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<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p>
<p>I completed the Virgin London Marathon in 6 hours, 14 minutes and 31 seconds. Due to tearing my ligaments around mile 16, my second half of the marathon was at basically a walking pace but I still wanted to finish in order to achieve my goal and raise money for CRY.</p>
<p>Please, if you can give anything, it is all for a worthy cause.</p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">CRY was founded in 1995 to raise awareness of conditions that can lead to Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD); Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS, SADS)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">CRY uses its donations for the following:</span></span></p>
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<p>funding coroners’ young sudden cardiac death referrals to the CRY Centre for Cardiac Pathology at the National Heart & Lung Institute Imperial College London, Royal Brompton Hospital <strong></strong></p>
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<p><strong>Fast track screening service</strong> </p>
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<p>after a loss </p>
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<p>for those with signs and symptoms</p>
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<p>for those that cannot get a GP referral through CRY screening clinics and family screening events </p>
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<p>CRY Inherited Cardiovascular Disease clinic at King’s College Hospital, London <strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Fast track athletes screening service</strong> </p>
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<p>at the CRY Centre for Sports Cardiology based at the Olympic Medical Institute <strong></strong></p>
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<p><strong>CRY Surgery Supporters Club</strong> </p>
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<p>gives counselling, support and help for those diagnosed </p>
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<p>holds bi-annual meetings with a counsellor and consultant cardiologist </p>
<p><strong>Bereavement Support</strong></p>
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<p>Inquest Support with a CRY trained bereavement supporter who had her Inquest re-convened and the verdict of unascertained reclassified as long QT</p>
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<p>Bereavement support through a network of trained individuals whose family suffered a Young Sudden Cardiac Death </p>
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<p>Regional Bereavement Support Days in the North, Midlands, Southwest and Southeast <em>The development of this programme was funded by a grant from the Department of Health</em> <strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Ongoing research into young sudden cardiac death</strong></p>
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<p>pathology </p>
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<p>conditions as they affect athletes </p>
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<p>conditions as they affect the young (35 and under) general population </p>
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<p>bereavement </p>
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<p><strong>Information</strong> </p>
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<p>all information written by experts in “user friendly” language </p>
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<p>BHF funded CRY SADS booklet; in excess of 20,000 copies circulated worldwide</p>
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<p>Family Conference Day where bereaved families and those diagnosed can learn about the conditions and ask questions of experts in the field</p>
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<p>2 day International Conference for medical personnel interested in Sports Cardiology and Inherited Cardiovascular Conditions.</p>
<p>So please, anything you can donate will go a long long way to helping many young people and families affected by Cardiac Risk. Thank You.</p>