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Name: | Matthew Roud |
Age: | 16 |
Year of the Fix: | 2013 |
Location: | Dundee |
Campaign: | Encouraging young people to get involved with local decisions |
As a Vice Chair on Dundee Youth Council, I've seen the influence young people can have when it comes to local decision-making.
I don’t think enough young people understand just how powerful their voice to make change can be.
With the help of Fixers, we want to create a project that reaches out to young people in the Dundee area - and across Scotland - to help encourage them to step forward and get involved in their local community.
We’re young people who volunteer our time, and we can see the impact it has and what we get from it.
Hopefully other young people will feel as passionate as us and are willing to stand up for what they believe in.
Here is a list of Fixers helping me with my Fix:
Colleen Brown | Connor McDade |
Dillon Kennedy | Ehsan Salim |
Gary Paterson | Hazel Sharp |
John Gillies | Jordan Denver |
Kirsty Gardiner | Laura Gorman |
Lee Forte | Liam Stott |
Louise Doak | Louise Ireland |
Melissa Gorman | Michael Robb |
Samuel Cook | Scott Lamond |
Sean McKenna | Thomas McEachan |
Myself and some of the Fixers involved in this Fix are Members of the Dundee Youth Council, who support our project. The film is being launched at a Scottish Youth Parliament Meeting taking place in Dundee on 27th October 2013. Members of the Youth Parliament will be able to hear about our campaign, watch our film and hopefully will share it with other young people in their communities.
Our Fixers film received a ministerial letter of recognition from the Scottish Government’s Rights Participation Team.
Ann-Marie O'Neill said: ‘It was great to see the short film "Speak Up, Speak Out" produced by Dundee Youth Council. The support from Fixers undoubtedly facilitated the making of a strong, engaging film around a topic which is very important to young scots today. Young people value the opportunity to express their own views freely, and it seems that organisations like Fixers are supporting this work in so many ways.’
Liam Thomas
Jo Quinn
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Macauley Collinson
Hannah Carter
Hannah Baker
Olivia G
Jack H
Chelsie Brown
Shannon Rawlings
Sam Barakat
Shak & Natasha
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Meghann
Lauren Taylor
'Kate'
Becky Thorn
Becky
Ethan Mcinally
Mason Latey