CRY Raising Awareness Week 2008

Events held for Raising Awareness Week 2008 Heather Harber had an information stand in Swanley town centre (Kent) on October 1st, in memory of Charlie Morettes Nick Dee-Shapland arranged for a CRY page to appear in the programme for the Newbury Nomads’ shows on the 1st to 4th October at the Newbury Corn Exchange Lesley Johnstone


Fundraising in memory of Simon Cullum

On Saturday 28th July 2012 two events were held to raise money in memory of Simon Cullum. A stall was held at the Gorleston Clifftop Gala and Tony Norman held a Boxercise class with all money from both going to the Simon Cullum Memorial Fund. “On 28th July Tony Norman of Tonys Boxercise did an 8hr


CRY Update Magazine 52

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.


Cheque in memory of son who died young

A money-raising mum has handed over a cheque in memory of her son to a London Hospital which screens people for a range of potentially fatal heart defects. Marilyn Cullum was among 130 invited guests at the official launch of a new screening unit at Brompton Hospital, funded by heart charity Cry (Cardiac Risk in the


Fundraiser for charity

A fundraising event in memory of a popular young man whose sudden death in June devastated family and friends is taking place tomorrow. As reported in the Mercury on January 11, Simon Cullum died, aged 29, and now his mother Marilyn wants to raise money for CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). The charity funds research into


Mum backs charity after death of son

The family album brims with pictures of a bouncing baby whose beaming smile would stay with him into adulthood and who by his mother’s admission ‘grew into his ears’. But today the only pictures being added are by his friends on the gonetoosoon website – the shocking suddenness of his death still as baffling today as


Simon Jon Cullum

Simon was my oldest son, born on 6th October 1977. He was fit and healthy, a normal 29 year old who didn’t drink or smoke. On Friday 8th June 2007 I came home from doing some shopping to find Simon sitting at the computer. On my arrival he came into the kitchen and we had a