Meet our Representatives - David Jewell

Damien Jewell

In May 2001, my son, Damien aged 28, went to bed and did not wake up. The post-mortem identified that he had suffered an “acute myocarditis” –losing your only child is devastating.

I became aware of CRY at this time but I did not take the opportunity to use any of their service.

Instead I buried myself in my job which was a world I could cope with and it provided me with some much needed continuity of my purpose in life.

Fast forward to when I approached my retirement in February 2016 I decided that I wanted to offer my time to CRY so that I could help to raise awareness of cardiac issues in the young.

After a visit to the CRY offices in Leatherhead, I have been involved in a number of activities representing CRY and meeting some really dedicated people who are trying to make a difference after the loss of a loved one.

Sadly, it is often not until the loss of a loved one that we become aware of CRY – I would like to help change that by raising awareness so that we can help towards preventing cardiac issues.

By becoming an “official ” CRY Representative I do hope I can help achieve this objective.

The role of a CRY Representative is to be an advocate for CRY and to have input in the development of CRY’s aims and initiatives in their designated area. All of our Representatives are volunteers.

If you’d like to learn more about CRY’s team of Representatives and read some of their personal stories about why they support CRY and what they’ve done for the charity, visit www.c-r-y.org.uk/about-us/cry-representatives