Read Update 52 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.
Leigh MP Andy Burnham will also swim across Lake Windermere for the charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) which helps people affected by conditions causing sudden cardiac deaths. Atherton teenager Daniel Young was just 15 when he collapsed and died of a heart condition while playing football for Atherton Laburnum Rovers five years ago. Mr
Leigh MP Andy Burnham is set to brave cold waters in memory of a teenager killed by a rare heart condition. He is preparing to swim across Windermere to raise cash for the charity CRY – Cardiac Risk in the Young – which helps people affected by conditions causing sudden cardiac deaths. The Health Secretary is
Students from Elsley School and Ernest Bevin College (South West London) had a unique opportunity to meet the Secretary of State for Health, Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP on Thursday 4th March and to thank him for introducing the increasingly popular Swim4life initiative that provides under 16s across the UK with free swimming. The Swim4life project
Every week 12 active young people die from undiagnosed heart defects. Adrian Lee talks to one family supporting a campaign for routine screening. Daniel Young had just scored for his football team when he collapsed on the pitch. Doctors later told his family that, due to an undiagnosed heart condition, the super-fit 16-year-old was probably dead before he
Performers are joining forces to raise cash in memory of a teenager who died during a football match in 2005. Daniel Young suffered a fatal heart attack in Atherton when he collapsed on the pitch minutes after scoring a goal. In tribute to Daniel, Squeeze lead singer Glenn Tylbrook is to perform on the same bill
The parents of a 16-year-old boy who died after collapsing on the football pitch are urging youngsters to have heart screening to prevent another tragedy. Super-fit football fanatic Daniel Young collapsed minutes after scoring a spectacular goal for Atherton Laburnum Rovers in September 2005. Twelve young people die each week as a result of a heart
Tragic stories of a teenage footballer and a dance-loving schoolgirl who both died from heart attacks are being used to help save other young lives. Six young people from Greater Manchester will feature in a campaign to raise awareness of a 50 per cent rise in sudden deaths from cardiac trauma in the under-35s since 2006.
Families from the Liverpool area and across the North West joined together to help launch a major regional campaign to highlight shocking new statistics that show the number of young people who lose their lives to the tragic condition sudden cardiac death now stands at 12 every week – a staggering 50% rise on previous estimates.
Students from across the north west teamed up to raise over £2,000 for research into the condition which tragically killed a young sports student at Pendleton College. Daniel Young was only 16 when he was struck down on the football pitch in 2005 minutes after scoring a goal for his side. Investigations later proved he had
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