Shane Ryan
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(born 13 May 1969) is a British social reformer/activist, writer 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.
He was previously Deputy Director at the
National Lottery Community Fund
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, and currently Global Executive Director of The
Avast
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Foundation , a worldwide social impact organization.
Ryan is best known for his work in highlighting the plight of less affluent boys
in the
British education system and teenaged fathers in the UK,
as well as speaking nationally about support for unemployed young men and his work related to fathers and families.
In 2018 in the wake of the
Grenfell Tower fire
On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST and burned for 60 hours. 72 people died, two later in hospital, with more than 70 injured and 223 escapin ...
, Ryan helped to set up and is currently the Chair of The Grenfell Children and Young Peoples Fund, along with the Queens Park Rangers Trust and the Evening Standard newspaper.
References
External links
Working with Men*
Midwife declaresCYP NOW-Engaging FathersDiversity AwardsShane Ryan Social Reformer
in '' The Guardian ''
New Radicals 2016Evening Standard Shane Ryan Working With Men 2018
1969 births
Living people
Caribbean British
Black British writers
British people of Montserratian descent
British human rights activists
British charity and campaign group workers
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