<p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 1.38em; color: #423f38; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="p1">On the 1st April i will be running the Reading Half Marathon for Nordoff Robins Music Therapy charity.</p> <p class="p1">Nordoff Robbins helps people from all walks of life overcome physical and mental strife through music.</p> <p class="p1">&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.38em;">"</span><span style="line-height: 1.38em;">Music breaks down barriers of illness or disability and enables people to literally find a voice. When people are isolated by the effects of illness, disability or trauma they often find it difficult to communicate or take part in everyday life. Music builds a bridge to social contact."</span></p> <p class="p1"><span style="line-height: 1.38em;">Running to music is hugely therapeutic for me, it helps me sort my head out and feel energised towards what might come my way next.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span style="line-height: 1.38em;">Here is a podcast I recorded to accompany &amp; promote this page:</span></p> <p class="p1"><span style="line-height: 1.38em;">&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.38em;">http://www.musicforfriends.podomatic.com&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="p1"><span style="line-height: 1.38em;">Alot of my friends are directly involved in music in one way or another and so this is my way of asking them to give something back.</span></p> <p class="p1">Please give generously,</p> <p class="p1">Paolo x</p>