Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.
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.
Please, if you can give anything, it is all for a worthy cause.
CRY was founded in 1995 to raise awareness of conditions that can lead to Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD); Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS, SADS)
CRY uses its donations for the following:
Fast track coroner/pathology service
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
Fast track screening service
after a loss
for those with signs and symptoms
for those that cannot get a GP referral through CRY screening clinics and family screening events
CRY Inherited Cardiovascular Disease clinic at King’s College Hospital, London
Fast track athletes screening service
at the CRY Centre for Sports Cardiology based at the Olympic Medical Institute
CRY Surgery Supporters Club
gives counselling, support and help for those diagnosed
holds bi-annual meetings with a counsellor and consultant cardiologist
Bereavement Support
Inquest Support with a CRY trained bereavement supporter who had her Inquest re-convened and the verdict of unascertained reclassified as long QT
Bereavement support through a network of trained individuals whose family suffered a Young Sudden Cardiac Death
Regional Bereavement Support Days in the North, Midlands, Southwest and Southeast The development of this programme was funded by a grant from the Department of Health
Ongoing research into young sudden cardiac death
pathology
conditions as they affect athletes
conditions as they affect the young (35 and under) general population
bereavement
Information
all information written by experts in “user friendly” language
BHF funded CRY SADS booklet; in excess of 20,000 copies circulated worldwide
Family Conference Day where bereaved families and those diagnosed can learn about the conditions and ask questions of experts in the field
2 day International Conference for medical personnel interested in Sports Cardiology and Inherited Cardiovascular Conditions.
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.
