Shane Ryan (social activist)

Shane Ryan
MBE
Ryan in London, 2014
Ryan in London, 2014
Born13 May 1969 (1969-05-13) (age 55)
London, England
OccupationBritish social reformer

Shane Ryan MBE[1] (born 13 May 1969) is a British social reformer/activist,[2] writer[3] and formerly, the Chief Executive of Future Men, a charity supporting men and boys in the United Kingdom and also secretariat for the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) On Fatherhood.[4] He was previously Deputy Director at the National Lottery Community Fund ,[5][6] and currently Global Executive Director of The Avast Foundation ,[7] a worldwide social impact organization.

Ryan speaking at the a festival in Southbank London in 2014

Ryan is best known for his work in highlighting the plight of less affluent boys[8] in the British education system and teenaged fathers in the UK,[9] as well as speaking nationally about support for unemployed young men and his work related to fathers and families.[10][11] In 2018 in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, Ryan helped to set up and is currently the Chair of The Grenfell Children and Young Peoples Fund,[12] along with the Queens Park Rangers Trust and the Evening Standard newspaper.[13]

References

  1. ^ cision (25 February 2021). "Avast Appoints Shane Ryan of the UK's The National Lottery Community Fund to lead Avast Foundation". prnewswire. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  2. ^ Harriet Marsden, Katy Fallon (10 July 2016). "More of the best New Radicals 2016". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Tania Mason (14 March 2013). "Working with Men becomes secretariat for MPs group on fatherhood". Civilsociety.co.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  5. ^ Civil society (10 December 2018). "whos moving". civil society. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  6. ^ Fundraising uk (12 August 2020). "BAME-focused Phoenix Fund opens for applications". fundraising uk. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  7. ^ Bloomberg News (25 February 2021). "Avast Appoints Shane Ryan of the UK's The National Lottery Community Fund to lead Avast Foundation". Bloomberg. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  8. ^ Adi Bloom (15 October 2012). "A quarter of boys say they dislike going to school by the age of seven". Tes.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  9. ^ Yvonne Roberts (11 August 2013). "Too young to be a dad?". The Observer. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  10. ^ Victoria Bourne and Shane Ryan, "Collaborative parenting: Barriers faced by separated fathers", Department for Work and Pensions, Research Report No 815, 2012.
  11. ^ "Shane Ryan". Nesta.org.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  12. ^ Tom Moore (26 October 2017). "QPR's #Game4Grenfell raises over £900,000 after Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea match donations". my london. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  13. ^ David Cohen (14 June 2018). "evening standard pledges new 800000 fund to support young grenfell tower victims". evening standard. Retrieved 6 June 2019.


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