Shane Ryan (social activist) explained

Shane Ryan
Occupation:	British social reformer
Birth Place:	London, England

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 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]

External links

• Working with Men
• Midwife declares
• CYP NOW-Engaging Fathers
• Huffington Post
• Diversity Awards
• Shane Ryan Social Reformer in The Guardian
• New Radicals 2016
• Evening Standard Shane Ryan Working With Men 2018
• http://www.entirely.media/charity/business-news/uk/south-west/bristol/perinatal-charity-partnership-funded-by-the-national-lottery-to-help-new-parents8381
• http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/1m-phoenix-fund-opens-applications-bame-groups/fundraising/article/1691762
• http://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/community/2020/08/11/new-emergency-fund-to-grant-1-million-to-black-and-minority-ethnic-community-groups/
• http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/shane-ryan/male-role-models_b_13075140.html
• https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2021-02-25/avast-appoints-shane-ryan-of-the-uk-s-the-national-lottery-community-fund-to-lead-avast-foundation

Notes and References

1. News: cision. Avast Appoints Shane Ryan of the UK's The National Lottery Community Fund to lead Avast Foundation. . 25 February 2021 . 17 March 2021.
2. News: Harriet Marsden, Katy Fallon . More of the best New Radicals 2016. . 10 July 2016 . 10 September 2016.
3. Web site: Archived copy . 11 November 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140303055125/http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673611618394.pdf . 3 March 2014 .
4. Web site: Working with Men becomes secretariat for MPs group on fatherhood. Tania Mason. Civilsociety.co.uk. 14 March 2013. 13 February 2014.
5. News: Civil society . whos moving. . 10 December 2018 . 6 June 2019.
6. News: Fundraising uk . BAME-focused Phoenix Fund opens for applications. . 12 August 2020 . 17 August 2020.
7. News: Bloomberg News . Avast Appoints Shane Ryan of the UK's The National Lottery Community Fund to lead Avast Foundation. . 25 February 2021 . 17 March 2021.
8. Web site: A quarter of boys say they dislike going to school by the age of seven . Adi Bloom. Tes.co.uk. 15 October 2012. 1 April 2014.
9. Web site: Too young to be a dad?. The Observer. Yvonne Roberts. 11 August 2013. 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. Web site: Shane Ryan . Nesta.org.uk . 11 November 2016.
12. News: Tom Moore. QPR's #Game4Grenfell raises over £900,000 after Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea match donations. . 26 October 2017 . 6 June 2019.
13. News: David Cohen. evening standard pledges new 800000 fund to support young grenfell tower victims. . 14 June 2018 . 6 June 2019.