An egg-cellent charity achievement from Tim and the rescue chickens 2024

“At this time last year, aided by Professor Steve Peters’ chickens and the generosity of individuals like yourself, we successfully raised over £1000 for our chosen charity – Cardiac Risk in the Young. Determined to surpass our achievements, a goal of £1,500 was set for 2023. Excitingly, with your support, we not only met but also […]


Why do I support CRY – 2023

Why Do I Support CRY? – 2023 During Heart Month 2023, CRY launched ‘why do I support CRY?’. The campaign aimed to personify and tell the stories behind CRY. We asked our supporters to send in their reasons for supporting CRY so we could share across our social media what CRY means to so many. […]


Hope Valley Steam Rally Day 2023

The steam Rally Day was born three years ago in memory of a young man, Jake Birkinshaw who, sadly lost his life following a fatal car accident. Jake had a passion of all things mechanical, so a group of people got together to create something that Jake would have loved… a day full of his […]


CRY Update Magazine Issue 88

Read Update 88 here! Issue 88 of the CRY Update magazine covers all news, events and fundraising from May to August 2022. During the four-month period, we screened over 7,000 people with 6,972 being screened at family screening events. Furthermore, CRY’s Research Team was recognised at the British Cardiac Society with some members even receiving awards.


Durham Walk 2022 write up

We were pleased to join 132 of our supporters on Sunday 18th September for the 13th CRY Heart of Durham Walk. We appreciate the effort every single person made to be there on the day, to come together to reflect and remember those who have died due to Young Sudden Cardiac Death, and to support those


Sarah Craig – 12 A Week Challenge

This week I did lots of walks, cycling and cold swims. My aim was to do 7 swims for at least 12 minutes and one with my head submerged.  We swam inaround 5 degrees.


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


Update Magazine Issue 86

Read CRY Update 86 here Issue 86 of the CRY Update magazine covers all news, events and fundraising from September to December 2021. There were a lot of major fundraising events in this four-month period after so many had been cancelled over the last two years due to the pandemic. This started with the Great North