Media & Research

Help for hoarding on Channel4

Twenty Twenty Television are the award winning makers of "The Choir" and "Garrow's Law". We are making a documentary series about hoarding and looking for sufferers to get in touch. 

We have been commissioned by Channel4 to make a four part documentary series, telling the untold story of what it’s like to suffer from Hoarding. Our series will take a very therapeutic approach, following a group of carefully cast sufferers on a unique treatment programme: a combination of group therapy, one-on-one treatments, and specialist de-cluttering services. We want to show how Hoarding affects real lives, and to explore the complexities and extent of this often misunderstood illness.

We are now looking for people to take part in the television series. We understand how important trust is when it comes to sharing your story, and that it is often extremely difficult for people who hoard to open up their homes – but we hope that by bringing together a therapeutic approach, with support from specialist cleaning teams, we might start you on a road to recovery.

We are not offering a cure, but what we are offering is an intensive, personalised course of treatment with an aim to improve hoarding behaviour. We’re keen to speak to people who work full or part time, care for a family, are married or in a relationship, who have an active social life, but who also hoard. Maybe you hold down a full-time job but keep your illness a secret from colleagues and friends; or maybe you’re living with a hoarding partner and don’t know what to do.

If you think you could help highlight the reality of life for sufferers, or you’d just like to find more out about the project, we’d love to hear from you.

Please contact Rachel Harris on: 

• 0207 424 7720 or 
• rachelharris[]twentytwenty.tv (replace [] with @)

If you’d like to know more about Twenty Twenty Television, please go to our website which has details of all the programmes we make www.twentytwenty.tv

Website Usability Testing

Acumen Fieldwork are a market research agency and we get in contact with healthcare professionals, patients and people with conditions and disabilities with regards to taking part in paid research studies.

We currently have a project running in your area where we are looking to speak with people who have the following conditions:

• Visual impairment, Dyslexia, ADHD, Aspergers, High Functioning Autism, Low reading age, Low reading age due to English not being first language, Mild to moderate learning difficulties.

The study is looking into how people with these conditions use websites and what can be done to make websites easier for them to use.  We are looking to speak with all different levels of internet confidence and all ages. Participants will be asked to do the following:

• Take part in an initial 45 minute briefing interview in Hammersmith on Thursday 31^st March or Friday 1^st April
• Complete a diary study each day for 14 days
• Half way through the diary study the participant will either receive a home visit or a telephone call
• Finally, the participant will be asked to come along to a final interview in Hammersmith for 1 hour on Monday 18^th April or Tuesday 19^th April

As a thank you for their time and opinions participants will receive an incentive of £210 (if home visit they will receive an additional £20)

If there is anyone that you think might be suitable to take part in the study or you would like to find out more information, please do not hesitate to contact me on 0161 234 9940 or on the email: Lizzie.Coultas[]acumenfieldwork.com (replace [] with @)

I hope to hear from you soon.

Lizzie Coultas, Medical Field Manager

BBC Learning Zone

ORTV are an independent production company making an exciting programme for the BBC Learning Zone about 13 to 18 year olds’ wellbeing. It is a version of radio 1’s ’The Surgery’ with Aled Haydn Jones where young people call in to discuss health concerns they have. We are looking for young people to talk to us about their experiences of a range of issues that they are facing, including the much misunderstood ADHD and ADD. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in talking to me, in confidence, about their experiences?

Please email Hannah Lewis at hannah.lewis[]ortv.co.uk

Many thanks, Hannah.

Omega-3 Research Project in ADHD

• Does you son have inattentive, impulsive and/or hyperactive behaviour?
• Is he aged between 12 and 16 years of age?
• Would he be interested in taking part in a scientific research project?

Kings College London has been studying the relationship between omega-3 fatty acids and brain function with Professor Eric Taylor since 2006. Research suggests that children and young adults with symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) which include inattentive, impulsive and/or hyperactive type behaviours have low levels of fatty acids and we would like to investigate this further by:

1. asking children with an official diagnosis of ADHD to come for a blood test with their non-affected sibling(s). This is so we can compare the enzyme activity of specific genes which assist the absorption of essential fatty acids into red blood cells (the delta 5 and delta 6 desaturase genes) and
2. complete some questionnaires about their diet and behaviour.

We have full NHS ethical approval and the children / adolescents are of course free to withdraw at any time. Participants will be compensated for their time and travel expenses will be reimbursed.

Please contact Rachel Gow on 020 7848 0475 or Rachel.gow[]kcl.ac.uk (Ethics Code 08/H0722/88)

We look forward to hearing from you!

Living with ADHD

I am investigating what it is like to live with ADHD as part of an MSc in Applied Psychology at the University of East London. I am looking for adults with ADHD diagnoses to take part in the research which involves a 1-2 hour long interview. If you would like to participate or find out more about the research, please contact:

• Jenny Kudren jenny.kudren[]gmail.com
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Your participation would be greatly appreciated.

Distractability - Investigating ADHD Strengths

The Lavie Lab at University College London (UCL) are looking for adults diagnosed with ADHD to take part in a two part experiment lasting two hours in total. The experiment focusses on a computer task assessing distractability. We are keen to test many people and we pay £15 for your time. Please contact:

• David Robertson – david.robertson.09[]ucl.ac.uk
• Alistair Jennings – alistairjennings[]yahoo.co.uk

We would love to hear from you and arrange a testing time or answer any questions you have.