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Presenter with disfigurement reads FIVE News
13th November 2009
James Partridge, CEO of Changing Faces, the UK's leading disfigurement charity will be presenting the lunchtime bulletin on Five News at 12.45pm from 16th November for a week.
A recent YouGov survey commissioned by Five News showed that 44% thought that it would be good to have people with facial disfigurements presenting TV shows and only 21% of those questioned agreed that they would feel uncomfortable seeing someone with a facial disfigurement presenting a TV show.
Winnie Coultinho, Head of Campaigns and Communications at Changing Faces said, "We believe that television can play a big role in changing attitudes and breaking down prejudices. Changing Faces is keen to learn whether the public would really accept someone with a disfigurement in this role once they see James Partridge reading the news next week."
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