Families from the North East of England gathered together on Saturday 2nd May to help launch CRY’s new ’12 a week’ postcard campaign in their area of the UK. This was the fifth such regional launch of the new postcard campaign, following on from launches in the North West, Midlands, Northern Ireland and South East. The
Ian Bowen
We want those with a problem to have the chance Ian never had
A couple who lost their teenage son to a rare heart condition have again organised cardiac screening sessions to spare others the same ordeal. Since 2000, Kenny and Maralyn Bowen, whose son Ian died from an undetected rare heart condition, have arranged regular screenings for about 38 people aged 14 to 35. It’s always a bittersweet
CRY Update Magazine 44
Read Update 44 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.
Our hopes for the all-clear
Organiser of a heart-screening session in memory of a tragic teenager hope to draw a complete blank at the emotional event on Teesside. Last time around, a similar session, organised by Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) supporters Maralyn and Kenny Bowen, turned up nothing untoward from the 38 young people screened. And that’s just how
Dean's hearty sky dive for charity
A man will celebrate his 21st birthday in style when he jumps from a plane in aid of charity. Dean Watts (pictured left), from Redcar, will perform the sky dive in Sunderland on Thursday to raise money for the Ian Bowen Memorial Fund, a regional branch of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). The Redcar teenager
Screening hope
Margo Wright raised £5,500 to bring the CRY mobile cardiac screening equipment and a specialist medical team to Netherfields Community Centre in Beckfield in February 2004. Screening started at 9.30am and went on all through the day. Forty Young people were signed up for the screening Margo’s 32 year old daughter was found dead at the
At the heart of our campaign
Teesside Evening Gazette – 22nd May 2003 A screening session on Teesside has given a young person the chance to have a hidden heart defect treated. The session, set up by Maralyn and Kenny Bowen of Redcar, screened 38 young people for possible heart problems. The Bowen’s’ son Ian died in 1996 from Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome –
Heart tests tribute to tragic pal
More than 50 people will hopefully get peace of mind thanks to cardiac screening sessions in Redcar. The town’s United Reformed Church hosted the sessions over the weekend. They were organised by the CRY charity (Cardiac Risk in the Young) through Redcar parents Maralyn and Kenny Bowen, whose son Ian died aged 19 from the rare
