Shane Ryan (social activist)

Shane Ryan (born 13 May 1969) is a British social reformer/activist,[1] writer[2] and Formerly, the Chief Executive of Working with Men (now Future Men), a charity supporting men and boys in the United Kingdom and also secretariat for the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) On Fatherhood.[3] He is currently Deputy Director at the National Lottery Community Fund ,[4][5]

Shane Ryan
Ryan in London, 2014
Born13 May 1969 (1969-05-13) (age 51)
London, England
OccupationBritish social reformer

Ryan is best known for his work in highlighting the plight of less affluent boys[6] in the British education system and teenaged fathers in the UK,[7] as well as speaking nationally about support for unemployed young men and his work related to fathers and families.[8][9] 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,[10] along with the Queens Park Rangers Trust and the Evening Standard newspaper.[11]

References
  1. Harriet Marsden, Katy Fallon (10 July 2016). "More of the best New Radicals 2016". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Tania Mason (14 March 2013). "Working with Men becomes secretariat for MPs group on fatherhood". Civilsociety.co.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  4. Civil society (10 December 2018). "whos moving". civil society. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  5. Fundraising uk (12 August 2020). "BAME-focused Phoenix Fund opens for applications". fundraising uk. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  6. 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.
  7. Yvonne Roberts (11 August 2013). "Too young to be a dad?". The Observer. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  8. Victoria Bourne and Shane Ryan, "Collaborative parenting: Barriers faced by separated fathers", Department for Work and Pensions, Research Report No 815, 2012.
  9. "Shane Ryan". Nesta.org.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  10. 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.
  11. 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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