A huge thank you to the very many people that have donated so generously to The Tom Fund. It means a great deal to us and we are extremely grateful for your extraordinarily kind donations.

We have spent some time over the last months working out exactly how the fund will be administered and what its aims are to be.

We agreed swiftly that the fund would be held by the finance team at Goldsmiths, allowing Gift Aid to be claimed and for the funds to be securely held. It was also easy to agree that the fund would be administered by a combination of Tom's closest friends at Goldsmith's, the Design Department staff and Tom's family. It became clear quickly that it would be an award for Third Year BA Design Students, working on their Final Projects, to overcome financial barriers to realising an important aspect of their project. Tom was working on his Final Project and often mentioned how much he would like to be able to hire a piece of equipment, or visit a particular place or, meet a particular person. The fund will enable future generations of third year students to do just that.

The Fund has a figure approaching £13,500, including Gift Aid, and the intention is for this amount to be added to over the years and become an integral part of the Design Department BA Program. Additional fundraising is already underway from the sale of the Known Unknowns' exhibition book and one of Tom's oldest friends is planning to run a marathon in October.

As ever, it is the details that matter and much discussion has revolved around ensuring student's creativity is enabled by The Tom Fund but at the same time ensuring that it doesn't become the easy option curtailing creative thought, experimentation and exploration of ideas. Once the new academic year has started we will let you know further details about the fund and exactly how it will be awarded. Newsletters will then keep you updated as to how it is being spent.