Read Update 87 here! Issue 87 of the CRY Update magazine covers all news, events and fundraising from January to April 2022. Our first piece of major news in this period came at the start of Heart Month in February, as we announced the renewal of our partnership with Sunrise Radio for another 12 months. Our
Read Update 80 here CRY Update 80 reports on all news, events and fundraising from September to December 2019. September got underway with the Great North Run, as 50 runners representing CRY took part. You can read more on page 22. To start October we held the 10th CRY Durham Walk, with 219 supporters gathering to
A total of 99 young people aged between 14-35 were screened by Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) at the Binstead Community Centre, Ryde, Isle of Wight on Saturday 16Th November. The free heart screenings were sponsored by The Gemma Quew Memorial Fund. Gemma was only 30 when she passed away in 2011 from an undiagnosed
Read Update 65 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.
The Ryde Academy in Ryde, Isle of Wight held two screening days on the 3rd and 4th of March 2017. 207 young people were screened over the two days, in memory of Gemma Quew & Andrew Stevens
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 gaining
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 runners
We would like to say a huge thank you and congratulations to the 20 CRY runners that took part in the Brighton Marathon on Sunday 9th April 2017, for their kind support and amazing fundraising efforts! CRY was very lucky this year to have volunteer Spencer Hannon on the day carrying out sports massages after such
Isle of Wight Radio – 9th February 2017 Last week CRY saw 210 students for the screening thanks to the fundraising efforts of Paul Stevens, Gill Kennerly, Andrew Quew & Martin Baldwin, 29 of which were referred for further testing. Read more
The fifth CRY Great Cake Bake took place on Friday 25th November 2016, as part of Raising Awareness Week. We would like to thank everybody who took part in the CRY Great Cake Bake and for helping to make the event such a success. Money is still coming in but we are delighted to say that
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
Read the magazine here Issue 64 of the CRY Update looks back at a busy CRY summer from May to August 2014. Our flagship raising awareness event, the CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk, features in this issue with a full report and photos from the day. Also prominent is our Patron Pixie Lott’s terrific tour
The Terrace Marquee, Westminster – 26th November. Guest of Honour: Lee Mears, former England rugby union international. CRY’s 2014 Parliamentary Reception on Wednesday November 26 was an event packed not only with CRY Representatives, supporters, bereaved families, members of the myheart group and doctors, but also several CRY Patrons and
Read Update 58 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 59 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.
The Guardian – 23rd August 2014 Andrew Quew got home from work one evening to find his wife’s body on the kitchen floor – she’d collapsed and died suddenly. Their two-year-old daughter, Caitlin, had spent the rest of the day playing beside her The last morning the Quews would ever wake up as a family of
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 62 online here “Traditionally we have found that the last few months of the year are a very busy time, often with several major fundraising and raising awareness activities taking place. September finds our runners busy in the Great North Run and Run to the Beat events; whilst in October our annual Durham Riverside
Read Update 60 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.
Isle of Wight County Press – 10th February 2014 The heart-breaking story of a Ryde man’s tragic loss is recounted in a powerful and moving new booklet for the partners of young people who have lost their lives to sudden cardiac death.
Myself and Andrew Quew did a charity skydive on 28th July 2012, in memory of Andrew’s wife, Gemma. To date we have raised £2,274.41. We made our jump from Neatherhaven Airfield near Salisbury. Unfortunately, our first attempt was abandoned due to bad weather at the last minute; but we were able to jump the following week.