Hello everyone. I'm Kyla, the eldest daughter of the late (and great) Paul Jardine, known to many of you as Krem.

My dad died suddenly and unexpectedly on the 6th of August. He was only 61, and his death is still a huge shock to our entire family, as I'm sure it is to all of you.

I've started this fundraiser to ask for your help with his funeral and memorial costs. Because Paul died suddenly and far too young, he seemed like he'd be around for years yet, so he had nothing in place for his death.

His life's work was caring for children, and later, incredibly vulnerable adults. Work that mattered enormously and paid terribly. He didn't have the means to make provision for what happened, and so I'm asking for your help.

I can only speak from the "I" and tell you who Paul was to me: he was both my father and my best friend. He taught me to fight and to love with equal ferocity. He was a grade-A joker who made me laugh during the saddest moments of my life. No win was too small for him to celebrate, and none too big for him to be proud of. He taught me how to find calmness in chaos, told the best (and worst) dad jokes and loved me and my sister with his whole being. He sat through every action film with me, even the awful ones. He taught me the offside rule watching his beloved Arsenal.

He was real. Authentic. Every bit the South London boy who raised two daughters to be proud of who they are. And now he's gone, and the gap he's left behind can never and will never be filled.

Heartbroken doesn't begin to cover it. I'm still trying to process the phone call that took my dad from me. I don't feel grown up enough to be doing this, arranging a funeral, trying to process his death, and yet this is what I find myself doing every day since it happened. It's what my sister, our family and I will continue to do as the days become months and, slowly, turn into years.

Please help me give Dad the send-off he deserves. Every donation will go towards saying our last goodbyes to Paul 'Krem' Jardine.

On behalf of myself, my sister Sofia and our families, thank you, from the bottom of our very broken hearts.

Take care of yourselves, and please hug your loved ones close.

Kyla