We were pleased to join 132 of our supporters on Sunday 18th September for the 13th CRY Heart of Durham Walk. We appreciate the effort every single person made to be there on the day, to come together to reflect and remember those who have died due to Young Sudden Cardiac Death, and to support those
Read CRY Update 86 here Issue 86 of the CRY Update magazine covers all news, events and fundraising from September to December 2021. There were a lot of major fundraising events in this four-month period after so many had been cancelled over the last two years due to the pandemic. This started with the Great North
Following the restrictions over the last 18 months, we were so pleased to be able to host our 12th annual Durham Walk event back in the heart of the city this year, with an incredible 120 walkers attending. Families and friends who have tragically experienced the sudden death of a young person due to young sudden
Read issue 84 of the CRY Update magazine here Issue 84 of the CRY Update reports on all news, events and fundraising from January to April 2021. In February as Heart Month began, we introduced an exciting new fundraising initiative: the 25 Million Metre Challenge. Supporters could take part individually or in teams as we collectively
In the autumn of 2007, The Durham Riverside Walk (as it was originally known) was pioneered by bereaved dad and loyal supporter, Jeff Morland – whose son, Levon, had died from the condition Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) in 2002, aged just 22. Jeff was encouraged and assisted by his good friend, Steve Percival, who fast became a key
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
Read Update 79 here CRY Update 79 reports on all news, events and fundraising from May to August 2019. In May, we found out that CRY had been selected for the Tesco Bags of Help Centenary Grant in 10 regions across the country, which gave people a chance to vote to support CRY using their tokens
CRY Heart of Durham Walk 2019 Write Up Previous Next 2019 is a special year for the CRY Heart of Durham Walk, as it marks 10 years since the first walk in Durham! On Saturday 5th October we were joined by 219 participants (along with their babies, toddlers and dogs in tow!) and as always, it
Read Update 77 here CRY Update 77 reports on all news, events and fundraising from September to December 2018. There were plenty of major events throughout this four-month period. We were thrilled to be so well represented at the Great North Run on September 9, with 50 runners taking part for CRY. You can read a
Read Update 32 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 37 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 40 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 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 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 68 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.
It’s hard to believe that we’ve been holding CRY’s Heart of Durham Walk for almost a decade – and we would once again like to thank all the CRY supporters who took part in our 9th annual Walk on Saturday 6th October. It really was a special event! A crisp Autumn day, the sun shone on
Over 230 CRY supporters took part in the 8th CRY Durham Walk, newly rebranded as the CRY Heart of Durham Walk, to reflect the revised route which includes Durham’s historical City Centre. Thank you to everyone who attended and helped to make the day so special. It was, as always, an emotional sight to see everyone
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
Over 300 CRY supporters took part in the 7th CRY Durham Riverside Walk on Saturday 1st October 2016. Thank you to everyone who attended and helped to make the day so special. This year, for the first time, permission had been obtained for a new route which included Durham’s historic city centre. It was, as always,
The Northern Echo – 2nd October 2016 The seventh annual CRY Durham Riverside Walk took place in the city streets and banks of the river last weekend. The walk is to raise awareness and support families who have lost a young person to YSCD. Read more
Read Update 33 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 34 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 35 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 36 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 45 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 46 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 47 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 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 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
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.
A record number of participants, 286 in all (along with several 4-legged friends, some in CRY T-shirts or customised CRY neckerchiefs) took part in the 5th CRY Durham Riverside Walk on Saturday 4th October 2014. Since 2010 the Durham Walk has flourished with a record number taking part this year. Our thanks to everyone who could
Read the magazine here This latest mailing brings you Issue 63 of the CRY Update, which looks back at CRY news and events from January to April 2014. A key fundraising and awareness raising event during this part of the year is, of course, the London Marathon; and you will find a write-up and photos of
Congratulations and a huge ‘thank you’ to the 51 runners, including CRY Patron Matt Wells, who took part in the BUPA Great North Run in aid of CRY on Sunday 7th September 2014. This year’s race saw over 56,000 runners take part in a very historic year for the event, seeing its one millionth finisher! Once
Read Update 56 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 57 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 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.
Early this year, an otherwise fit and active young man died unexpectedly in his sleep. Levon Morland (West Rainton, Co. Durham) had travelled the world, making friends wherever he went and his short life of 22 years was full of fun and laughter. He had a cardiac disorder called Wolfe-Parkinson-White Syndrome, and this caused an irregularity
23rd April 2006 Over 70 people took part in this walk, which is an annual event organised by Sandra Morland in memory of her son Levon. Levon died in January 2002 from Wolfe Parkinson White Syndrome. The walk this year was from Seaham Town Centre, County Durham to The Greyhound Public House, West Rainton (near Durham
Congratulations and thank you to the 144 participants (plus dogs in CRY t-shirts!) who took part in the 2nd CRY Durham Riverside Walk on Saturday 8th October 2011 to launch CRY Awareness Week ( 8th -16th October). The numbers taking part this year were more than double those of 2010, thanks to the efforts of our
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 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
All Party Parliamentary Group for Cardiac Risk in the Young House of Commons Press Release – July 2002 North Durham MP, Kevan Jones met with Parliamentary colleagues on Monday 8th July to launch an All Party Parliamentary Group on Cardiac Risk in the Young at Portcullis House, Westminster. Mr Jones has been working with the organisation
Congratulations and thank you to the 152 participants (plus dogs in CRY t-shirts!) who took part in the 3rd CRY Durham Riverside Walk on Saturday 6th October 2012, on one of the sunniest and warmest autumn days this year. The numbers taking part this year were slightly above those of 2011, thanks to the efforts of
A group of friends from the Angel Inn Pub, Durham took part in a Halloween themed pub crawl 6 months early to raised money for CRY in memory of Levon Morland. “The streets of Durham City were awash with ‘flesh-eating zombies’ who couldn’t wait for Halloween to come round so decided to go six months early.
Congratulations and thank you to the 218 participants (and some four-legged friends in CRY t-shirts!) who took part in the 4th CRY Durham Riverside Walk on Saturday 5th October 2013 on another mild and sunny day. The event has grown steadily since 2010 and the numbers taking part this year were the most ever. As in
Congratulations and a huge ‘thank you’ to the 55 runners who took part in the BUPA Great North Run in aid of CRY on Sunday 15th September 2013. This year’s race saw over 55,000 runners take part! Everyone seemed to enjoy another fantastic race day and the weather was mainly dry before a torrential downpour. For
House of Commons – 10th March 2004 Dari Taylor MP presented the Cardiac Risk in the Young Screening Bill to the House of Commons. The aim of the Bill was to publicise and address the gap in medical services that exists with regards to sudden deaths. Read the full debate “The new expert group
Cardiac Risk in the Young (Screening) Bill Official Parliamentary Report House of Commons 10th March, 2004 Speeches and interventions by: Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton, South) David Wright (Telford) Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar) Mr. David Stewart (Inverness, East, Nairn and Lochaber) Dr. Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East) Mr. Kevan Jones (North Durham) Tim
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.
A National screening drive aiming to cut the number of deaths among young people has been launched in the region. The Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) charity began its mobile trailer tour of England which will see about 3,000 people aged 14 to 35 get free heart screening, in Durham City, on Saturday. The launch
Families from the North East of England gathered together on Saturday 2nd May to help launch CRY’s new ’12 a week’ postcard campaign in their area of the UK. This was the fifth such regional launch of the new postcard campaign, following on from launches in the North West, Midlands, Northern Ireland and South East. The
North East families are campaigning for a national screening programme to cut the number of deaths put down to sudden death syndrome. Mitya Underwood meets them. Ann Wilson will never forget the tragic moment she found her son dead. On January 2, 2004, the mum-of-two witnessed a sight that no parent should ever have to see. Walking into her
Friends and family of a man who died of a rare heart condition gathered to celebrate his life by raising money to help save others. Levon Morland, of West Rainton, died in his sleep in 2002,aged 22. The former holiday rep, who had worked in Spain and Tenerife, and as a leader with Camp America, had
A rock spectacular is being staged to raise money for a condition that is claiming the lives of young people. The charity night will take place at the Stella Club in Albany, Washington, with all the proceeds going to Cry (Cardiac Risk in the Young), a charity which helps to increase awareness of heart problems. The
Read Update 44 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.
A rare heart disorder is still claiming the lives of young people, despite moves by the NHS to tackle the problem. The so-called Chapter Eight – designed to act as a model for best medical practice – is not working as intended, according to Dari Taylor, MP for Stockton South and a former Sunderland city councillor.
An MP says a rare heart disorder is still claiming lives despite new NHS guidelines. Stockton South MP Dari Taylor, supported by Durham North MP Kevan Jones, led the way on calls for more screening of at-risk youngsters by introducing a Private Member’s Bill – Cardiac Risk in the Young (Screening) Bill – in 2004. The
A teenager’s sudden death from an undiagnosed heart complaint has made her family determined to ensure others do not suffer their loss. Kasia Ber, 17, died at her home in Brier Avenue, Horden, East Durham, on the morning of December 28, last year. It was only discovered after she died that she had been suffering from
15th September 2006 Another great night was had by all at the 2006 Grand Charity event held at the Chilton Lodge Hotel, Tyne and Wear. Raffles, music, food, a disco and guest speakers made sure that the event was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. Kevan Jones MP, Chairman of the CRY All Party Parliamentary Group; Jack Doyle,
A Gala dinner in aid of The Levon Morland Memorial Fund for Cry (Cardiac Risk in the Young) is being held at Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium. The dinner, hosted by Century FM football commentator Alistair Brownlee, will feature a raffle with prizes donated by Rio Ferdinand, Steve Harmison, Middlesbrough Football Club and Redcar Racing. The charity was
A charity fund in memory of a young man killed by a rare heart condition is looking for people to play a round of golf. The Lovon Morland Memorial Fund will hold a golf tournament, which it hopes could become an annual event, this Saturday, at the Cocken Lodge Golf Course, Leamside, near Durham City. After
A charity fund in memory of a young man killed by a rare heart condition is looking for people to play a round of golf. The Levon Morland Memorial fund is to hold a tournament, which it hopes could become an annual event, on May 27, at the Cocken Lodge Golf Course, Leamside, near Durham City.
Families at risk from a rare form of heart failure will be offered free genetic tests to pinpoint the threat, the Government announced yesterday. The move marked a personal triumph for North-East MP Dari Taylor. Ms Taylor, MP for Stockton South, persuaded the Government to adopt her proposals to reduce the death toll from rare heart defects.
Margo Wright raised £5,500 to bring the CRY mobile cardiac screening equipment and a specialist medical team to Netherfields Community Centre in Beckfield in February 2004. Screening started at 9.30am and went on all through the day. Forty Young people were signed up for the screening Margo’s 32 year old daughter was found dead at the
AMAZING FEET! Daring fundraisers hot-footed it over burning ashes in memory of a young County Durham man who died from a rare heart disorders. Family and friends of 22-year-old Levon Morland, from West Rainton, took part in a 20 ft. firewalk to raise cash for heart charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). Levon, who suffered
Twins Levon and Aron were identical, yet different in so many ways. Here Aran Morland, 22, explains… Dear Levon, Poor Mum was in for a hard time. Gritting her teeth, she pushed once again. With a final heave, the baby popped out. “It’s a boy,” said the midwife. But it wasn’t over yet. Ten minutes later
AMAZING FEET! Daring fundraisers hot-footed it over burning ashes in memory of a young County Durham man who died from a rare heart disorders. Family and friends of 22-year-old Levon Morland, from West Rainton, took part in a 20 ft. firewalk to raise cash for heart charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). Levon, who suffered
Friends of a man killed by a rare heart disease have raised thousands of pounds for charity by holding a cycle ride in his memory. Levon Morland, 22, of West Rainton, County Durham, was apparantly fit and well but died earlier this year from Wolfe Parkinson White Syndrome, which causes occasional heart murmors. At the weekend,
9th October 2010 We would like to say a huge thank you to the 70 participants (plus dogs in CRY t-shirts!) who took part in the first CRY Durham Riverside Walk on Saturday 9th October 2010. We hope to have a few hundred participants next year – thank you to all who have offered to help