Julian Wort

Coffee morning in memory of Julian Wort

£413.55 was raised at a coffee morning organised by Eileen Byrne for the Julian Wort Memorial Fund. My friend, Lisa Fairhurst, made a lovely chocolate cake and we decided to raffle it, raising £55 in the process. It was a lovely morning with plenty of cups of teas and coffees, cakes, raffles and a book stall.

CRY screening in Frome in memory of Julian Wort

Frome Times, 21st June 2018 The forth screening day in memory of Julian Wort will take place on Saturday 30th June at Oakfield Academy in Frome. The Wort family have raised funds for 280 local young people to have their hearts screened so far, and hope to continue raising awareness, and fundraising to hold more events

Over £42,000 raised in memory of Julian Wort

Frome Times, 14th March 2017 Shirley Wort received a Chairty Hero medal and certificate from CRY for 2017. Shirley’s son, Julian died in March 2000, and in memory of him, Shirley and her husband, Dave set up the Julian Wort Memorial Fund with CRY. Since then, over £42,000 has been raised providing two ECG machines and

CRY Update Magazine 72

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

Julian Wort Memorial Fund reaches over £42,000

Frome Times, August 17th 2017 Through their fundraising, Dave & Shirley Wort have been able to donate two defibrillators and two ECG machines to local hospitals and organise four local screenings with Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). These screenings have seen 278 young people screened, with the latest one taking place in June next year.

CRY Update magazine 71

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

CRY Update Magazine 70

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

CRY Update Magazine 69

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

Oakfield Academy screening in memory of Julian Wort

“We held our third screening day on April 23rd at Oakfield Academy in Frome, Somerset. 93 young people were screened on the day. My friend Paula Smart helped us to set up on the Friday evening, and also helped all day on the Saturday. We were very grateful to Tony and all the team for all their

Virgin Money London Marathon 2016

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