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ITV Fixers
A series of special reports are being screened on ITV News Anglia covering the work of Fixers. They're the often courageous and always inspiring young people aiming to make a difference in their community with their own special projects.
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Call for more acceptance of epilepsy
A young woman from Norwich is calling for greater acceptance of a condition that affects one per cent of all people … but which is still misunderstood, and even feared.
Georgia Tye believes that epilepsy should get a much higher priority, and she's enlisted the help of Fixers - the campaign that gives young people a voice - to make her point.
Click below to watch the full report from ITV Fixers
ITV Fixers: Norfolk teenager says people with disabilities should be treated like anyone else
A Norfolk teenager is making an appeal on behalf of people with learning disabilities to be treated just like everyone else.
Joseph Jackson, who's 19 and from Loddon, says he has the same feelings as anyone else and hopes that by sharing his experiences, he can make a change for all people with disabilities.
He’s enlisted the help of Fixers – the campaign that gives young people a voice – to make his point.
Click below to watch the full report from ITV Fixers.
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Norfolk woman encourages young people to join organised groups to combat isolation
Figures show that membership of the scouts is on the up.
Now a young woman from Stalham in Norfolk is encouraging youngsters to join organised groups as an antidote to social isolation and bullying at school.
She's rediscovered the old-fashioned benefits and she's enlisted the help of Fixers - the campaign that gives young people a voice - to make her point.
Click below to watch her story.
You can find out more about Fixers by going to their website.
Young rapper finds healing power in music
An up and coming rapper from Norwich is using his gift for music to help other young people get through difficult times.
That includes an Afghanistan veteran suffering post-traumatic stress disorder.
He’s enlisted the help of Fixers, the campaign that gives young people a voice, to spread his message that making music is the best therapy.
You can find out more about Fixers by going to their website
Fixers: Listen to your heart when choosing studies
As young people across our region contemplate returning to school after the Easter Break, a young woman from Basildon is urging them to listen to their hearts when choosing their future studies. Leigh-Ann Ncube says she made mistakes about her own path, which she now regrets, and has enlisted the help of Fixers - the campaign that gives young people a voice - to urge others to do what they enjoy. Watch her film below and click here to find out more about Fixers.
Fixers: Spreading the anti-smoking message
A Suffolk teenager has launched a campaign aimed at stopping young people taking up smoking.
Toby Jeffrey, who is 16 and from Bury St Edmunds, was appalled to find there were more than 4,000 chemicals in a cigarette - including rat poison.
Nearly 20,000 children in our region will take up smoking this year, according to anti-smoking campaigners.
Toby has enlisted the help of Fixers - the campaign that gives young people a voice - to reach children with a tough message.
Watch his film below and click here to find out more about Fixers.
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Fixers: How a teenager from Peterborough is using his love of comic book heroes to inspire others
It's the inspiring story from a young man from Peterborough who's fighting his cancer with the help of some super-heroes.
Ben Clifton has enlisted the help of Fixers - the campaign that gives young people a voice - to pass on his message to other teens.
He believes that staying strong can help you battle the disease and he's using comic book heroes to help him prove it.
Click below to hear Ben's story
ITV Fixers: Chelsey asks why is disability ignored by the media?
A young model from Essex is calling on the media to give disabled people due prominence, since they represent one in sixth of the population in our region.
Chelsey Jay says disabled people are woefully under-represented and has enlisted the help of Fixers - the campaign that gives young people a voice - to make her point in a powerful viral ad.
Fixers: Living with Dyspraxia
You may have never heard of it, but the chances are you know someone who has it.
Dyspraxia is a condition that makes daily tasks more difficult and it affects as many as one in ten people, including stars like actor Daniel Radcliffe and singer Florence Welch.
Yet it remains relatively unknown.
In the latest update from Fixers, the campaign that gives young people a voice, a Cambridge man is trying to open eyes to the condition, as well as provide local support.
Click below to hear Ben's story
Latest ITV News reports
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Fixers looks at the dangers of Diabulimia
A young woman from Norfolk is calling for coordinated treatment of an eating disorder which she has struggled with for years
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First in a series of films by ITV Fixers
In the first of our new ITV Fixers series we meet a hoodie-wearing group from Harwich who want people to look beyond the stereotype.