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Name: | Charlotte Richardson |
Age: | 21 |
Year of the Fix: | 2016 |
Location: | Leicester, East Midlands |
Campaign: | To encourage young carers to aspire to a life beyond caring |
I started caring for my mum, who has arthritis, and my dad, who has spinal problems, when I was 14.
I have to do things like taking my dad, who is in a wheelchair, to hospital appointments.
At one point I almost gave up on my dream of going to uni because it was so difficult combining my school work with what I needed to do for my family.
Luckily I had a teacher and a support worker who understood and encouraged me - and I got the grades I needed to go to university.
I have made a badge with Fixers which reads: ‘Young Carers Dream Too.’
I want to inspire other young people to see they don’t have to let being a young carer hold them back.
Here is a list of Fixers helping me with this Fix:
Benjamin Richardson
Charlotte Begg
Louise Bown
Lydia Green
Michael James
Mandy Massey from the children's charity supported the project by providing an interview for the broadcast item.
June 2016
Here are the finished badge designs:
Timothy Cranfield
Meghann
Jack H
Tilly and Bella
Fixers
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Shak & Natasha
Kiki
Sam Barakat
'Kate'
'Ben'
Jade Kingdom
Shano
Becky Thorn
Jo Quinn
Ben Simms
Mary-Anne White and Lucy Wills
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Hannah Carter
Mason Latey
Alexandra Garrick
Hannah Baker