Theatre / Activism
Activism
2021
Fundraised for Childrens Burns Trust by running 5K on 05/04/2021 with my close friend George Ash. We successfully raised £280.
2020
Created a poster campaign titled: ‘Don’t Let Your Scars Define You. Define Your Scars.’ That got shared across social media, new outlets, and sent to Burns and Body Image related charities/organisations.
Accompanied by a broadcast on BBC South news and an interview on BBC Radio Surrey/Sussex raising awareness of my campaign and why I created it. As well as sharing my story as a burns survivor.
For more information:
Making the 'Define Your Scars' Campaign
BBC South Interview
BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex Interview
Won the Project Hope award for Mental Health Advocacy 2020.
Fundraised for Childrens Burns Trust by organising and performing a spoken word set called ‘Wear Your Scars With Pride’ via YouTube and Facebook Live. I successfully raised £282
2019
July Burns Survivor for the 2019 poster campaign “A Burn Injury Is For Life ... But So Is A Smile” with Children’s Burns Trust
View article
Raised £50 for the Burns Unit Group Support Fund from a collection at 'Inside a Mind'
2018
Created a short film with Fixers UK called ‘Road To Recovery: Surviving Trauma’ directed by and starring me, posted to social media, sent out to hospitals and mental health organisations across the UK. Accompanied by a Broadcast called ‘Light At The End Of The Tunnel’ presented by me showcasing my project and sharing my story on ITV (Meridian)
For more information please visit:
Fixers.org article
Roads To Recovery website
Fundraised for Childrens Burns Trust by organising a sponsored dress up day as a ladybird. (The ladybird became a positive symbol I used in my own recovery.) I successfully raised £281.
Participated in the poster campaign “A Burns Injury Is For Life ... But So Is A Smile” with Children’s Burns Trust for National Burns Awareness Day 2018
Newspaper coverage of my short film ‘Road To Recovery: Surviving Trauma’ and my own personal story of recovery as a Burns Survivor Mirror article Daily Echo article
Report on anxiety and associated disorders from November 2017 at ITV StudiosView report
2017
Spoke on a mental health panel at ITV studio in front of MPs, an NHS board and mental health professionals
2021
Fundraised for Childrens Burns Trust by running 5K on 05/04/2021 with my close friend George Ash. We successfully raised £280.
2020
Created a poster campaign titled: ‘Don’t Let Your Scars Define You. Define Your Scars.’ That got shared across social media, new outlets, and sent to Burns and Body Image related charities/organisations.
Accompanied by a broadcast on BBC South news and an interview on BBC Radio Surrey/Sussex raising awareness of my campaign and why I created it. As well as sharing my story as a burns survivor.
For more information:
Making the 'Define Your Scars' Campaign
BBC South Interview
BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex Interview
Won the Project Hope award for Mental Health Advocacy 2020.
Fundraised for Childrens Burns Trust by organising and performing a spoken word set called ‘Wear Your Scars With Pride’ via YouTube and Facebook Live. I successfully raised £282
2019
July Burns Survivor for the 2019 poster campaign “A Burn Injury Is For Life ... But So Is A Smile” with Children’s Burns Trust View article
Raised £50 for the Burns Unit Group Support Fund from a collection at 'Inside a Mind'
2018
Created a short film with Fixers UK called ‘Road To Recovery: Surviving Trauma’ directed by and starring me, posted to social media, sent out to hospitals and mental health organisations across the UK. Accompanied by a Broadcast called ‘Light At The End Of The Tunnel’ presented by me showcasing my project and sharing my story on ITV (Meridian) For more information please visit: Fixers.org article Roads To Recovery website
Fundraised for Childrens Burns Trust by organising a sponsored dress up day as a ladybird. (The ladybird became a positive symbol I used in my own recovery.) I successfully raised £281.
Participated in the poster campaign “A Burns Injury Is For Life ... But So Is A Smile” with Children’s Burns Trust for National Burns Awareness Day 2018
Newspaper coverage of my short film ‘Road To Recovery: Surviving Trauma’ and my own personal story of recovery as a Burns Survivor Mirror article Daily Echo article
Report on anxiety and associated disorders from November 2017 at ITV StudiosView report
2017
Spoke on a mental health panel at ITV studio in front of MPs, an NHS board and mental health professionals