An inspirational West Lothian man who survived sexual abuse and drug habit is to sort out the difficulty of trauma in a hard-hitting TV present.
Aidan Martin, from Livingston, will entrance ‘Scotland’s Tales: Let’s Speak About Trauma’ which airs on STV at 7pm on Friday, November 4.
Aidan, who can also be a broadcast writer, instructed the Courier that he hopes the programme conjures up folks and sends out a message of hope and restoration.
He admitted he’s turned down related alternatives beforehand, however mentioned the time was proper to now sort out the subjects for tv.
He commented: “I’m very proud to have been given the chance to do that present. I’d been approached up to now by some filmmakers about the opportunity of doing documentaries but it surely by no means felt like the correct time or I didn’t get the correct feeling about it however STV from the very starting had been nice.
“From the primary dialog, I knew it will be in protected arms they usually had the concept of tackling a really tough matter in each an genuine however delicate and really respectful method.”
He added: “It’s linked to STV’s Kids’s Attraction and the present is primarily about kids and younger folks and the way the affect of occasions in formative years and affect the remainder of your life.
“The present offers with clearly some very severe subjects however I feel the overriding message is considered one of hope. That was definitely the intention.
“There are organisations on the market who present assist. There's a downside with trauma on this nation however there’s additionally numerous superb organisations who're working arduous to assist folks. That’s actually what I hope folks take from the present.”
Aidan was additionally just lately awarded a Lifetime Ambassador Award by West Lothian Faculty, from which he graduated with HNC Social Sciences in 2014 and acknowledges as having performed an enormous function in turning his life round.
The school options within the programme and he mentioned: “I actually wish to thank everybody related to making the present potential. The producers and crew at STV had been an absolute pleasure to work with.
“West Lothian Faculty get a particular point out within the present as nicely they usually’ve actually been superb.”
As for the honour from the school, he commented: “I'm proud and privileged to obtain this award.
“West Lothian Faculty is my second dwelling and that relationship started after they actually gave me a life-changing and lifesaving alternative in 2011.
“They had been trauma knowledgeable earlier than the phrase was generally used. Now they're additionally trauma responsive. I'm proud to be affiliated with what I imagine to be the very best academic establishment within the land.
“I'll ceaselessly signify this faculty and provides again to the scholars as a result of that's what the school has carried out, and nonetheless does, for me. Collectively we're creating optimistic change in our group.”
Jackie Galbraith, Principal of West Lothian Faculty, added: “I used to be delighted to current Aidan with our Lifetime Faculty Ambassador award.
“Everybody who works with Aidan is blown away by his ardour, enthusiasm and capability for serving to others to grasp the affect of trauma on folks’s lives. We're very privileged that our college students, employees and faculty profit from this.”
Scotland’s Tales: Let’s Speak About Trauma airs on STV as a part of the STV Kids’s Attraction 2022 at 7pm on Friday 4 November.
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