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Name: | Hatty Berry |
Age: | 16 |
Year of the Fix: | 2012 |
Location: | Brighton |
Campaign: | Understand young people's behaviour |
As a carer for my mum, I often am misunderstood. My mum has a condition called fibromyalgia and it does require some attention from me, but many people do not want to understand the strain it can have on my life.
Currently I'm studying for my GCSEs, and it is quite a stressful time. Along with this, I do have to sometimes do a lot of tasks for my mum - getting dressed and taking a bath are sometimes hard for her because of the immense muscle pain she can experience.
I won Carer of the Year Award this year and am really proud of my efforts. However, sometimes I do get stressed, and a lot of other young carers - and a lot of young people - do also.
What I'm trying to change is the perception of young people's problems. Young people do have a lot of stresses in their lives, and I think people often overlook this.
Through my film, I hope to show why young people may misbehave the way they do, before jumping behind the scenes to show the root cause of this behaviour.
Here is a list of Fixers helping me with this Fix:
Barney Mereer Daniel Armour |
Theo Gregory Abigail Lee |
Small venue outside of Brighton City Centre which champions performing arts
A centre which supports carers in Brighton and Hove
A team which offers workshops for a variety of the performing arts
The local authority for the Brighton area
Brighton's leading University
Brighton based theatre company, founded in 2010
June 2013
My story was featured on the website of the Big Lottery Fund, along with my Fixers film. You can see the piece by clicking this link.
Shak & Natasha
Fern Lulham
Becky Thorn
Sam Barakat
Jack H
Timothy Cranfield
Mason Latey
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
'Ben'
Mary-Anne White and Lucy Wills
Ben Simms
Tilly and Bella
Fixers
Olivia G
Jade Kingdom
Macauley Collinson
Ethan Mcinally
Becky
Meghann
Shannon Rawlings
Jo Quinn