Children & Teenagers Press Releases
Young people in south Wales invited to join the Fixers movement!
Published By: Fixers
Fired up by issues like cyber bullying, unemployment or homelessness? Or is it eating disorders or legal highs that you really want to shout about?
Whatever the subject, if you’re aged 16...
| Children & Teenagers |
| Children & Teenagers |
- May 16
Young Bristol woman on mission to break self-harm taboo
Published By: Fixers
A Bristol Fixer is drawing on her own experience of self-harm to improve understanding of why people deliberately hurt themselves.
Imogen Smith, who self-harmed from the age of 15, is...
| Children & Teenagers | Health |
| Children & Teenagers | Health |
- May 09
Leicestershire young mums take heart
Published By: Fixers
A young single mum from Leicester is urging others in her position to take pride in themselves and the responsibility of having children in their stride.
Sandra Kabodi, now 19, was...
| Children & Teenagers | Health |
| Children & Teenagers | Health |
- May 08
Ex-Corrie star turned chef backs young Barnsley man’s call to ditch...
Published By: Fixers
A young man from Swinton, who wants to get more young people cooking from scratch, has won the support of ex-Corrie star Sean Wilson.
Working with Fixers, the national movement of young...
| Children & Teenagers | Food & Drink |
| Children & Teenagers | Food & Drink |
- May 08
Raising awareness of autism – performance festival in Stourbridge
Published By: Fixers
A student from Stourbridge is holding a performance festival at his college to showcase the talents of local people who have learning disabilities.
Fixer Jordan Stratham, 20, is using his...
| Children & Teenagers | Entertainment & Arts |
| Children & Teenagers | Entertainment & Arts |
- May 08
I want to see equality for everyone
Published By: Fixers
A young man from the Hawick area who was bullied at school for having a lesbian mother and left too scared to come out himself, wants teachers across the Borders to treat homophobia as...
| Children & Teenagers | Education & Human Resources |
| Children & Teenagers | Education & Human Resources |
- May 07
Bexley teens campaign against smoking
Published By: Fixers
Two school mentors are so shocked at the level of young people smoking in Bexley they are creating a film to encourage them to stub out the ash.
Michelle Tiley, 17, who attends Erith...
| Children & Teenagers | Health |
| Children & Teenagers | Health |
- May 07
Campaign to smash human trafficking in Sheffield
Published By: Fixers
Campaign to smash human trafficking in Sheffield
A Sheffield ‘Fixer’ is campaigning to expose the plight of women who have been trafficked into the UK sex trade, and are given just 45 days...
| Charities & non-profits | Children & Teenagers |
| Charities & non-profits | Children & Teenagers |
- Apr 08
Flintshire teenager to use phone app to educate young people about STIs
Published By: Fixers
Flintshire ‘Fixer’ Jenna Giddings wants to raise awareness of sexually transmitted diseases amongst young people in North Wales.
Jenna, 16, feels a lack of understanding coupled with the...
| Children & Teenagers | Health |
| Children & Teenagers | Health |
- Apr 05
Girls spend two hours getting ready and boys drink protein shakes to...
Published By: Fixers
A group of 16 and 17 year-old Fixers in Peebles are on a mission to persuade younger pupils at their school not to obsess about their looks.
The students at Peebles High conducted a survey...
| Charities & non-profits | Children & Teenagers |
| Charities & non-profits | Children & Teenagers |
- Apr 04