Etwall Rotary Club donates £2,000 to good causes
Burton Mail – 3rd July 2017 Etwall Rotary Club in Derbyshire have donated £2,000 to eight different charities and causes from the area at its yearly Community Awards night. Read more
Teachers complete Mud Run in memory of pupil
Stoke Sentinel – 3rd July 2017 Six staff members from Painsley Catholic College completed the JCB Mud Run in memory of Joe Leyland who died just a week after collecting his GCSE results. Read more
Daughter completes charity trek in memory of her footballing father
Daily Record – 30th June 2017 Megan O’Donnell joined with her father’s former Celtic team-mates to commemorate his life by completing the West Highland Way and climbing Ben Nevis for CRY. Read more
Football club hosts heart screening in memory of Jack Atkinson
Daily Gazette – 30th June 2017 Holland FC will be hosting a screening for young footballers on 8th & 9th July in memory of teenager Jack Atkinson, who collapsed on the pitch last year. Read more
Industry puts best foot forward for Rob Worboys charity
costar.co.uk – 28th June 2017 A group of property professionals battled through the wind and rain in honour of Rob Worboys, the popular agent from Edinburgh, who tragically passed away last year at the age of just 27 due to an unknown heart condition. Read more
Hornchurch school raises almost £28,000 for charity
Romford Recorder – 29th June 2017 The Campion School in Hornchurch held fundraising events to raise money for a number of charities including Cardiac Risk in the Young. Read more
Leamington FC to host charity match for CRY
Leamington Observer – 27th June 2017 The club hope to raise £3,500 to fund a screening day for young people aged 14-35. The game will see a Brake XI team against a Wolves Legends team that will include ex-professionals. Read more
Charity swimathon at Altrincham Swimming Club
Messenger Newspapers – 27th June 2017 Altrincham Swimming Club will celebrate 25 years of producing top class swimmers with a charity 25 hour swimathon this weekend. Read more
Rowing one million metres for CRY
Bracknell News – 27th June 2017 Tony Eames from Wokingham is taking on the mammoth challenge to raise awareness of CRY. Read more
Rotherham schoolgirl to take part in relay swim across English Channel
The Star – 27th June 2017 Robyn Dyson, aged 15, will be the youngest member of the relay team as they attempt to swim the 21 miles across the English Channel. Read more
Dundee screening held in memory of Pete McAvoy
Evening Telegraph – 27th June 2017 The CRY team attended a screening at Harris Academy in Dundee in memory of Pete McAvoy. Read more
£4,300 raised in sponsored bike & row at Uxbridge College
London Colleges – 26th June 2017 A sponsored cycle and row from the Eiffel Tower to Trafalgar Square has raised a massive £4,500 for the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY).
Eleven year-old golfer raises £2,500 for charity
Midlands Golfer – 25th June 2017 Archie Qualtrough raised the astonishing sum by playing 100 holes of golf in a single day. Read more
Slalom canoeist backs campaign to raise awareness and money for CRY
Staffordshire Newsletter – 25th June 2017 Adam Burgess talks about why he’s supporting CRY in memory of Jake Dean, who passed away earlier this year from an undiagnosed heart condition. Read more
Footballer’s daughter leads charity walk in his memory
Daily Record – 22nd June 2017 10 years after her father died of heart failure Megan O’Donnell will be trekking the West Highland Walk and Ben Nevis in his memory. Read more
Former Dundee United players aim to raise funds for charity
Evening Telegraph – 20th June 2017 An ex Dundee United player will be taking part in a fundraising trek in memory of a friend. Read more
Last fun day to mark Danny’s 21st
Lancashire Post – 18th June 2017 The family of Daniel Nicholls, who collapsed and died at home aged 16 in 2012, will be holding their last fun day to mark what would have been his 21st birthday. Read more
Second cardiac screening day proves as popular as first
Knutsford Guardian – 15th June 2017 Knutsford Community First Responders Trust’s (KCFRT) upcoming cardiac screening day has proven just as popular as the first with only a small number of spaces still remaining. Read more
Sidmouth family organise CRY screenings
Sidmouth Herald – 9th June 2017 Marion and Robert Hayman, who’s son Jonathan died at the age of 27, have funded heart screenings for young people in the town by CRY. Read more
Parents of Daniel Hughes enter memorial garden competition
Stoke Sentinel – 10th June 2017 David and Sue Hughes have entered an online competition to create a memorial garden in memory of their son Daniel, who died from an undiagnosed heart defect in 2015. Read more
Easter eggstravaganza raises hundreds for charity
Farnham Herald – 11th June 2017 Hartley Park Farm’s annual Easter eggstravaganza event raised £860 to be split between CRY and the Rosemary Foundation. Read more
Football club holds heroes day in memory of former members
North Somerset Times – 8th June 2017 Nailsea United Football Club held a heroes day to remember three club members who have died in the past two years. Read more
Concert to be held in memory of Joseph Leyland
Cheadle Post & Times – 7th June 2017 A concert will be held in memory of local teenager Joseph Leyland, who died suddenly last year from mitochondrial myopathy. Read more
Debut screening in Whittlesey proves huge success
Cambs Times – 7th June 2017 The first screening event held by the charity Defibrillators For All saw almost 200 young people have their hearts tested. Read more
CRY one of charities to benefit from footballer Lewis Stevenson’s testimonial
The Scottish Sun – 6th June 2017 A testimonial match will be played for Hibs hero Lewis Stevenson against Sunderland on Sunday, July 9 with Lewis donating over half of the proceeds from his testimonial year to charity. The Jenni and David Paul Memorial Fund, in aid of Cardiac Risk in the Young, being one of them. Read
