ITV Fixers - A call for young people
Offer a positive image of young people when they are often given a negative one in the press.
Fixers come from across the range of cultures and backgrounds. They include hard-to-reach young people including prostitutes, young offenders, the disabled.....
Since ITV started broadcasting, there are now 1200 Fixers and 140 projects.
ITV Fixers gives them the resources to carry out their projects and get their voice heard....whether it be a website, an event, a pop video, a film etc.
All projects have an end date. Sometimes the project ends with the Fix...sometimes, the campaign grows into something bigger....eg Sam Thomas is now a regular commentator on national radio on eating disorders, Evans Amankwah is hosting a major Peace Event with 400 people and guests including 2 MPs and the Mayor of Reading.
Some Fixers go on to win awards.
All Fixers projects are featured on our website www.itvfixers.com and some are selected for broadcast in the ITV regions once a month.
The TV station has covered a wide variety of creative projects including one Fixer's bid to rid her city of plastic bags, a campaign to save a town's beach, a group's bid to make pole exercise more acceptable, and a young woman's website to help other young people who have experienced child abuse.
Jacqueline is setting up meetings to give more information across Yorkshire and the rest of the region in the following couple of weeks and she is also available to give information/presentations to groups of young people. You can contact her on Jacqueline@itvfixers.com or mobile 07855 212606. | 