Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)

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Support CRY

Help CRY by donating today. Your donation could save a young life!

Support

Following a young sudden cardiac death CRY offers help to families through our bereavement support programme, as well as helping families to understand what caused the death and to be referred to inherited cardiac conditions specialists.

Awareness

CRY raises awareness to help prevent young sudden cardiac deaths (YSCD), through awareness campaigns, fundraising events, and media outreach. CRY works to save young lives and prevent avoidable tragedies.

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Screening

CRY wants All young people to have the opportunity to have heart screening. 1 in 300 people CRY tests will have a potentially life threatening heart condition which will benefit from lifestyle advice, treatment and sometimes corrective surgery.

Research

CRY is funding world leading research which is transforming our understanding of the causes and prevention of Young Sudden Cardiac Death as well as the treatment of those at risk.

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Pete Hinchliffe's Story

I would like to tell you about my brother Pete. Pete was 33 when he died on the 11th of September 2010. Pete died at the roadside after getting off his bike, presumably as he felt unwell. A couple of bystanders started CPR and called for an Ambulance. His good friend Danny, who he was going…

Iwan Lavis's Story

Iwan was just 23 years young, from Brecon, though he spent his early years in beautiful Pembrokeshire. He was the much-loved youngest child of Nigel and the late Fiona, and a cherished brother to Nia, Joy, and Carwyn. To us, and to so many of his friends, he was known affectionately as Iwie, Iwes, or Spewy – names that always bring a smile when we say them….

Dan Nelson's Story

Dan Nelson On 9th August 2020 my husband, my two children and I had been at the beach for the day. We had just returned from a 2-week camping road trip to visit family after the first COVID-19 lockdown had lifted and it was the last day of our holiday. My husband and son had been…

Katrina Brown's Story

Think back to the quick goodbye hug you and your loved one had this morning. Now imagine it was your last. That’s the image James Brown, 31, plays over in his mind every day. The date was the 2nd of July last year and it was a beautiful sunny day. My wife Katrina and I were…

Daniel Newman's Story

I have tried so many times to write my story, but this is not just my story, this is about Dan. Daniel Newman was 31 when he passed away on July 15th 2010, he was my boyfriend of 8.5 years and he was a wonderful son, brother, nephew and friend. Dan was told he had food…

Andrew Neil Mogg's Story

Our son, Andrew Neil Mogg, died on 14th June 2009 while out running – one day after his 22nd birthday. Andrew had always been a fit, healthy young man who was always out running or at the gym. He started to get palpitations in September 2008. He went to the Medical Centre and had an ECG…

Kieran Formby's Story

It’s now 8 months since, on the eventful evening of 13th September 2008, we learnt our dearly beloved son Kieran had died and left us. I am sure that we do not have to tell you how we feel, only that he along with his surviving sister Sinead, they were our very reason and purpose for…

Neville McIntosh's Story

Neville – or Nev as most of us knew him – was born on 11th March 1970. He was known to be always on the go – always smiling, cracking jokes and would always help people out. He became the very, very proud father of his 3 beautiful children, Alex(17), Olivia(13) and Claudia(6). I (Kirsty) met…

Madeleine Mulcahey's Story

Madeleine died in December 2000 when I was 38. She was 2 and had been suffering from flu-like symptoms for several days. Jane, my wife, had taken her to the doctors a few times, only to be told she was being a neurotic mother. Madeleine hadn’t been feeling well all day and was very quiet. She…

Danny Brown's Story

On Wednesday March 8th 2017, Danny walked in from work just after 4pm. He was his usual bright and happy self, we had a chat about what our day had been like, before he went down to his room which is a large cabin/annex down the garden. He appeared at the back door some ten minutes…

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Cardiac Screening

CRY offers subsidised ECG and Echocardiogram screening to all young people between the ages of 14 & 35. There is a simple way to diagnose most cardiac abnormalities. This is by having an ECG (electrocardiogram) test. Results should be read by a cardiologist. For extra clarity an Echocardiogram (ultrasound scan) can also be done.If there has been a young (under 35) sudden death in the family, the family is entitled to be screened on the NHS. All of CRY’s public events are free to attend.

Latest News

Largest-Ever Study of Cardiac Screening in Young People Shows Heart Checks Save Lives

The largest-ever study (conducted by CRY) of cardiac screening in young people has been published in the prestigious Journal of the American College of Cardiology...

AI Cardiac Screening and Research Project

Screening saves young lives — but as technology evolves, we can do more. CRY is investing in a major new AI Screening and Research Project...

CRY Update Magazine Issue 97

Issue 97 of the CRY Update magazine covers all news, events and fundraising from May – August 2025. This issue includes an event writeup for...

APPG 2026: MP ‘launch event’ showcases renewed commitment to shaping policy

A MP drop-in session on Tuesday December 2, was held to re-engage with Parliamentarians from across all parties and to ‘showcase’ CRY’s intentions of “leading...

CRY and Manchester Metropolitan University Unite at the OrthTeam Centre to Improve Access to Cardiac Screenings for Youth Across the North

102 young people screened for ‘hidden heart’ conditions at a free session, funded in memory of Aaron Dixon Held in partnership with CRY and Manchester...