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
A bereaved mum from Darwen is stepping back from years of incredible fundraising efforts on behalf of CRY, finishing off over two decades of dedicated support just as it started, with a final heart screening session for young people from the local area in memory of her son. Neil Wickers was just 31 and working as
85 people were screened on 16th October 2021 at Darwen Heritage Centre in Lancashire. This screening was memory of Neil Wickers
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
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 10 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 20 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 24 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 26 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 28 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 30 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 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 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 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.
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.
On the 19th of May 2018, 103 local young people were screened at Darwen Heritage Centre in Darwen, Lancashire. The screenings were in memory of Neil Wickers.
Read Update 76 here CRY Update 76 reports on all news, events and fundraising from May to August 2018. We had plenty of highlights in all areas through the summer. CRY’s research continues to make an impact, including Dr Aneil Malhotra’s paper on the incidence and causes of young sudden cardiac death in adolescent footballers, which
CRY Update 75 reports on all CRY news, events and fundraising from January to April 2018. We experienced a host of highlights through this four-month period. In March, our screening programme surpassed a total of 150,000 young people screened, which is an incredible milestone for us to reach. Furthermore, to discuss our progress and the importance
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
Lancashire Telegraph – 15th August 2017 Irene Wickers, who’s been a CRY campaigner since the loss of her son Neil in 1996, has returned to fundraising having suffered a heart attack in 2011. Read more
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
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 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 39 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 42 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 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 Update 51 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 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.
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
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.
Congratulations and a huge “thank you” to all who took part in the BUPA Great North Run in aid of CRY on Sunday 18th September 2011. This year we had a larger team of 68 CRY runners amongst the thousands of participants. Everyone seemed to enjoy another fantastic race day, despite the aches and pains. The
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 £6,500 grant for a screening programme for young people at risk of sudden cardiac death has been approved by Darwen Neighbourhood Board. It follows an appeal by parent campaigners Irene Wickers and Granville Staff, who both lost sons to the condition. Irene’s son Neil, from Darwen, died suddenly aged 31 when he collapsed at a Blackburn
Families from the Liverpool area and across the North West joined together to help launch a major regional campaign to highlight shocking new statistics that show the number of young people who lose their lives to the tragic condition sudden cardiac death now stands at 12 every week – a staggering 50% rise on previous estimates.
Ten years of campaigning for heart screening has paid off for two families who lost their sons to sudden cardiac death. Irene Wickers, of Darwen, and the Staff family from Hoddlesden set up the North West branch of CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) in the 1990’s. They have since worked to raise thousands of pounds
Courageous and dedicated parents Irene Wickers and Granville Staff from Darwen both have one thing in common……they lost their sons to sudden cardiac death at a young age. Both families say they channelled their grief into helping others by forming the Neil Wickers and David Staff Memorial Fund more than eleven years ago. They are both
The families of two men who died suddenly from heart-related problems are to hold their annual mobile screening event in Darwen on May 5. Funding for the charity event has been raised by the families of 32-year-old Neil Wickers, from Darwen, and 17-year-old David Staff, from Hoddlesden, who would both have benefited from such a screening.
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 generous Lancashire Telegraph competition winner has boosted a scheme to screen Darwen youngsters for heart defects. Janet Stuart, 36, of Peniscowles, Blackburn, won the Rovers into Europe competition earlier this year and donated her prize to Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) charity. Four VIP tickets to watch Blackburn Rovers’ European home game against FC
Families whose lives have been devastated by Sudden Cardiac Death are hoping a new campaign will help save the lives of others. National charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) will unveil a new postcard campaign on Friday that features the faces of eight young people from the North West who died suddenly of previously undetected
Darwen: A charity-bowling match was held at Two Gates bowling club, Anyon Street, on Sunday August 29. The match raised £214 for the Cardiac Risk in the Young charity (CRY), set up by the parents of two young local men. Neil Wickers, 31, and David Staff, 17, from Darwen and Hoddlesden, died as a result of
Free screening for heart defects will be held at Darwen Access Point, in Duckworth Street, Darwen, on Saturday, June 19. Appointments must be made in advance by ringing !REMOVED! Screening sessions have been organised and funded by the CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) and The Neil Wickers and David Staff Memorial Fund.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph – 24 November 2003 By Andrew Turner One person above all would have been proud to see Irene Wickers walk away with the Pride of East Lancashire Outstanding Volunteer award, her son, Neil, who died suddenly of a rare heart condition aged just 31. He was a regular gym user who appeared to
For most people, raising £1,000 at a Christmas Fair would be achievement enough. But for two local families it is just a fraction of the money raised since they started their fund-raising over four years ago. Irene Wickers, from Darwen, and Granville Staff, from Hoddlesdon, set up the Neil Wickers and David Staff memorial fund as