**Press release** --- The book which is being published online as it is written is about his childhood life running away from home at nine years old and ending up in London where he lived on the streets.

I'd love it if anyone would be interested in promoting my book’s blog page, facebook page and fundraising links.  Big thanks to those of you that do!

Ben Thacker.

**Press release**

Homeless activist and musician Ben Thacker (also known as Ben Westwood), is trying to raise £600 to help him on his way to finishing his book.

The book which is being published online as it is written is about his childhood life running away from home at nine years old and ending up in London where he lived on the streets.

His blog which can be viewed at http://diaryofwes.blogspot.com already has the first drafts of chapters 1-9. He is still not even half way through his book.

His heart-breaking story covers growing up in care, living with a thirteen year old prostitute and being in a non-stop series of bizarre situations.

Although writing this book was initially inspired through his therapy , he hopes that this book will give people a wider understanding of the situations that people on the fringes of society face and what leads them  to get there.

He currently has a Facebook page set up to constantly update his followers on his progress which you can find and ‘like’ at http://facebook.com/diaryofwes or simply by entering ‘The boy that ran away’ on the search bar.

Ben has 60 days to raise the £600 goal that he needs to help him complete drafting his book he’s set up an Indiegogo fundraising page at http://igg.me/at/theboythatranaway/x/6336710