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Name: | Nancy Jones |
Age: | 21 |
Year of the Fix: | 2013 |
Location: | Isle of Sheppey, Kent |
Campaign: | To advertise for foster carers with the right qualities |
I have been fostered since I was just over one-year-old, and have had good experiences of foster care.
But some children are not as lucky.
I am worried that a lot of this misfortune comes because foster carers are advertised in the wrong way. Instead of promoting decent values, a lot of fostering advertising campaigns are money-driven, turning foster care into a business.
I'm setting up an alternative campaign where adverts are led by foster children, so they can campaign for the people they want.
Thank you to everyone who helped with my project, especially the people who starred in my film - Scott, Harry, Yara, Christine, Josh and Alex. I'd also like to extend my thanks to Janet Oladele.
Kent County Council are supporting my project and are working with me to promote it
A foster care agency in Sittingbourne, Kent, who helped me with my Fix - and have since given me a job with them!
April 2013
Filming for my Fix was completed. Following on from this, Xcel2000 (a foster care agency in Kent) offered me a job as an Advertising and Recruitment Consultant!
March 2013
I was interviewed on local radio station BRFM about my Fix. Click here to listen to the interview.
26th February 2013
I attended the official UK-wide Fixers launch at Westminster, London, and talked about my project with fellow Fixers and a group of MPs.
7th February 2013:
My story is featured on ITV Meridian Tonight News.
My story is featured in the Sheerness Times Guardian. Click the bottom right hand corner to enlarge.
January 2013:
My story is picked for broadcast on ITV Meridian, and filming took place in Kent.
Jo Quinn
Tilly and Bella
Olivia G
Mary-Anne White and Lucy Wills
Fixers
Meghann
Becky
Liam Thomas
Jade Kingdom
Kiki
Ethan Mcinally
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Lauren Taylor
Sam Barakat
Macauley Collinson
Timothy Cranfield
Hannah Baker
Shano
Hannah Carter
Sam Womack
'Kate'
Becky Thorn
Alexandra Garrick
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Shak & Natasha