Issue 96 of the CRY Update magazine covers all news, events and fundraising from January – April 2025. This issue includes an event writeup for London Landmarks Half Marathon (Page 39), TCS London Marathon (Page 42) and a recap of Hearth Month including the Charity Heroes campaign (Page 27) and Women in Cardiology (Page 32). […]
After many years of watching the GNR half marathon on TV from the comfort of my sofa, last year I decided to participate in the 2024 event and was grateful to secure a charity entry place through CRY. Scott’s memorial fund was set up in April 2021 and with extremely generous support from family & […]
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. […]
The Clydeside Distillery Glasgow, very kindly donated a bottle of their first release ‘Stobcross’ Single Malt Scotch Whisky, to support our fundraising for CRY. This bottle was offered as a raffle prize, exclusively to anyone wishing to make a donation to Scott’s memorial fund, at our final CRY cardiac screening session held at the Lagoon […]
88 people were screened on 27th September 2023 at The Lagoon Leisure Centre in Scotland. This screening was in memory of Scott Cowan. Thank you to all involved.
187 people were screened on June 20th 2023 at The Lagoon Leisure Centre and June 21st 2023 at Peak Scientific UK in Renfrewshire. This screening was in memory of Scott Cowan.
Read Update 88 here! Issue 88 of the CRY Update magazine covers all news, events and fundraising from May to August 2022. During the four-month period, we screened over 7,000 people with 6,972 being screened at family screening events. Furthermore, CRY’s Research Team was recognised at the British Cardiac Society with some members even receiving awards.
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
Friends & colleagues at Peak Scientific in Inchinnan Scotland, held an on-site pool tournament in February 2022, in memory of Scott Cowan and Scott McInally, who passed away suddenly in July 2021. The tournament was organised by Russell Kane, photographed presenting the trophy to winner, John Boyce. A fantastic total of £300 was raised, £150 of which
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
Saturday 2nd October 2021 was a dreich, wet, windy day on the beautiful Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland. The weather though could not dampen the spirits of the 70 special family members and friends who joined us for a fundraiser in aid of CRY and in memory of Scott. 11 ran a half marathon, 35 cycled or
On October 24th, 2021 the family and friends of Scott Cowan will meet for the first time since his death in November 2020 at the tragically young age of 25 years old. This day will see a memorial football tournament be held in Scott’s honor with people from all areas of his life coming together to
On Saturday 31st July, Ray Brodie accompanied by her very good friend Shona McLuskey, undertook the arduous task of climbing Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the UK, with the summit sitting at 1,345 metres above sea level. CRY is a charity very close to Ray & her family’s heart and she has already raised much
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
Having just completed a virtual challenge to run the length of the UK, 874 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats, I decided to run a further 360 miles the length of Ireland from Mizen to Malin, to help with fundraising for CRY in support of Scott’s family. I was overwhelmed by the generosity and kindness
My friend Liam and I walked 16 miles around Glasgow as part of the Kiltwalk which supports so many different charities. We wanted to raise awareness for CRY after losing my beautiful 25 year old son Scott last year. Everyone has been so generous and kind and a lot of them have already put their name
The 173rd Grand National meeting became the first in history to take place behind closed doors and the winner Minella Times ridden by Rachael Blackmore, gave us the first winning Grand National female jockey. National lockdown meant a rethink to management of our usual workplace sweepstake and gave us the ideal opportunity to kick start fundraising