Tom Reid

CRY Update Magazine Issue 87

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

Jonny Cooper’s Leeds Half Marathon in memory of Tom and Alex Reid

Jonny Cooper raised £835 in his fifth half marathon for CRY, held on Sunday 8th May 2022. Jonny completed the challenge in an amazing 1 hour 49 minutes! He ran in memory of Tom Reid who passed away suddenly on 28th September 2009 and more specifically with Tom’s brother Alex Reid in mind who passed away

Reid Family Honours their Son’s Memory with TomFest 2019

Yorkshire Evening Post, 18th September 2019 Tom Reid passed away at just 19 years old in September of 2009 after he collapsed due to an undiagnosed heart condition while attending a Freshers event on his first day of university. This year, the Reid family, who have supported Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) since Tom passed

Tomfest 2019

Tomfest 2019 – Saturday 7th September 2019 Tomfest 2019 was an afternoon and evening of live music, crafts and entertainment and remembrance of Tom Reid who died in September 2009.  The day’s activities began at The Lord Gascoigne Pub in Garforth with live music from: Tom Clayton Dave and Lindsey King Chapel Jazz Collective Luke Flear

Update Magazine Issue 66

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.

Yorkshire Women of Achievement

The Yorkshire Women of Achievement event took place at the Royal Armouries on Friday. Unfortunately I did not win my category (Courage) but the incredible woman that did win definitely deserved the award and also overall recognition as she won the overall Outstanding Woman of Achievement award too.  Her story was extremely sad and tragic, but

Screening in memory of Tom Reid

The screening was held on Saturday 28th October at Garforth Academy in Leeds in memory of Tom Reid. The Reid family would like to thank the CRY team who attended:- Peter Lewis, Lisa Ashton, Helen Budding, Teresa Brenan, Jason Baker, Jan Foster and Dr Hamish MacLachlan (whose first screening this was). Particular thanks to Lily Donaldson

CRY Update magazine 71

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

CRY Update Magazine 51

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.