Book Sale in memory of Tom Clabburn – May 2010

Book sale in memory of Tom Clabburn May 2010 A book sale organised by Claire Prosser, Tom’s mum, in May 2010 raised more than £750 for Tom’s fund within CRY. We’d particularly like to thank Munson’s coffee shop of Ealing for hosting the event. The picture below shows, left to right, Gina Bentley, Vicky Pearson, Claire


Book sale in memory of Tom Clabburn

A book sale organised by Claire Prosser, Tom’s mum, in May 2010 raised more than £750 for Tom’s fund within CRY. We’d particularly like to thank Munson’s coffee shop of Ealing for hosting the event. The picture below shows, left to right, Gina Bentley, Vicky Pearson, Claire Prosser and Sue Howells.


Fundraising in memory of Tom Clabburn

BBC TV news director Gordon Findlay used the retirement of fellow director Nick Davies to raise £50 for Tom Clabburn’s Memorial Fund. In the grand tradition of leaving dos, Gordon made a DVD of Nick’s life and times. It proved to be so popular that he was able to charge people £5 a time for a


Book Sale in memory of Tom Clabburn

Tom Clabburn’s mum, Claire Prosser, raised nearly £300 for Tom’s memorial fund on Friday 24th July with another book sale. Following the success of her first book sale in May, Claire had so many books left over that she thought she’d hold a second sale at her place of work, the BBC’s White City building. She


Book Sale in memory of Tom Clabburn

24th July 2009 Tom Clabburn’s mum, Claire Prosser, raised nearly £300 for Tom’s memorial fund on Friday 24th July with another book sale. Following the success of her first book sale in May, Claire had so many books left over that she thought she’d hold a second sale at her place of work, the BBC’s White


A hearty response to screening

Brentford Football Club was home to the final leg of a heart-screening scheme, backed by the parents of a Bees’ fan who died of heart failure aged just 14. Tom Clabburn died from an undiagnosed heart condition in October 2007. Since then his parents have campaigned for greater awareness of heart abnormalities in the young. The Brentford


Tragedy of Bees fan who died in his sleep at 14

Hounslow Chronicle (Web) –  1st July 2009 By Jessica Thomas Tom Clabburn died in his sleep from an undiagnosed cardiac disease. A young Brentford fan who went to bed with a suspected virus and never woke up was remembered this week at the final leg of a heart testing tour. Tom Clabburn died in his sleep


Agony of losing a healthy teenager

It is impossible to imagine the agony of walking into the bedroom of your 14-year-old son to try to wake him up only to discover he has died. Tom Clabburn, a ‘live wire’ bursting with energy, who played for Hanwell United, went to bed the previous evening ‘slightly off colour’ and was found by his father


Free heart tests in memory of Tom

The family of a teenage Brentford fan who died unexpectedly from an undiagnosed heart condition have launched free screenings to save the lives of other young people. Football mad Tom Clabburn, 14, died in sleep in October 2007. Since his death, his parents, BBC journalists Paul Clabburn, 49, and Claire Prosser, 49, have helped to raise


Book and cake sale in memory of Tom Clabburn

16th May 2009 A book and cake sale held by the family and friends of Tom Clabburn raised more than a thousand pounds for his memorial fund. More than 150 leaflets promoting CRY’s TestMyHeart tour were also handed out at the event in Ealing, which was organised by Tom’s mum, Claire Prosser. Among those visiting were