Thanks to Alex Fotheringham and her husband Fraser raising more than £15000, hundreds of teenagers in the north of Scotland are being tested for hidden heart disease. Five years ago, the Fotheringhams’ daughter Joanne, 24, a gifted young primary school teacher, died suddenly in her sleep of an undiagnosed heart condition. The Fotheringhams, from Ullapool, Highland,
Joanne Fotheringham
Boost to CRY heart screening project in the Western isles
The photograph shows Alex Fotheringham, the north of Scotland representative of the CRY charity (Cardiac Risk in the Young), receiving a cheque from Charlie Nicolson. the New Community Schools Project Co-ordinator. Also in the photograph is Carol Nicolson one of three Stornoway nurses involved in the screening process, and George Moody who has been dealing with