Issue 97 of the CRY Update magazine covers all news, events and fundraising from May – August 2025.
This issue includes an event writeup for CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk (Page 19), 2 new partnerships with the Berks & Bucks FA (Page 16) and OrthTeam Centre (Page 17) and the announcement of a new CRY charity ambassador, Danny Lomas (Page 24).
Sixth-form students at The Bishop’s Stortford High School held their annual charity day in memory of two former pupils.Caroline ‘Caz’ Johnstone who died in June 2008 of an undiagnosed heart condition and Alex Cheer who passed away after a sudden illness. The girls dress as soldiers in memory of Alex, who was an Army cadet, and the
Read Update 66 online here. The CRY Update is the charity’s newsletter, reporting on CRY news and events, cardiac screenings, breaking developments in medical research and CRY supporters’ fundraising over the preceding months.
Read Update 67 online here. The CRY Update is the charity’s newsletter, reporting on CRY news and events, cardiac screenings, breaking developments in medical research and CRY supporters’ fundraising over the preceding months.
CRY Update 75 reports on all CRY news, events and fundraising from January to April 2018. We experienced a host of highlights through this four-month period. In March, our screening programme surpassed a total of 150,000 young people screened, which is an incredible milestone for us to reach. Furthermore, to discuss our progress and the importance
Congratulations and a huge thank you to the 11 runners who took part in the Royal Parks Half Marathon 2017 for CRY on Sunday 8th October 2017. The runners’ families and friends kindly went along on the day wearing CRY t-shirts and using CRY inflatable clappers to cheer on the team! We would like to thank
Read Update 70 here CRY Update 70 reports on all the CRY news, events and fundraising from May to August 2016. The 10th annual CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk took place on June 26, and another fantastic turnout of over 1,200 supporters took part in the new route for 2016. We very much appreciated all
Read Update 69 here CRY Update 69 reports on all the CRY news, events and fundraising from January to April 2016. CRY’s biggest awareness event in this period was our BBC Lifeline appeal, broadcast on BBC One and Two in February, presented by CRY Patron Pixie Lott. She not only made her West End debut that
Congratulations and a huge thank you to all the runners who took part in the 2016 Virgin Money London Marathon for CRY on Sunday 24th April. We are very proud of all our runners and grateful to them for their fantastic efforts and for choosing to run for CRY. The 117 London Marathon runners who ran
Read Update 48 online here The CRY Update is the charity’s newsletter, published three times a year, reporting on CRY news and events, cardiac screenings, breaking developments in medical research and CRY supporters’ fundraising over the preceding months.
Read Update 49 online here The CRY Update is the charity’s newsletter, published three times a year, reporting on CRY news and events, cardiac screenings, breaking developments in medical research and CRY supporters’ fundraising over the preceding months.
Read Update 50 online here The CRY Update is the charity’s newsletter, published three times a year, reporting on CRY news and events, cardiac screenings, breaking developments in medical research and CRY supporters’ fundraising over the preceding months.
Read Update 51 online here The CRY Update is the charity’s newsletter, published three times a year, reporting on CRY news and events, cardiac screenings, breaking developments in medical research and CRY supporters’ fundraising over the preceding months.
Read Update 53 online here The CRY Update is the charity’s newsletter, published three times a year, reporting on CRY news and events, cardiac screenings, breaking developments in medical research and CRY supporters’ fundraising over the preceding months.
Read Update 54 online here The CRY Update is the charity’s newsletter, published three times a year, reporting on CRY news and events, cardiac screenings, breaking developments in medical research and CRY supporters’ fundraising over the preceding months.
Read Update 55 online here The CRY Update is the charity’s newsletter, published three times a year, reporting on CRY news and events, cardiac screenings, breaking developments in medical research and CRY supporters’ fundraising over the preceding months.
Thank you and congratulations to all the CRY runners who made it on Sunday 25th September. The sun came out for us all that morning and made a hot start for our runners. CRY again did not have a stand at the event but set up a well located ‘meet-and-greet’ point – with a CRY flag
Congratulations and a huge “thank you” to the 132 runners who ran the 2015 Virgin Money London Marathon and the 2 mini marathon runners who ran for CRY on Sunday 26th April. As always, we are very proud of you all and very grateful to you for your fantastic efforts to raise awareness and funds for
Read Update 61 online here In this issue: • ‘Young Sudden Cardiac Death: A Father’s Grief’ booklet launch, page 10 • Justice for James: Reopening the Inquest into the death of James Markham, page 10-12 • CRY at the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) Conference, page 17-18 • CRY Golf Day 2013, page 18 • West ’12
Events held for Raising Awareness Week 2008 Heather Harber had an information stand in Swanley town centre (Kent) on October 1st, in memory of Charlie Morettes Nick Dee-Shapland arranged for a CRY page to appear in the programme for the Newbury Nomads’ shows on the 1st to 4th October at the Newbury Corn Exchange Lesley Johnstone
Virgin London Marathon Congratulations and a huge thank you to all of our CRY runners in the Virgin London Marathon 2011. This year our team included CRY Patron Bill Neely (click here for a full list of CRY runners). Your fantastic efforts are truly appreciated and we hope the aches and pains are now a distant
Raising awareness for C-R-Y Foundation and in particular ‘Cazfest’ in memory of Caroline Johnstone, ‘Hills Road Live Lounge’ was a showcase of music, art, photography and textiles organised by students at Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge. The event featured performances from students past and present showcased alongside works of art, photography and textiles created by
Read Update 52 online here The CRY Update is the charity’s newsletter, published three times a year, reporting on CRY news and events, cardiac screenings, breaking developments in medical research and CRY supporters’ fundraising over the preceding months.
Congratulations and a huge “thank you” to all who took part in the BUPA Great North Run in aid of CRY on Sunday 19th September 2010. This year we had a team of 52 CRY runners amongst the thousands of participants – including CRY’s Communications Assistant, Mair Shepherd. Everyone seemed to enjoy another fantastic race day
(link to audio clip – listen from 1:34 to 1:39 approx.) Alastair Johnstone on the BBC Three Counties Radio breakfast show, talking to host Stephen Rhodes about the death of his daughter Caroline and the annual fundraising event in her memory – Cazfest. Visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p006rs6l/Three_Counties_Breakfast_12_03_2010/
Bereaved families from across the Home Counties and South of England are helping to launch a major regional campaign to highlight the shocking statistic* showing that the number of young people who lose their lives to the tragic condition sudden cardiac death now stands at 12 every week – a staggering 50% rise on previous estimates.
The parents of tragic Bishop’s Stortford schoolgirl Caroline Johnstone told this week of their long ordeal trying to solve the mystery of how and why the bright and bubbly 17-year-old died. Visit http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/hertsandessexobserver-news/displayarticle.asp?id=461803
LITTLE HADHAM: The thunderous sound of pounding feet shook the village when runners took their part in a fun run in memory of tragic teen Caroline Johnstone. Almost 250 people of all abilities, from serious runners to families in fancy dress, took part in the race on Sunday last week to raise money for the Cardiac
Family and friends of Caroline Johnstone, the 17-year-old Bishop’s Stortford sixth-former who died in June, raised nearly £3,000 in her memory by taking part in a 6k run. Many of the runners dressed as fairies – her internet hotmail name was Fairy Caz – for the event which started and finished at the Thorley Centre and
A couple from Little Hadham devastated by the sudden death of their 17-year-old daughter have paid a moving tribute to the happy, smiling teenager on the brink of an exciting future. Caroline Johnstone, who lived in Chapel Lane, collapsed as she danced with friends at a nightclub. Medics managed to resuscitate her, but she suffered brain
Thank you and congratulations to all the CRY runners who made it on Sunday 10th October. CRY had a stand at the event in a picturesque spot next to the Serpentine, manned by staff Ben Robinson and Rebecca Zouvani; and also Martin Appleby who is CRY County Representative for West London. We had 18 runners in