A number of college entertainments (‘ents’) teams have started using ticketing platform Youni to sell event tickets after the ticketing platform announced it would donate all commission from sales to Clarissa’s Campaign for Cambridge Hearts.

Clarissa’s Campaign raises money and awareness for student ECG heart screenings through charity Cardiac Risk in the Young in memory of French and Italian student Clarissa Nicholls, who would have graduated last year.

Clarissa passed away due to an undiagnosed heart condition, arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, during her year abroad in May 2023.

The Campaign continues to grow and has now partnered with Youni, a university community and events app which integrates Cambridge’s events, extracurricular activities and societies.

Clarissa’s Campaign is now receiving ticket commissions from the platform and putting on its own events.

This includes collaborating with Youni and 14 college JCRs to organise Mind and Body, an art exhibition and late night DJ event with Slipped Disc on 19 January. The event sold over 170 tickets and raised over £1,300 for the Campaign.

A large number of colleges, including Lucy Cavendish, Murray Edwards, Emmanuel and Trinity Hall, have also pledged to sell bops and other college and university-wide events through Youni.

Esther Magedera, Co-President of Clarissa’s Campaign, said: “Seeing Cambridge come together for a charity to keep us all healthy is so unbelievably rewarding. And a big part of what the Campaign has been up to at the moment is working with Youni, who are generously donating their booking fees from every ticketed Cambridge event to the Campaign.”

The Campaign is also raising money this year by teaming up with May Ball and June Event committees. Among the colleges pledging to donate ticket commissions or poster sales to the Campaign are Trinity, Peterhouse and Trinity Hall.

Clarissa’s Campaign has now raised more than £60,000 in total donations since the Campaign was launched.

After a successful first set of heart screening days in October 2024, the Campaign has organised a second set of screening days at the Cambridge University Sports Centre for 25 and 26 January 2025. The screening days are fully booked but there is an active waiting list for students who were unable to get a place at these screenings.

With future events in the pipeline to raise money and awareness, the Campaign aims to give every Cambridge student the opportunity to access free heart screenings.