10th to 16th October 2008 Mary Abraham helped to raise awareness of CRY in Winchester during CRY’s Raising Awareness Week 2008. Mary had a table of CRY information in the Marks and Spencers store in Hedge End, Southampton; and also sold lots of copies of the CRY Raising Awareness Week Quiz to people in the Great
Philip Abraham
CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk 2012
After the wettest summer since records began, the sun shone down on the 940 people who had travelled to London on Sunday 15th July to take part in the 6th annual “CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk”. As ever, it was a poignant yet positive occasion. It was incredibly moving to see so many people coming
CRY Update Magazine 61
Read Update 61 online here In this issue: • ‘Young Sudden Cardiac Death: A Father’s Grief’ booklet launch, page 10 • Justice for James: Reopening the Inquest into the death of James Markham, page 10-12 • CRY at the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) Conference, page 17-18 • CRY Golf Day 2013, page 18 • West ’12
CRY Raising Awareness Week 2008
Events held for Raising Awareness Week 2008 Heather Harber had an information stand in Swanley town centre (Kent) on October 1st, in memory of Charlie Morettes Nick Dee-Shapland arranged for a CRY page to appear in the programme for the Newbury Nomads’ shows on the 1st to 4th October at the Newbury Corn Exchange Lesley Johnstone
CRY Raising Awareness Week
17th to 25th October 2009 Here are some of the ways in which you can help during future Raising Awareness Weeks: Team up with family, friends or colleagues and organise a fundraising event in your local area – either during Raising Awareness Week or some time during the month of October. We can send you
CRY Update Magazine 52
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.
South Postcard
Bereaved families from across the Home Counties and South of England are helping to launch a major regional campaign to highlight the shocking statistic* showing that 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.
CRY Heart of London Bridges Sponsored Walk 2008
Following the success of CRY’s inaugural Heart of London Bridges Sponsored Walk in 2007 the event took place again in 2008, with over 600 CRY supporters in attendance. The walk, led once again by CRY Patron Kathryn Harries, started at Victoria Embankment Gardens and ended at Hays Galleria near London Bridge. The route involved crossing 8
Eastleigh thespians raise money for CRY via annual pantomime
Eastleigh thespians have raised hundreds of pounds for charity via their annual pantomime. Money from the Concorde Club’s pantomime charity fund has been donated to the Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) charity. Club proprietor Cole Mathieson presented the charity with a cheque for £1,750. CRY ambassador Mary Abraham, whose 16-year-old son Philip died in his sleep
CRY for the heart pays off for Mary
When Philip Abraham died suddenly from a mysterious heart condition, his mother Mary was determined something good would come out of it. Her personal fight to stop other parents experiencing the tragedy which hit her family so unexpectedly reached a landmark last week. It was nine years ago when 16-year-old Bitterne schoolboy Philip died suddenly in
