keen footballer is making a remarkable recovery after collapsing during a match because of a rare heart condition. Scott Fleming, 27, was unaware he suffered from the condition, which is almost always fatal if undetected, before his dramatic collapse. The fitness fanatic
A ground-breaking cardiac clinic is preparing for its next screening session
A mother whose teenage son died of sudden cardiac death syndrome has urged young adults to make sure they get their heart checked. Caroline Gard is a divisional representative for national charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) which last year started a new heart-screening clinic at Colchester General Hospital. The first clinic of 2005 will