Cardiac Risk in the Young

The charity supports the families of victims of YSCD, facilitates the heart screening of young people through cardiac testing programmes and contributes to medical research.

[4] CRY holds regular subsidised ECG screening clinics for those aged 14 to 35 across the UK,[5] with the majority of events funded by bereaved families and free to the public.

Professor Sanjay Sharma, medical director of the London Marathon, is CRY’s consultant cardiologist and leads their research programme.

[7] On 15 July 2004 CRY launched its National Postcard Campaign[8] to highlight the deaths of eight young people per week from undiagnosed heart problems by featuring their pictures.

In February 2009 the postcard campaign was updated to "12 a week"[9] and continues to draw attention the number of young people with undetected heart conditions.