This memorial fund has been set up by the family to help CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) reduce the frequency of young sudden cardiac death through supporting CRY’s screening programme.
The aim is to fund the screening of young people within the local community.
The Enquirer, 30th May 2018 A two day screening event took place at Campion Secondary School in Hornchurch in memory of James Patterson. The 2-day event was organised by James’ father, Peter Patterson. Peter works as a representative for CRY as well as fundraising in order to hold the annual event. The screening saw around...
Romford Recorder, 18th May 2018 192 young people were screened over two days at Campion School, Hornchurch on the 15th & 16th May 2018 – including the 1000th person screened in memory of James Patterson. James’ father, Peter Patterson helped organise the screening days, and does so once a year at the school his son...
Read Update 73 here. CRY Update 73 reports on all the CRY news, events and fundraising from May to August 2017. In June, CRY launched a new version of its main website. The site immediately saw the number of visitors double in the first month and has consistently recorded more visitors per month than before...
Read Update 72 here. CRY Update 72 reports on all the CRY news, events and fundraising from January to April 2017. February saw over 20 years’ worth of CRY research help to inform new international ECG guidelines for screening athletes, led by CRY Consultant Cardiologist Professor Sanjay Sharma. Our work is making a difference and...
At the June monthly meeting of the Circle the President of the Circle invited me along to give a short talk about CRY, on how it started and the various activities it is involved with. At the end of the evening as is customary they had a raffle and this represents the proceeds of the...
Read Update 71 here CRY Update 71 reports on all the CRY news, events and fundraising from September to December 2016. In this period, we held our annual Raising Awareness Week – including our most successful CRY Great Cake Bake yet. We also saw fantastic support for the Great North Run in September with over 70...
