The Oracle Group Supporting CRY

As National Heart Month kicks off this February, Epsom-based property PR agency, The Oracle Group is making a powerful commitment—announcing Cardiac Risk in the Young(CRY) as its official charity of the year for 2025.

With a mission to prevent sudden cardiac deaths in young people through raising awareness, screening, and research, CRY also provides vital support to families affected by cardiac deaths. Known for leading the conversation in the property sector, The Oracle Group is ready to amplify CRY’s message, using its media connections to raise both awareness and essential funds to drive life-saving change for the Leatherhead-based charity.

Dr Steven Cox, CRY’s Chief Executive, comments; “I’d like to thank The Oracle Group for pledging to support CRY in 2025 – which also marks our 30th anniversary year!

“Our services receive no government support and therefore it’s only due to the fundraising efforts of families, communities and local businesses, that we’re able to deliver screening to young people across the UK at no cost to any individual who wishes to have their heart tested.

“Corporate donations and a commitment to giving valuable ‘volunteer-time’ also helps us to fund CRY’s specialist, ‘peer-to-peer’ bereavement network – a unique service for families and friends as they try to navigate their unimaginable grief. So, thank you again, Oracle – we really do appreciate everything you’re doing in support of CRY’s work.”

Over the course of the year, the team at The Oracle Group will be taking part in a number ofactivities to support CRY. These will include volunteering at the charity’s Heart of London Bridges Walk in June and something special to support CRY’s own Heart Week in November. More details will be revealed closer to the time – watch this space!

Caroline Coskry, Chair of The Oracle Group comments: “Every year we like to partner with a local charity and for 2025, our team voted to support Cardiac Risk in the Young. Being based in Epsom, we are very local to CRY’s Headquarters and to its National Cardiac Screening Centre in Leatherhead, and we are impressed by the incredible work that the charity does. We are looking forward to working with CRY throughout the year to help make a real difference to young people and their families.”

CRY estimates that 1 in 300 young people have a potentially life-threatening heart condition and report that every week in the UK 12 young people die from ‘hidden’ heart defects. Cardiac screenings are therefore vitally important for identifying and subsequently managing these underlying conditions.

Making screening more accessible for young people, CRY offers cardiac screening services at local venues across the country at no cost to the individual. To date, CRY has screened over 314,000 young people aged between 14 and 35 since launching its nationwide programme in 1995. The programme uses painless and non-invasive ECG machines to screen the heart for most cardiac abnormalities in just a few minutes. Where abnormal readings are detected, the CRY team refers young people on for further investigation.

Founded in 2011, The Oracle Group offers a comprehensive range of PR and marketingservices including event organisation, digital strategy and social media management. Specialising in driving meaningful change for clients in the property sector, Oracle has delivered creative campaigns rooted in expertise and industry knowledge to produce measurable results. Reflecting the changes in the way audiences consume information, The Oracle Group recently launched sister-brand, Influenced by Oracle, to connect brands and content creators in authentic partnerships.

For further information about CRY, please visit https://www.c-r-y.org.uk/.

To find out more about The Oracle Group’s services, visit https://theoraclegroup.co.uk/.