Read Update 69 here CRY Update 69 reports on all the CRY news, events and fundraising from January to April 2016. CRY’s biggest awareness event in this period was our BBC Lifeline appeal, broadcast on BBC One and Two in February, presented by CRY Patron Pixie Lott. She not only made her West End debut that
On Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th May 2016 CRY held a screening clinic at Adcote School for Girls in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. A total of 202 people were screened over the two days in memory of Matthew Dewhirst.
Shropshire Star – 6th May 2016 The parents of an Ellesmere teenager who died from a heart condition will present a charity that aims to prevent young sudden cardiac deaths with items of England cricket clothing to auction off. Read more
Sunday March 15th (Mother’s Day) bereavement experts from the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) will be unveiling a powerful and moving new book for mother’s whose child (under the age of 35) has tragically died from young sudden cardiac death. The booklet, ‘Young Sudden Cardiac Death: A Mother’s Grief’ which has been compiled by
Countryside La Vie – 29/01/2015 Short film screened for the first time at House of Commons awareness event tracks moments leading up to “fatal” collapse on the rugby pitch The national charity, Cardiac Risk in the Young, CRY (during its annual raising awareness week) is unveiling a new campaign to demonstrate the sudden, spontaneous and shocking
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
The Terrace Marquee, Westminster – 26th November. Guest of Honour: Lee Mears, former England rugby union international. CRY’s 2014 Parliamentary Reception on Wednesday November 26 was an event packed not only with CRY Representatives, supporters, bereaved families, members of the myheart group and doctors, but also several CRY Patrons and
ITV News – 26th November 2014 A compelling new video has been released to raise awareness of sudden cardiac death in the young. Matthew Dewhirst, who was 17 and from Shropshire, collapsed and died on the rugby field. His parents didn’t know he had an underlying heart condition. Read More
Politics Home – 26th November 2014 CEO of Cardiac Risk in the Young, Alison Cox, says medics need to ‘wake up’ to the fact that 80% of teen heart deaths have no warning symptoms. A teenage rugby player collapses on the pitch in front of his teammates and supporters. Fit and sporty, he is the person
Daily Mail – 25th November 2014 Matthew Dewhirst was a much wanted and deeply loved son, who was conceived after nine gruelling IVF attempts. As his mother Sue, now 56, says: ‘We wanted a child so desperately, we’d have done anything. ‘I kept thinking: “Next time it’ll be our turn to be lucky.” ’ When she
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