Fellow's Profile
Amos Schonfield
Fellow's Profile
Amos Schonfield
How cities mobilise youth volunteering and youth-led social action to strengthen social cohesion
Fellowship
- Themes
- Focus
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How youth volunteering brings people and communities together
- Countries
- Fellowship year
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2026
- Locality
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London
Contact
Biography
I am the Founder and CEO of Our Second Home, the UK's youth movement for people with refugee backgrounds. At a time when loneliness and polarisation are on the rise, I am looking at whether meaningful volunteering opportunities for young people improve social cohesion, and how to bring different opportunities together across a city. I had my life changed by being a peer youth leader 17 years ago, and have since supported thousands of others to unlock their potential through programmes I've led.
I'll develop a toolkit of ideas and methodologies for policymakers, funders, charities and social entrepreneurs who want to help answer the most urgent problems facing Gen Z and Gen Alpha.
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
