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Name: | Eadie McCarthy |
Age: | 17 |
Year of the Fix: | 2010 |
Location: | Dorset |
Campaign: | To stop prejudice against travellers |
I am just like every normal teenager - I enjoy going out, meeting friends, and doing fun things.
But I live in a double-decker bus.
I am a traveller, and my family and friends are travellers too. We are discriminated against every day, just because of the way we live and who we are.
Constantly, people stigmatise us and completely misinterpret what we do and who we are. This sometimes forms itself in bullying, and I wanted to stop this.
With the help of Fixers, I created short film which follows my typical day, so people can see that I am normal, I just live in a different way.
I won't lie – there probably are bad travellers out there, but there are also bad people who live in houses.
No matter what your race, gender, sex or size, no one should be stereotyped. It's never nice to be the person on the receiving end.
I'd like to thank Abby Pope for helping me with this Fix.
June 2011
My piece was featured on the Big Fix Live, click here to watch the video.
I was honoured to also appear at the Big Summer Fix with TV presenter Ben Douglas, where I was awarded as a representative of my region.
Fixer Eadie McCarthy at the Big Summer Fix
May 2010
My story was featured in This Is Dorset.
April 2009
I was featured in The Guardian newspaper. You can read the article by clicking here.
Tilly and Bella
Ben Simms
Jo Quinn
Hannah Baker
Alexandra Garrick
Shano
Lauren Taylor
Becky Thorn
Mary-Anne White and Lucy Wills
Chelsie Brown
Shak & Natasha
Meghann
Jade Kingdom
Macauley Collinson
Mason Latey
Sam Barakat
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
'Kate'
Liam Thomas
Becky
Jack H
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Sam Womack
Hannah Carter
Olivia G