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Name: | Michael Ashton |
Age: | 19 |
Year of the Fix: | 2013 |
Location: | Liverpool |
Campaign: | Tackling Depression in Teenagers |
I first experienced depression when I was 15.
I just felt so low and angry most of the time, thinking I didn't deserve to feel like this. As a result, I was taking it out on all the people who were closest to me.
People around me were saying I was being dramatic, that it’s just teenage angst, but that makes you feel even worse.
Because it’s not a physical illness, it’s so hard to understand. This is why I'm working with Fixers to try to raise awareness about depression in teenagers.
Schools in particular need to be aware of the symptoms of depression so fewer cases go unnoticed.
Here is a list of Fixers helping me with my Fix:
Adam Manley | Alice Wooding |
Caitlin Broad | Caitlin Robinson |
Charis Heighton | Ciera Evans |
Daniel Greenwood | Elizabeth Morgan |
Ellie Johnson-Morris | Emilie Williams |
Emmie Thomas | Fay Dermott |
Georgia Bowers | Giorgia Bortoli |
Harriet Burns | James Leyshon |
James Spulsbury | Jessica Finneran |
Josh Walsh | Lewis Morris |
Lorna Ellis | Molly Cooper |
Paige Hughes | Peter King |
Rachel Howard | Ryan Kitchen |
Sam Riley | Sophie Kennedy |
Tom Whittle |
The college helped with my Fixers project by allowing us to film a short section of my broadcast piece there.
Dr Mike Smith, Alternative Futures Group
Dr Mike Smith, Clinical Director of Mental Health Services at Alternative Futures Group supported my Fixers project by providing his expert opinion for my broadcast story.
November 2013
The film about my campaign, which was broadcast on ITV News, was among nine Fixers films which won a Mind Media Award at the BFI in London.
Click here to read more about my achievement!
June 2013
I was delighted to be featured on Radio City following my broadcast item.
Mary-Anne White and Lucy Wills
Olivia G
Liam Thomas
Fern Lulham
Shano
Meghann
Hannah Carter
Chelsie Brown
Alexandra Garrick
Shak & Natasha
Sam Barakat
Mason Latey
'Ben'
Jo Quinn
Ethan Mcinally
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Lauren Taylor
Hannah Baker
Tilly and Bella
Macauley Collinson
Becky
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Fixers
Timothy Cranfield
Jade Kingdom
Sam Womack
Jack H