Shane Ryan (social activist)


Shane Ryan is a British social reformer/activist, writer and Formerly, the Chief Executive of Working with Men, a charity supporting men and boys in the United Kingdom and also secretariat for the all-party parliamentary group On Fatherhood. He is currently in the newly created Senior Head Of Partnerships role at the National Lottery Community Fund,
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, 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.