On Sunday July 15th I will be running the British 10km event around central London to raise sponsorship funds for the Thomas Crosbie PACE Foundation. If you are able to, I would greatly appreciate your support.

In September 2016 I, and many others, lost a dear friend of ours – Thomas Crosbie, aka PACE - to suicide. While I am loathe to focus on this incident too much, it is an inescapable fact that the journey to this project started from a time of darkness and mourning. He was a wonderful person; creative and intelligent, caring, deep and sensitive but equally hilarious, welcoming and supportive. His passing was a loss not only to everyone who knew him, but also to anyone who may have met him in the future.

However, like many tragedies in life from behind the intense clouds of sorrow come rays of inspiration, beauty and hope. And so it was that a group of friends and family that knew Thomas best decided to start the Thomas Crosbie PACE Foundation to echo the values that he stood for and promoted. Their aim was to create a community and environment which could support and nurture the creativity, potential and well-being of a new generation of young people growing up in London.

The PACE pseudonym stood, and stands, for; Positive Artistic Creative Energy, and the forthcoming Coldfire Festival will encompass these values with an event based in east London. Featuring performance and workshops, the event will reflect and showcase the most wonderful of Thomas' beliefs. We will also be promoting the message with young people in school and youth groups via outreach involving sport, theatre, music, art and promoting safe environments for young people to talk.

I, and the Thomas Crosbie PACE Foundation, would massively appreciate any donations you could afford.

https://www.pacecoldfire.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Thomascrosbiememorialproject