It's a fact that every week in the UK eight "apparently" healthy, fit, young people die from undiagnosed heart conditions. CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) is the organisation that exists to raise awareness of this fact and to help young people and families who may be affected by a range of potentially life threatening heart
A personal tribute to a beloved teenage friend who died from heart disease was in every step taken by Rachael Roby in the London Marathon. Rachael, 26, who grew up in Ramsgate, raised more than £1,650 in memory of former Clarendon House pupil Therese Field, who died aged 16, 10 years ago, from an undetected heart
When Scott Fleming (now 29) went to play football one Sunday, he was expecting a gentle run around the pitch. Instead he died. Here Scott, from Blackburn, West Lothian, tells his story. "As I lay in my hospital bed, I couldn't believe what the doctor was telling me. "You're a very lucky man," he said. "You died
Instead of running the marathon, 50 climbers shared the task of scaling the same distance in height of the London event to raise £15,000 for two charities. The members of the University of Surrey Mountaineering Club (USMC) averaged around half a mile each by climbing a wall at the Craggy Island Indoor Climbing Centre on Saturday
The partner of a man who died of a rare heart disorder will be performing a concert in his honour. Marcus Armstrong was 28 when he collapsed and died on May 26 last year. Lucy Hammond, his partner of five years, will be raising money for the charity – Cardiac Risk in the Young – with
A fundraising appeal has been launched in memory of Tamworth man David Bick. David Bick died in 1996, aged 33, from a heart condition related to Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). And to honour his memory David's niece, Hannah Pulley, has organised a raffle to raise money to bring a team of cardiologists and technicians into
Fund-raising for research into the condition that claimed the life of a talented former Dover Athletic striker has been continued by the footballing community. Paul Sykes, who used to play for Dover, collapsed and died during a match while playing for Folkestone Invicta in April 2005. It was later discovered he had a heart defect. Paul, who was
Caffeine and cakes have helped to raise funds for a charity that deals with cardiac risk in the young. The residents of Roddenbury Close, in Frome, have raised £135 during a coffee morning and raffle in their community day centre. This week, the residents presented a cheque to Shirley Wort, Frome’s fundraiser for Cardiac Risk in
A teenager kissed his mum goodnight – and was found dead in bed next morning from a mystery heart problem. Schoolboy Matthew Hughes, 17, had not complained of feeling ill. A post-mortem failed to find a cause of his death. Dad, Paul, 47, of Cardiff, said: "It could be six months or a year until we
Staff at an Aust Insurance firm have raised more than £2,000 in memory of a colleague. Commercial Vehicle Direct presented a cheque for £2,441.05 to Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) last week. the company raised the money through a series of fun days in memory of Justyn Johnson, who died, aged 30, in September 2005.