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![]() Fixers Teen Cancer Story on ITV News Wales at Six, May 2015Worried that others their age wouldn’t recognise cancer symptoms, Jade Buckley and Saul Darlington are highlighting the warning signs. Jade (18) and Saul (17) join Dan McNulty and the rest of their team from Wrexham in urging young people not to be fearful of seeing their GP if they have concerns. This story was broadcast on ITV News Wales at Six in May 2015. Issues: Body |
![]() Coping With A Cancer DiagnosisA young woman whose mother was diagnosed with cancer is helping others process their emotions following a diagnosis. Hannah Baker wants to show people they are not alone and encourage them to reach out for support. Issues: Body |
![]() Young Cancer story on ITV News Calendar, August 2014After losing a close friend to cancer last year, Hayley Mills from Leeds is encouraging more young people to get checked sooner. The 25-year-old wants others her age to take health issues seriously and speak to someone if they have concerns, stressing that young people can get cancer too. Her story was broadcast on ITV News Calendar in August 2014. Issues: Body |
![]() Fixers The Word Cancer Story on ITV News Anglia, June 2014Diagnosed with a brain tumour, Ben Clifton (17) from Peterborough looked to his childhood heroes to help him stay positive and now he hopes to inspire others battling cancer to find their strength. This story was broadcast on ITV News Anglia in June 2014 Issues: Body |
![]() Fixers Teenage Cancer Story on ITV News Central, June 2014Turning to his childhood heroes to lift his spirits as he battles a malignant brain tumour, Ben Clifton (17) from Peterborough, wants to inspire other young people diagnosed with cancer to stay positive. This story was broadcast on ITV News Central in June 2014. Issues: Body |
![]() Cancer: Don't Ignore The SignsDan McNulty (18) and his team from Chirk in Wrexham want to show others their age how to spot the warning signs of cancer. With Fixers, they’ve helped create this film to encourage young people to seek advice from their doctor if they have any concerns. Issues: Body |
![]() Remission: Impossible - The After Effects Of CancerEvie Vocking (19) from Surrey was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma when she was 16, but felt she was left to cope with the after effects of cancer alone, after being told her treatment had been successful. With Fixers, she’s helped create this film to encourage continued support for those in remission. Issues: Body, Mind |
![]() Ben's Guide to Beating Teenage CancerPeterborough Fixer Ben Clifton, 17, was diagnosed with a brain tumour two weeks after his 16th birthday. He's made this film with Fixers to encourage other young people facing adversity to stay strong and be positive. Issues: Body |
![]() Fixers Cancer Care Story on ITV News Lookaround, August 2015.Kayla Laisby says she felt alone when her dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer, because many of those close to her didn’t know how to offer their support. The 16-year-old from Grange-over-Sands in Cumbria now wants to help others understand how to approach the subject with their family or friends. This story was broadcast on ITV News Lookaround in August 2015. Issues: Relating |
![]() Fixers Cancer Care Story on ITV Granada Reports, September 2015‘People would treat me like a baby and they would sugar-coat things. They used to ask me if I was okay all the time and it made me feel like I was the one who was ill, not my dad. When I needed people the most, I felt so alone.’ When Kayla Laisby’s dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer, she felt many of those close to her didn’t know how to offer their support. This story was broadcast on ITV Granada Reports in September 2015. Issues: Relating |
![]() 'Piece of Mind' broadcastBradley Sowter, 19, from Gillingham, Kent works with Fixers creating 'Piece of Mind' campaign to raise brain cancer awareness. Broadcast on ITV News Meridian East, November 2012 Issues: Body, Safety |
![]() Cancer Signs Fix on ITV News Central, December 2013Staffordshire Fixer Stephen Sutton (18) with incurable cancer is dedicating his life to spreading happiness and inspiring others. This story was broadcast on ITV News Central, December 2013. Issues: Relating |
![]() Surviving Cancer Fix on ITV News CentralJames Underwood, 17, from Chesterfield, says it's important to remain positive in the face of adversity |
![]() Fixers Cured not Free Story on ITV News London, June 2015‘When I heard the word remission I thought that it was all over, so it came as a shock to me to realise that the after effects could be just as bad.’ Diagnosed with cancer as a teenager, Evie Vocking, who’s now 20 and from Chertsey in Surrey, wants to make sure that support for patients doesn’t end when a doctor gives the all-clear. This story was broadcast on ITV News London in June 2015. Issues: Body, Mind |
![]() Good GesturesFixer Stephen Sutton, 18, from Burntwood isn't letting his diagnosis of incurable cancer stop him. For his Fix, he's encouraging people to concentrate on the positive and be kind to each other. Issues: Relating |
![]() Terminal Care Fix on ITV News Tyne Tees‘Since she’s become ill, I appreciate what she’s always done for me and all her little quirks a bit more. I realise how special she is and how lucky I am to have such a fantastic mum.’ After her mum was diagnosed with incurable cancer last year, 21-year-old Naomi Barrow from York wants to improve support for young people whose parents have terminal illnesses. Read her story here: http://bit.ly/1X2C7o9 This story was broadcast on both ITV News Tyne Tees and ITV News Calendar in October 2015. Issues: Home |
![]() Worries of a Young CarerChloe Reains, 17, from Leeds, wants more support for young carers in schools Issues: Relating |
![]() See the Signs - Save a Life - Male SuicideSisters Toni and Emma Rogerson from Hartlepool want to raise awareness of the risks of male suicide. Issues: Mind |
![]() Charity Begins Fix on ITV YorkshireLewis Pask, 19, says that championing good causes helped him turn his life around Issues: Work+Play |
![]() SHAVING MY HEAD || Alopecia AwarenessOcean Anderson (18) shaves her head in this dramatic film because she’s angry at the treatment her younger sister, who has alopecia, has received from people who don’t understand the condition. She says she wants to show solidarity for all people with hair loss, and to make people think. Issues: Body |
![]() Eating Disorder Intervention Fix on ITV News Tyne TeesEmma Oldfield, 22, from Stockton on Tees, wants health professionals to individualise treatment of eating disorders. Issues: Mind |
![]() Hair Raising Fix on UTV Live‘When I was at primary school, my friends wondered what was happening to me. At junior high they were more inquisitive and would ask, “have you got cancer?”’ Gareth Chandler (20) from Annaghmore in County Armagh was diagnosed with alopecia after his hair started to fall out as a child and now wants more support for others who have the condition. This story was broadcast on UTV Live in December 2015. Issues: Body |
![]() Lies My Anxiety Tells MeJames Bennett, 17, from Louth, Lincolnshire, wants people to know what it is like living with anxiety and what you can do to help. |
![]() Invisible Illnesses - M.EJosh Connor, 19, from Otley, is raising awareness of invisible illnesses like ME. Issues: Body |
![]() What is Coeliac Disease?Megan wants to help people understand more about Coeliac disease, which is a natural intolerance for gluten, most commonly found in bread and wheat products. Issues: Body |
![]() What is Vitiligo?Kaira Walcott from Letchworth Garden City explains that vitiligo is where the skin cells attack themselves and stop producing the melanin and pigmentation, so the skin turns white. Issues: Body |
![]() Death AnxietyAidan Furlong, 23, from Manchester, wants to show the impact death anxiety has on him Issues: Mind |
![]() Bereavement Fix on ITV News Anglia, December 2013Fixer Moira Hickson (24) from Norwich, who lost her older brother in an accident, is now working on a booklet to help others cope with bereavement. This story was broadcast on ITV News Anglia, December 2013. Issues: Relating |
![]() Don't Mention Dementia Fix on ITV News Meridian (E), December 2013Fixer Raisa Hollaway-Hambidge (17) from Kent wants young people to talk about dementia, after the condition caused her grandad to forget who she was. This story was broadcast on ITV News Meridian (E), December 2013. Issues: Mind |
![]() Pop-ortunityA blind Fixer Richard Howarth, 19, from Oldham is hoping to change the negative perceptions the music industry has about blind and disabled artists. Broadcast on ITV Granada Reports, January 2013 Issues: Body, Mind, Prejudice |
![]() Vision Express story on ITV News Lookaround, August 2014Catching a bus might seem like a simple task for most, but for partially-sighted Katrina Thomson, it can be a serious challenge. Having been born with a rare type of eye cancer, the 21-year-old from Hawick in the Scottish Borders wants bus drivers to be more aware of the special needs of some passengers. Her story was broadcast on ITV News Lookaround in August 2014. Issues: Body |
![]() YOLOMichelle Tiley, 17, and her group of Fixers from Bexleyheath, London, work with Fixers in creating this innovative puppet film to highlight the dangers of underage smoking, and how living by the 'you only live once' (YOLO) mantra does not mean you should be irresponsible. Issues: Drugs, Body |
![]() Fixers Underage Smoking Story on ITV News LondonMichelle Tiley,17, and her group of Fixers from Bexleyheath - concerned by the amount of underage smoking in their area - are creating a puppet-show film to combat the trend. Their story featured on ITV News London on Thursday 9th May 2013. Issues: Drugs, Body |
![]() Music For Change on ITV News Meridian (W)Bournemouth Fixer Chandos Green is using his love of music to fight negative stereotypes about people with disabilities. This story about his campaign was shown on ITV News Meridian (W) in August 2013. Issues: Prejudice |
![]() Fixers 2014 National Lottery Awards TrailerA short film trailer of Fixers at the National Lottery Awards ceremony. The full program will be shown on BBC One on Friday 19th September at 10:45pm. |
![]() National #GoodGestures Day 2014This will make you smile! One day, 10 cities, over 300 Fixers and Stephen Sutton, 32,600 free hugs, high fives, handshakes and fist bumps...it's National Good Gestures Day 2014! The events were organised by Stephen's friends following on from the Good Gestures Event he held with Fixers in Birmingham in 2013. Issues: Relating |
![]() Model Inclusion Story on ITV News Meridian (E)Left feeling excluded from the fashion industry after a battle with bone cancer, Elesha Turner wants to see more models with disabilities on the catwalk. Her story was broadcast on ITV News Meridian (E) in January 2015. Issues: Relating |
![]() National Good Gestures Day 2014One day, 10 cities, over 300 Fixers and Stephen Sutton, 32,600 free hugs, high fives, handshakes and fist bumps...it's National Good Gestures Day 2014! The events were organised by Stephen's friends following on from the Good Gestures Event he held with Fixers in Birmingham in 2013. Issues: Relating |
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Issues: Relating |
![]() Living with HMEJordan Daly (17) from Innerleithen is shedding light on HME, a condition not visible to the naked eye but one that can have debilitating consequences in the young. Issues: Body |
![]() AlbinismHaving experienced discrimination because of the colour of his skin, Daniel Richards (22) from Essex wants to raise awareness of albinism. Originally from Cameroon, he’s concerned about the persecution of albinos in parts of Africa. With Fixers, he’s worked on this film to help others better understand the condition, and challenge the misconceptions associated with it. Issues: Prejudice |
![]() Long Way Up, Short Way Down - Alzheimers AwarenessEmily Lumley, 17, from Maidstone is raising awareness of Alzheimers. |
![]() World Laughter Day - Heart Shaped Hand GesturesInspired by her friend Stephen Sutton, Hannah Telles (17) from Burntwood helped organise a Guinness World Record attempt in his name on World Laughter Day. Showing their support for Stephen, 554 people turned up to break the record for the most people making heart shaped hand gestures. Issues: Relating |
![]() Fixers High Anxiety Story on ITV News Tyne Tees, April 2015After experiencing overwhelming anxiety, Paula Duffy wants to help young people cope with panic attacks. The 25-year-old from Wallsend in North Tyneside is urging others to open up and seek help for the disorder, so it doesn’t disrupt their daily routine. This story was broadcast on ITV News Tyne Tees in April 2015. Issues: Prejudice |
![]() Creative Against CancerFixer Stacey Campbell, 23, promotes her book to raise money for Cancer Research UK. This story was broadcast on ITV News Tyne Tees, May 2010. Issues: Relating |
![]() The Big Summer FixFixer Stacey Campbell, 23, and James Armstrong, 25, look back at the success of their campaigns. Issues: Relating |
![]() Alopecia AwarenessGareth Chandler (20) from Annaghmore in County Armagh was diagnosed with alopecia after his hair started to fall out as a child and now wants more support for others who have the condition. With Fixers, he’s helped create this animation to raise awareness of alopecia and show others living with hair loss that they are not alone. Issues: Body |
![]() Celebrate Together and Stay Sober on ITV News Granada ReportsAkeim Mundell (17) meets Brooke Kinsella who praises his efforts to bring Manchester young people together, and Sophie Atkinson (22) talks about her 'secretly sober' campaign discouraging student drinking. Issues: Relating, Work+Play |
![]() National Good Gestures Day 2014 - FalmouthFixer Bethany Hughes (18) speaks about National Good Gestures Day in Falmouth. Issues: Relating |
![]() National Good Gestures Day 2014 - SwanseaFixer Alistair Fisher (19) speaks about National Good Gestures day in Swansea at the Quadrant Shopping Centre. Issues: Relating |
![]() Case Study: Akeim MundellInterview with Akeim Mundell (17) from Manchester about how Fixers has helped him achieve his goal. Issues: Relating, Work+Play |
HeadoutA group from Peterborough have created a website with the help of Fixers, offering young people with mental health conditions a forum where they can discuss their feelings confidentially with others. Led by Cydney Beagley, 17, Megan Hulme, 16, and Andrew Cooley, 16, the Fixers hope to their ‘Headout’ website will raise awareness of such issues and encourage those experiencing problems to seek help. Issues: Mind |