An Evening with Martha Lane Fox, co-founder of lastminute.com and Martin Lewis CBE, author of numerous books and renowned TV news journalist in support of YouthNet
Tuesday 20th April 6:45pm, Mayfair

YouthNet exists to support 16 to 25-year-olds in every aspect of their lives. Whether it’s emergency help in times of crisis, support with everyday issues, or getting involved in their local communities, YouthNet is always there for them. Twelve years ago, they were the first charity to recognise the potential of the internet and today we are still known for our pioneering approach. YouthNet runs its services via three websites, TheSite.org, do-it.org.uk and Lifetracks.  YouthNet has recently launched the LifeSupport Appeal.The LifeSupport Appeal aims to raise £5million over three years to redevelop TheSite.org and help thousands more young people. From ensuring young people can get ’real time’ help from a team of experts in moments of crisis to allowing them to personalise content and ensure they find the advice they need quickly and easily, the LifeSupport Appeal will truly revolutionise online support for young people.

Martha Lane Fox

Martha co-founded lastminute.com, Europe’s largest travel and leisure website in 1997. After selling the company in 2005 she co-founded and now chairs Lucky Voice. In 2007 she launched Antigone, a grant-giving foundation that supports education, health and criminal justice. She is a non-executive director at Marks & Spencer, Channel 4 Television and Mydeco. She is also a trustee of Reprieve. In June 2009 she accepted the role of Champion for Digital Inclusion.

Martyn Lewis CBE

Martyn Lewis’s career is an unusual blend of the media, charitable and corporate worlds. Over 32 years as a television journalist he presented every mainstream national news programme on Britain’s two main terrestrial channels, before moving ten years ago into the world of business where he co-founded and is European Chairman of Teliris Inc., a company which is the major global pioneer and technology leader in a new "realtime" communications business space known as telepresence. He is also Chairman of NICE TV, which works with ITN Consulting to provide high quality news videos for industry-wide conferences, exhibitions and events.   As well as being Founder and Chairman of YouthNet, Martyn’s other charitable involvement includes: Trustee of the Windsor Leadership Trust, bringing together and helping to develop the leaders of tomorrow across all sectors of society ; President of United Response, helping people with learning disabilities; and Vice-President of all three main national Hospice charities for whom he is a regular speaker at individual hospice fund-raising dinners.  He is the author of seven books, including "Reflections on Success", "Seasons of Our Lives" and "Tears and Smiles - The Hospice Handbook". Martyn continues to chair debates in the corporate, charitable and public sectors - most recently in Washington for the World Bank on Leadership in Emerging Nations, and in Brussels for the European Commission (on stem cells) and for the European Brain Council (on Parkinson’s Disease and Depression). He is the longest-serving judge (15 years) of the Lord Mayor of London’s Dragon Awards, honouring companies for the work they and their employees do to help disadvantaged areas of our community. In 2008 he joined the Council of St George’s House, Windsor, and in February 2009 he began a 3-year appointment as Chairman of the Main Awards Committee of the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (the equivalent of an MBE for groups). In September 2009 he joined the newly formed "Innovation and Replication Steering Committee" of The Big Lottery Fund. In May 2009 he was invited to join the External Advisory Board of the Long Room Hub, the Research Institute for the Arts and Humanities at his old university, Trinity College Dublin.  Martyn holds an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Ulster and is a Freeman of the City of London, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and a Member of the Garrick Club and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. he was He was awarded a CBE for "services to young people and the Hospice movement" in 1997.

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If you would like to attend please RSVP to Sara Nori

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