2006

CRY hosts international medical conference

15th and 16th October 2006 In autumn 2006, CRY hosted ‘The CRY International Conference’ – consisting of two international medical conferences on consecutive days at the Institute of Child Health in London. The first conference, on Sunday 15th October, was entitled ‘Sports Cardiology: From Theory to Practice’. The second conference, on Monday 16th October, was entitled

Launch of the CRY Screening Service for Northern Ireland

Leading heart charity opens life-saving clinic in Northern Ireland Press release – 26th October 2006 This week Northern Ireland sees the launch of the first independently-funded heart screening clinic at the University of Ulster. The clinic, set up by leading heart charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), will offer a screening service using the facilities

CRY Parliamentary Reception 2006

On Wednesday July 5th CRY hosted its annual Parliamentary Reception at Westminster as part of its Raising Awareness Week. We were delighted to welcome newest patron David Walliams to the Reception. The ‘Little Britain’ comedian, having just completed his fantastic channel swim in a little over 10 hours, attended the event to raise awareness of CRY’s

Inquest re-opened after family’s five-year struggle

On Friday 28th April 2006 at 2pm, after a five-year struggle by her family, the inquest into the death of the paediatric nurse, Lisa Jane Browne (born Lisa Jane Harley) from Stoke-on-Trent will be reopened in the public’s interest, following personal intervention by the attorney general. The new inquest will be held in the West Annexe

Tandem Skydive for CRY

28th May 2006 I first heard about CRY about a year ago when a good friend got involved with the charity. The more I learned what the charity was about the more I was motivated to help. When I decided to do a tandem skydive (something that had terrified me for the last twenty years!!) it

Liverpool Corporate Cup – charity fun run

This is my account of how I, and my fellow Sixth Formers at Abbey Gate College, ran in a charity fun run to raise money for Cardiac Risk in the Young. CRY was my school’s adopted charity, and as a Sixth Former I felt I should join the teachers who had decided to run in a