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Name: | Piers Telemacque |
Age: | 21 |
Year of the Fix: | 2014 |
Location: | Bradford |
Campaign: | To show decision-makers the importance of youth services |
I was 13 when I first came across the youth service in Bradford. It’s seen by many as a crucial lifeline, a chance to meet new people and a way to learn new skills.
Sadly, as in the rest of the country, funding for these services is being cut.
Despite our successful campaign to reduce the 80 per cent cuts originally proposed by Bradford City Council last year, to 36 per cent, we still think it’s a huge loss.
The youth service is something that young people care greatly about, as we know how life changing this provision can be.
Therefore, with Fixers, we’ve helped to create a film urging decision-makers to consider the impact of their actions.
I’ve had a really good upbringing and if it’s changed my life so much, think about what the youth service means to those who’ve got absolutely nothing!
Here is a list of Fixers helping me with my Fix:
Aatiqa Bhatti | Lisa Smith |
Ali Sulaiman | Martin Stokes |
Charleace Kesler | Megan Murray |
Elizabeth Goldsbrough | Muhammad Hamzah |
Hussain Thomas | Ollie Gallagher |
Jacob Melik-Mirzaian | Paddy Cunningham |
Jamie Hutchinson | Sadaf Haneef |
Jautrite Bilerte | Saffron King |
Joe Brook | Shannon Wroe |
Lauran Brook | Thomas Stokes |
Lauren Adams | Zeeshaan Asam |
Leah Gillmore |
Councillor Ralph Berry, Bradford City Council’s portfolio holder for Children and Young People’s Services, supported our Fix by providing an interview for the broadcast news item.
The following people also supported the project by appearing in my Fixers film to explain how the youth service has changed their lives:
Richard Dunbar
Bradford Councillor and former Youth Zone member
Gerry Sutcliffe
MP for Bradford South
Dan Curran
Former Youth Zone member and BCB Radio presenter
Mick Chandsoor
Youth Worker
Lisa Humphrey
Former Youth Zone member and student
Elizabeth Goldsbrough
Former Youth Zone member and graduate
Lauran Brook
Youth Zone member
Timothy Cranfield
Tilly and Bella
Chelsie Brown
Mason Latey
Becky Thorn
Ben Simms
Sam Womack
Alexandra Garrick
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Becky
Sam Barakat
Fern Lulham
Shannon Rawlings
'Ben'
Olivia G
Meghann
Jack H
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Jo Quinn
Mary-Anne White and Lucy Wills
Shano