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Name: | Lucy Prentice |
Age: | 19 |
Year of the Fix: | 2017 |
Location: | Pencada, Carmarthenshire |
Campaign: | To change the law that prevents young adult carers from being in full time education |
When I was 11 my mother was rushed in to hospital. She had suffered a bleed on her brain. Ever since it's caused a lot of mental issues - she's got severe anxiety, depression and suffers from memory issues as well.
She sees things inside out and back to front, which means she often needs help with simple tasks. She's become a completely different person.
There are only two of us at home so she's basically dependent on me now. I've got to be there to take her out shopping, to pay her bills. If I wasn't there she would be in the house 24/7.
In the future I really want to be a nurse but I feel as if the system's going up against me. I am only allowed to do 21 hours at college, not study on a full time course.
The following Fixers helped me with this Fix:
James Janes
Ffion Parker
Shaughn Poulter
Kirstie Hughes
Jay Thomas
Kayleigh North
Kathleen Harris
Eliana Bashi-Gazzi
Lea Payne
Britany Day
Emily Jane Evans
Hannah Evans
Ashleigh Salisbury
Conor Miles
I would like to thank Comic Relief for supporting me with this fix.
Jade Kingdom
Chelsie Brown
Becky
Ben Simms
Fixers
Shano
Jack H
Becky Thorn
Sam Womack
Sam Barakat
Alexandra Garrick
Ethan Mcinally
Lauren Taylor
Mason Latey
Meghann
Liam Thomas
Mary-Anne White and Lucy Wills
Jo Quinn
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Hannah Carter
Olivia G