We have been invited to a preview of 'Supporting #1' a film created by and for young people in Camden. The film and this event will address issues around sexual exploitation of young people, promote local services and showcase fantastic youth centred programmes in the area.

On October 17th, in The British Library, Tender held a really special event to launch the Ten Words for Tender project. The idea for this project came from one of our Youth Board meetings during the year. We were looking for ideas to celebrate Tender's tenth anniversary.

On Sunday I ran the final event of my Ten for Tender Campaign. It was the Bournemouth half Marathon and I was determined to run it in under 2 hours. The process of these ten runs has been a really interesting one for me. I've approached the events with different goals in mind - the hills and cross-country terrain of Bedgebury Forest or Trent Park were challenge enough; the self-navigation of 12 miles in Fairlands Valley similarly.

So we did it! On Saturday morning the 7 of us set of for Oakleigh Park to run 5 km. Easy for those of you who have run marathons or regularly run for the bus but I really wasn't certain that some of the younger members of the gang could run over 3 miles.

So, this Saturday 28th September sees my best friend Sophie running a 5km Park Run in Oakleigh Park, Barnet. This is a short-ish distance but this time Sophie will be surrounded by buddies - me and my lovely girls and partner.

Next Friday 27th, the amazing Brillig Ensemble will be performing Beethoven and Mozart at St John's Church Waterloo at 7.30pm. Tickets are FREE but you can make a donation for your seat which will go to Tender. Amazing opportunity to see this fantastic ensemble live.

On October 3rd, Tender will be hosting a screening of Tyrannosaur at The Curzon, Soho. We are excited to announce that the film’s star Olivia Colman will be joining us for a Q&A after the film, led by Francine Stock.

So, last week Soph sailed through "Event Four" for Ten for Tender; this was the Orion Harriers Forest Five; a five mile race in Epping Forest in 43 mins. Hilly but lovely run and very grateful for the shade of the trees.

On Wednesday, at The Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn, we were treated to two incredible performances from young people. First, the Limelight theatre group, consisting of teens aged 12-16, performed a play about a class of pupils at school after a weekend party. As the details of what happened at the party are gradually revealed to us, the performers managed to keep us laughing whilst never losing sight of the real implications of the events being depicted.

Introducing our literature event to celebrate Ten for Tender! This summer, we are beginning a project called ‘Ten words for Tender’. We’re asking people to donate ‘ten word love stories’. The idea, which was developed by our youth board, comes from a six word novel attributed to Ernest Hemingway “For sale, baby shoes, never worn.”

Tender has been working in partnership with Latimer Creative Media to create a new film about abusive relationships. The film has been developed and produced with a team of young people who have formed it to respond to issues they know to be impacting teenagers.

Well done Soph! This one was a hilly affair so harder going. I had told Soph about some of the things I think about to keep me going last year when I trained for a 10k.

Today we are introducing our friend and supporter Julia to you to hear about the Ten for Tender challenge she has taken on.

Over the last month I've been out and about meeting with 2 of our 4 National partners. It has been great to see the brilliant Tender schools model being delivered all over the country.

On Bank Holiday Monday May 27th ( THE ONLY SUNNY DAY OF THE YEAR SO FAR.....) Sophie ran the BUPA 10k in central London. I sweated hard at the sidelines and saw Mo Farah, several men dressed as toilets, a crocodile and a man in a thong (can't bear to think about the chaffing!). And then Soph powered past looking confident and cool. Her time was 54 minutes and 46 seconds. There were 11,000 runners and Sophie came in 873rd Female and 97th in her age group. Fantastic!