Young people wanted to help with happiness event in Wrexham
Young people wanted to help with happiness event in Wrexham
A young man from Wrexham who wants to cheer up the local community is calling for volunteers to help him.
Fixer Tobias Perks, 21, thinks that people can sometimes forget to smile because of the stresses and strains of the modern-day lifestyle.
He is working with Fixers to hold an event in Wrexham on Saturday 22 March, from 11am-3pm and wants more 16-25 year olds to get involved with spreading some cheer.
Fixers is a national charity that supports young people aged 16-25 to tackle any issue that matters to them.
“I think happiness is important to everyone’s welfare as so many people these days suffer from stress,” says Tobias.
“Growing up I would always stop people in the street and ask them to smile – and nearly everyone always would. I always felt a sense of happiness that this stranger would be making the world look a happier place just by smiling.
“I do this in my work as well and at university. I like to make the places I work a happier place to be as I personally see us all as being lucky to be here. And a smile doesn’t cost anything!
“I hope that my event will improve the community’s morale. It would be great to get lots of young people involved in the day – clapping, dancing, singing, telling people jokes, giving out high fives, basically anything that will help put a smile on someone’s face.”
The event will start at Wrexham Eagles Meadow Shopping Centre with magicians, jugglers, actors in costumes and the young volunteers.
Each volunteer will get a T-shirt and ideas on how they can join in on the day. If you would like to take part, please contact Sian Deal, Fixers Young Persons Coordinator for North Wales, at sian@fixers.org.uk or 07436 265905.
“I hope this event will become a yearly event, creating a legacy that will benefit the local community – something they could look forward to,” adds Tobias.
Fixers works with young people across the UK. Each Fixer is supported to create the resources they need to make their chosen project a success, with creative help from media professionals to make their own promotional material, such as films, websites or print work.
Fixers has already supported more than 11,000 young people across the UK to have an authentic voice in their community.
Young people have campaigned on issues with Fixers as diverse as cyber-bullying, self-harm, suicide and the need for more random acts of kindness.
Fixers aims to work with over 70,000 young people aged 16 to 25 by 2020 to help them to take action and tackle the issues they feel strongly about.
Visit www.fixers.org.uk for more information.
