WHEN Sean Billington strolled into Stratford on Saturday, 1st April, it was with a purpose. He is on an an epic 1,172 mile walk from Land’s End to John O’ Groats to raise awareness of young sudden cardiac death (YSCD) and also to fundraise for campaign charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). Sean is […]
On March 8th, Sean Billington will be starting his epic 1,172 mile walk from Lands End to John O Groats in memory of my son and his very good friend since school days, Mark Hudson who on November 5th 2012 went to bed and never woke up. It will take Sean 90 days to complete this
Sean Billington was devastated when his close friend died suddenly. Mark Hudson was only 33 when he had a heart attack in his sleep and never woke up. Determined to do something, Mr Billington will leave Bermuda in March and spend three months walking 1,172 miles across Britain with a 40lb rucksack as a fundraiser for
At the beginning of November, my sister saw this event advertised and suggested that we do it together. It was such a fun thing to do but also with a very important message. As soon as she mentioned it to her family, they all wanted to take part too. So we both set up a fundraising
Read Update 80 here CRY Update 80 reports on all news, events and fundraising from September to December 2019. September got underway with the Great North Run, as 50 runners representing CRY took part. You can read more on page 22. To start October we held the 10th CRY Durham Walk, with 219 supporters gathering to
Read Update 77 here CRY Update 77 reports on all news, events and fundraising from September to December 2018. There were plenty of major events throughout this four-month period. We were thrilled to be so well represented at the Great North Run on September 9, with 50 runners taking part for CRY. You can read a
Read Update 65 online here. The CRY Update is the charity’s newsletter, reporting on CRY news and events, cardiac screenings, breaking developments in medical research and CRY supporters’ fundraising over the preceding months.
Read Update 71 here CRY Update 71 reports on all the CRY news, events and fundraising from September to December 2016. In this period, we held our annual Raising Awareness Week – including our most successful CRY Great Cake Bake yet. We also saw fantastic support for the Great North Run in September with over 70 runners
Read the magazine here Issue 64 of the CRY Update looks back at a busy CRY summer from May to August 2014. Our flagship raising awareness event, the CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk, features in this issue with a full report and photos from the day. Also prominent is our Patron Pixie Lott’s terrific tour
On 23rd September we held a fundraising event in memory of my son, Mark Hudson. I belong to a sewing group based in Loughborough. The owner of the shop, Sue Copeman, came up with the brilliant idea of inviting Heather Jacks, the winner of the Great British Sewing Bee series, to come and give us a
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