
Issue 95 of the CRY Update magazine covers all news, events and fundraising from September – December 2024.

Issue 95 of the CRY Update magazine covers all news, events and fundraising from September – December 2024.
Why Do I Support CRY? – 2023 During Heart Month 2023, CRY launched ‘why do I support CRY?’. The campaign aimed to personify and tell the stories behind CRY. We asked our supporters to send in their reasons for supporting CRY so we could share across our social media what CRY means to so many. […]

Once we lost Garreth aged 30 as his Mum I was lost too. Each day was so difficult more difficult because I was so so alone. CRY offered me telephone support with a lovely lady which I found invaluable you know who you are “Thank you”! I realised that I was not alone. The same lady

Read Update Magazine Issue 85 here Issue 85 of the CRY Update reports on all news, events and fundraising from May to August 2021. From June, fundraising and screening levels started returning to pre-COVID levels as events around the country started picking up and we returned to holding regular screening events again. We also transformed the

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

Read Issue 83 of the CRY Update magazine here Issue 83 of the CRY Update reports on all news, events and fundraising from September to December 2020. Even with continued restrictions and lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CRY’s supporters remained active and engaged as always to raise funds and awareness however they could. On October

Click here to read Update 81 Issue 81 of the CRY Update reports on all news, events and fundraising from January to April 2020. This is also the first issue of our new and improved digital editions of the Update, featuring links throughout that will take you straight to relevant pages on the CRY website, social

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

We were thrilled to meet Lutalo Muhammad at our screening day on 29 September 2018. Lutalo is a British Taekwondo athlete who represented Great Britain in the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics winning both bronze and silver medals. He was one of 96 young people screened in memory of Mike Clarke at St Nicholas Catholic High
£260.00 donation from Whitegate FC Annual Memorial Football Tournament 2017 £2,422 Annual Memorial Football Tournament hosted by Team Mike and Whitegate FC – May 2017 – 16 teams battling for Mike Clarke Memorial Trophy. The winners were George & Dragon. After the football we have a raffle, a small auction and a live band ‘The Fever’

Read Update 73 here. CRY Update 73 reports on all the CRY news, events and fundraising from May to August 2017. In June, CRY launched a new version of its main website. The site immediately saw the number of visitors double in the first month and has consistently recorded more visitors per month than before the

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
Winsford Guardian – 13th May 2017 A charitable football tournament and family fun day will be held in Whitegate in memory of Mike Clarke, who died following a heart attack while playing for Whitegate Football Club. Read more
A race night – Held at The Plough – February 2016 – £1,448 was raised. A Charity Fun Day and Football Tournament – May 2016 – £2,729.29 was raised Couldn’t of thought of a better fundraising event for Mike. He loved his football and bringing 12 teams together in a 7-a-side tournament. We had stalls, bouncy
Katie Bridges started fundraising in February and has already raised enough money to fund a Cardiac Risk in the Young screening day, in memory of her brother Michael Clarke. Read more
Northwich Guardian – 16th May 2016 The sister of a Whitegate footballer who died after collapsing from a heart attack during a match is fundraising to prevent others from meeting the same fate. Read more