Hello! It’s a long weekend (Happy Easter, if you celebrate it!), so I’ve got something a bit different for you today.

We were recently reached out to by Thomas Bull– a 16 year old Youtuber and one of ~10,000 sufferers of Cystic Fibrosis (CF) in the UK. Cystic Fibrosis is a rare-but-serious genetic lung condition, and average the life expectancy for CF patients is just 36 years. Despite the severity of the disease, CF sufferers in the UK have to fund their own treatment after the age of 18, despite the fact that they need these medications to survive.

One of Thomas’ methods for coping with his illness is raising funds and awareness. In the past he’s done this by raffling off hundreds of pounds (£) worth of video games and streamed games for over 24 hours in order to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. He’s involved in an ongoing campaign petitioning the UK government to provide free medication for sufferers of CF. He’s been featured on national television and radio, and his petition has (at time of writing) 18.7k signatures!

Last year, though, Thomas started #CF5DayLive, a five day livestream with friends on Twitch.tv. By the end they’d raised $1600 for charity, but this year they’re hoping to do even better. Streamers involved include TheJellyTom, VideoGameNerdMan, HiTrix, SwordfishPlays, Mrsomedude, Teaisformugs_, NihonTiger, TheSpydersilk, Twoshotsgaming, and Soboy.

We want to help! They’ve got lots of games to stream, as well as keys to giveaway that are unlocked based on donation milestones — Starbound keys among them!

They’ll be streaming from April 4th @ 12PM BST to April 10th @ 12PM BST— that’s 120 hours! Relevant links below:

#CF5DayLive Twitch Channel

#CF5DayLive Fundraiser on JustGiving

Petition – Free Prescriptions for Cystic Fibrosis

Countdown!