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Name: | Buddy Ripley |
Age: | 24 |
Year of the Fix: | 2016 |
Location: | Sheerness, Kent |
Campaign: | To encourage young people to walk away from crime and achieve their potential |
As far back as I can remember, crime has impacted on my life.
When I was ten, my brother was convicted of murder.
Later, my dad, mum and sister would all go to jail too.
When I was 13, I was introduced to a gang in South East London through friends at school.
I didn't become a member, but bad things came my way; I found myself in the firing line between rival gangs.
When I became a father at the age of 19, I realised that I didn't want that life for my children.
I decided to express myself through music and made a song showing the negative impact crime has had on my life.
The song features in my Fixers film because I want young people to see that there is a better life for you, you’ve just got to find it.
The following Fixers helped me with this Fix:
Rupert Small
Jayda Garcia
Conor McSweeney
Jack Carroll
Jimmy Beezy, Lenny Price and Tony Duke supported me with this Fix.
Hannah Baker
Hannah Carter
Fern Lulham
Jack H
Sam Womack
Timothy Cranfield
Macauley Collinson
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Sam Barakat
Ethan Mcinally
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Jo Quinn
Tilly and Bella
Mary-Anne White and Lucy Wills
Meghann
Chelsie Brown
Shannon Rawlings
Shak & Natasha
Becky Thorn