Alexander Philip Newman
Alexander Newman is an award-winning British writer, charitable advocate and blogger.
Early Life[edit]
Alexander Philip Newman was born in the Portland Hospital on 3rd February 2006 to an immigrant mother and spent his early years in Maida Vale, London. After roughly two years he moved to Cambridge as his parents pursued career opportunities there. He described that his life in Cambridge influenced his decisions to pursue higher academic studies. 'I have often felt that growing up in a University town surrounded by scholars and intellects and having the chance to explore the colleges, attend lectures and speak to professors in my pastime has given me much of my intellectual curiosity'.
Education[edit]
King's College School, Cambridge[edit]
Newman attended King's College School, Cambridge from 2010 to 2019. Whilst there he advocated for multiple charitable projects, most notably as a youth ambassador for BulliesOutUK, where he gave workshops on anti-bullying and worked on a collaboration video with BBC Newsround[1]. As a result of this work he received the Diana Award in 2019[2]. In 2018 Newman attended the Trust for sustainable living debates in the Seychelles where he awarded tenth in their essay prize[3]. At KCS he also led the be kind art initiative where students created images they felt represented kindness.
In 2018 Newman was on the founding committee and eventually took over the student newspaper the KCS express and ran it's print version and created an online version in 2019. He graduated King's in August 2019 as a House Captain leaving with an academic scholarship to Harrow School.
Harrow School[edit]
From Autumn 2019 Newman has attended Harrow School in London. In 2020 he was awarded the Maharaj Singh prize for Indian History, the Michael Palinthorpe prize for Science and The Randall Prize for American History. He runs multiple journalistic projects there.
Charitable Work[edit]
BulliesOut[edit]
Since 2016 Newman has been a Youth Ambassador for UK charity BulliesOut[4]. Newman joined after his essay 'Dear Bully' about his bullying experiences gained online traction [5]. When discussing his essay newman said.
“I am very fortunate that my school does not tolerate Bullying and has policies to deal with it. I have met children who have been bullied and have not had help to deal with it. I have decided to donate my prize to the Kwa Mama Care Centre in South Africa, that depends on donations and volunteers. In January 2015, I visited the centre during a holiday to South Africa and donated a box of stationery that my friends and teachers at school generously donated when I started a project to collect a box of stationery to donate to a school in need. I am thrilled to win the prize and delighted to give it to Kwa Mama Care centre who advertised for stationery on their Facebook page recently. I would like to be an ambassador for Bullying UK and help prevent bullying in schools"[5]
In 2017 He took part in a Newsround video about how to deal with bullying in schools entitled 'It's not your fault: Alexander Speaks about bullying'[1]. Furthermore, he has given a range of talk to multiple schools and ages about dealing with bullying.
His work resulted in him being awarded the Diana Award in 2019[2]
Stay Home Model United Nations[edit]
Alexander is a member of the Secretariat for Stay Home Model United Nations (SHMUN)[6]. His roles include the former DUSG Academics, USG Outreach and USG Logistics. His work involves marketing and running conference events.[6]
Charitable Initiatives in South Africa[edit]
Alexander ran multiple projects to provide children with school supplies between 2015 and 2019. In December 2014 he raised stationary and school supplies for Kwa Mama Care Centre[5] he donated these to them in 2015. In 2016 he donated his Pilot Pen prize to the same center[5]. In 2019 Newman once again visited South Africa with over 200 books raised which he donated to a different center for disadvantaged children,
Teenagers on Lockdown[edit]
Blog[edit]
During the COVID-19 Pandemic Alexander launched Teenagers on Lockdown[7]. The blog (lockdownblog.org) often abbreviated to ToL was launched in April 2020 and its byline reads 'Reflections from teenagers on life, politics and culture during Coronavirus Pandemic'. At its height the blog had over 1000 monthly readers from five different continents[8]. Newman, as editor in chief, managed the blog, contacted guest writers and oversaw the editing team.
Podcast and Workshops[edit]
Newman also produced and launched a podcast under the Teenagers on Lockdown brand name. The podcast ran for 3 months and featured Alexander and many other members of the Teenagers On Lockdown team.[9]
To commemorate International youth day Newman arranged a special event hosted by ToL about empowering young people[10]. It included speakers from around the globe on different ways young people could get involved in changemaking with a workshop and roundtable afterwards about Social Media activism.
Personal Life[edit]
Alexander Newman lives with his mother and father near to Cambridge. He is of British, Indian and South African descent.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "'It's not your fault': Alexander speaks about bullies! - CBBC Newsround". Retrieved 2021-01-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Roll of Honour 2019". The Diana Award. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
- ↑ "2018 Essay competition secondary winners". Trust for Sustainable Living. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
- ↑ "Youth Ambassadors". BulliesOut. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Cambridgeshire Boy wins nationwide creative writing anti-bullying competition and donates prize to a South African pre-school - Family Lives". www.familylives.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "SHMUN - Meet the Team". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
- ↑ "Lockdown Blog: Reflections on Life, Politics and Cuture". Teenager on Lockdown. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
- ↑ Newman, Alexander P. (2020-08-30). "100". Lockdown Blog. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
- ↑ Newman, Alexander P. (2020-07-12). "Teenagers on Lockdown: The Podcast- Episode 1". Lockdown Blog. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
- ↑ Newman, Alexander P. (2020-08-13). "International Youth Day". Lockdown Blog. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
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