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The Daniel Wilkinson Foundation is a charity set up in memory of Daniel
Wilkinson who died in 2016 aged 24, while playing the game he loved, from
an underlying heart condition called Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular
Cardiomyopathy (ARVC).
Dan played football from an early age and joined Hull City AFC when he
was 10, earning a professional contract aged 18. Loughborough
University followed where he completed a degree in Accounting and
Financial Management while playing non-league football. He was an
athlete who enjoyed the gym and took his health and nutrition very
seriously. He lived life to the full and had so much ahead of him.
Other than feeling light-headed on a few occasions in the month
before he died, he had no symptoms!
SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH IN THE
YOUNG (SCD)
SCD is the leading cause of death in young
athletes during sport and the majority of deaths
occur with NO SYMPTOMS or family history.
ARVC can be found in one in every 1,000 to
5,000 young adults - IF IT IS LOOKED FOR.
Warning signs may include light-headedness,
fainting, palpitations, swollen legs,
breathlessness.
Every week in the UK, 12 apparently fit and
healthy young people (aged 35 and under) die
from previously undiagnosed heart conditions.
In Italy, where screening is mandatory for all
young people engaged in organised sport, they
have reduced the incidence of young sudden
cardiac death by 89%.
OUR MISSION
The Daniel Wilkinson Foundation has been
set up to raise awareness of SCD and to
provide funding towards heart screening,
defibrillators and CPR/defibrillator training
primarily for grass-roots sporting teams.
Tragedies can be prevented through cardiac
screening. It is vital that young people are
identified and treated.
Find out more
@dannywilks5
thedanielwilkinsonfoundation
dwfoundation5
contact@thedanielwilkinsonfoundation.org
thedanielwilkinsonfoundation.org
To donate: mydonate.bt.com/charities/thedanielwilkinsonfoundation
