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Name: | Antonia Weaver |
Age: | 22 |
Year of the Fix: | 2014 |
Location: | Telford, West Midlands |
Campaign: | To challenge negative perceptions of those who are homeless |
I strongly believe that nobody chooses to be homeless.
When young people do leave home, they often have no control over the circumstances that lead them to do so.
I was 16 when I became homeless as a result of conflict where I’d been living.
But, I was one of the lucky ones - a charity found me a place to live in a hostel for young women. There are many others that don’t get that same opportunity, because no-one will help them.
With Fixers, I want to make sure that people have a better understanding of homelessness. They should appreciate that being homeless affects people in different ways and doesn’t always mean living on the streets.
By raising awareness of the issue, I hope I encourage people to be more supportive of those without a permanent residence.
Here is a list of Fixers helping me with this Fix:
Jason Bowmanny | Nathaniel Jones |
Crystal Taylor | Sharna Gray |
Zoe Mode | Stephanie Hancox |
Kay Bennett | Elle Palmer |
Nathanael Stewart | Aaron Cooper |
Nikki Bennett | Isac Kingsley |
Andrew Gaffney | Sarah Beckett |
Tessa Lynam | Jonathon Law |
Nathan Carey | Kieran Greirson |
Ben Hope | Oliver Winwood |
Fabian Atkinson | Rheo Daley |
Stay Telford
The team at Stay Telford, an organisation that provides housing and support for young people and families, have supported my Fix. They helped me through homelessness and now, John Green, the Director, has agreed to be interviewed to appear in my broadcast piece.
Thank you to Wesley Erpen, CEO of the Birmingham City Mission, for providing us space to film interviews and giving us access to an empty building that they own to shoot some of the homeless scenes in our Fixers film.
Ethan Mcinally
Shak & Natasha
Jo Quinn
Hannah Carter
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Sam Barakat
Sam Womack
Becky Thorn
Tilly and Bella
Jade Kingdom
Olivia G
Becky
Shano
Alexandra Garrick
'Ben'
'Kate'
Mason Latey
Meghann
Hannah Baker
Lauren Taylor
Jack H