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Posted On: 1st Mar 2013

Look who Loves Fixers

Fixers and Zoe Salmon at the launch

Fixers and Zoe Salmon at the launch

Fixers are getting praise from a wide range of fans including MPs and celebs, after having their voices heard at Westminster for the UK-wide launch earlier this week.

 

The event, hosted by Steve Brine MP and ITV News presenter Nina Hossain, showcased the work of Fixers past and present.

 

 

The Fixers introduced their projects to a packed room of fellow Fixers, celebrities, and over 20 members of Parliament (MPs).

 

Fixers is a movement of 16 to 25-year-olds across the UK who are supported to take action to change things for the better, addressing any issue they want.

 

Watch the interviews below to see what some attendees had to say about Fixers and the Westminster Launch.

 

For more on the Fixers Westminster Launch, click here for the wall or the story.

 

 

Television presenter Zoe Salmon

 

 

 

Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society

 

 

 

Maria Miller, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport


 

 

Television chef Ainsley Harriott

 


 

 

Rajay Naik, Big Lottery Fund

 


Author: Ashley Scrace

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