Tom Clabburn & Claire Prosser

The charity Cardiac Risk in the Young, CRY, say that 12 young people a week aged 14-35 die from undiagnosed heart conditions.

Our son and brother, Tom, was one of them. He died aged 14 in 2007. Tom’s mum, Claire, worked tirelessly for CRY. Sadly, Claire also died from a heart condition aged 54 on December 1, 2014.

As of now, this page is therefore a tribute to both Tom and Claire. We are extremely grateful for the support our friends and supporters have given Tom’s Fund over the years and hugely thankful that this is continuing in 2014. You can read more about the Fund and how it supports CRY at http://www.tomclabburnfund.co.uk/

The Fund has raised more than £110,000 for CRY since 2008, primarily so that young people can benefit from free heart screenings. More than 1,100 young people have been screened since our first event in 2009.

In 2014, we have held two heart screening events. In 2015, we will hold two more. You can keep up-to-date by following us on Facebook or Twitter here

Take care,

Paul and Ellen x

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Latest News

CRY Update Magazine Issue 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 media posts from recent months,...

CRY Update Magazine Issue 80...

Issue 80 of the CRY Update magazine covers all news, events and fundraising from September to December 2019. This issue includes features on plenty of key events, including the latest CRY Conference, the CRY Great Cake Bake, and the 10th CRY Durham Walk, along with major developments such as the funding CRY received from the Tesco Bags of Help Centenary Grant.

Couple Cycle from Mumbai to Goa in Memory of Tom Clabburn and Claire Prosser...

This Is Local London, 10th December 2019 Juliet and Clive Matthews from Ealing succeeded in completing an intense 500k ride from Mumbai to Goa. The completely self funded challenge was embarked on in support of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) through raising money for the Tom Clabburn and Claire Prosser Memorial Fund. Tom’s fund...

Ealing screening in memory of Tom Clabburn and Claire Prosser...

A total of 95 young people aged between 14-35 were screened by Cardiac Risk in the Young at the Florence Road surgery, Florence Road, Ealing, on Sunday, November 4. The free screenings were sponsored by Tom and Claire’s Fund. Ellen Clabburn said: “It’s our tenth year of sponsoring such screenings, which is a tremendous tribute...

Update Magazine Issue 77...

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...

Update Magazine Issue 65...

Read Update 65 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.

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My Story

Tom Clabburn

 Today should have been my son’s 15th birthday. Instead I am writing about life after Tom. Tom died in his sleep in October this year of an undiagnosed heart-related condition. He had been fit, active, healthy, doing well at school, bright and happy. We were not, in any way, prepared. This is not about my…... Read more

Tom’s Story by Paul Clabburn (www.crydadsgrief.org)

 Tom died in his sleep on Friday, October 5, 2007. He was 14. Unusually, he had felt unwell and been diagnosed with a virus the day before. I checked on him in the morning, glad he’d been catching up on his rest. I knew straight away that we’d lost him but I tried to save…... Read more

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