Parents across the UK are facing years-long waits for life-saving heart screenings for their children, as charities struggle to meet overwhelming demand. With no routine NHS ECG tests available for young people, organisations like Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) are inundated—105,000+ are currently on their waiting list. 🔹 Tom Paget, a father from West […]
Clarissa Nicholls
CRY Update Magazine Issue 95
Issue 95 of the CRY Update magazine covers all news, events and fundraising from September – December 2024.
BBC Breakfast profiles CRY’s call for a national screening programme as its waiting list for heart testing exceeds 105,000
The start of 2025 has seen the release of startling new stats, showing that the demand for screening through CRY’s UK-wide cardiac testing programme (www.testmyheart.org.uk) is “exponentially outstripping capacity” with the waiting list (which registers the details of any individual interested in booking a screening appointment with CRY) now exceeding 105,000. As such, the story […]
Cambridge Entertainment team raise money for CRY
Read the full article here A number of college entertainments (‘ents’) teams have started using ticketing platform Youni to sell event tickets after the ticketing platform announced it would donate all commission from sales to Clarissa’s Campaign for Cambridge Hearts. Clarissa’s Campaign raises money and awareness for student ECG heart screenings through charity Cardiac Risk […]
CRY Update Magazine Issue 94
Update Magazine 94 is out now!
This edition features articles on Heart of London Bridges Walk, a review of the 12 a week campaign, research updates, fundraising event highlights, and much more!
The University of Cambridge Screening in memory of Clarissa Nicholls
209 people were screened on 15th and 16th of October 2024 at The University of Cambridge. This screening was in memory of Clarissa Nicholls. Thank you to all involved.
CRY supporter Hilary Nicholls speaks to ITV News on the Importance of ECGs being read by specialists to prevent young sudden deaths.
ITV Regional News has been told a “concerning” number of patients have died from heart conditions after their test results were misinterpreted by medical professionals. Clarissa Nicholls, a student at the University of Cambridge, collapsed and died while hiking with a friend in France last year. She had an ECG to check her heart but […]
Sports Day in memory of Clarissa Nicholls
On Saturday 22nd June we held a sports day in memory of our friend Clarissa Nicholls who died last May whilst hiking in France. Clarissa was extremely sporty, winning all the sports day races and breaking every school record. With this in mind we decided to hold a sports day in her memory to raise […]
Clarissa Nicholls has been honoured with a first class certificate
Read the full article here A Cambridge University student who died from a sudden cardiac arrest a year before she was expected to graduate has been honoured with a first class certificate. Languages student Clarissa Nicholls was 20 when she collapsed and died while hiking in France in May 2023. The keen athlete was later […]
My daughter went for a hike on holiday in the South of France she never came back
Read the full article here This summer, I should be planning an incredible getaway for my family of five, a precious chance to spend time together amid the general busyness of life. My twins, Clarissa and Ollie would both be 22-year-old university graduates, looking forward to their new lives, and we’d be planning to wave […]
