Dev Sharma
Dev Sharma | |
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 Sharma at the Despatch Box of the House of Commons | |
| Youth MP in the UK Youth Parliament | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge, Winchester College & Rushey Mead School |
| Occupation | Activist/Youth Politician |
Dev Sharma is a British food activist, a founding youth campaigner at Bite Back 2030, and was a Member of Youth Parliament (Youth MP) for Leicester and subsequently Winchester in the UK Youth Parliament. He is the chair of the UK government’s first youth enquiry into the cost of living. [1]
His work focuses on drawing attention to the impacts of big food companies on young people’s health and advocating for an end to child food poverty in Britain.
Education
[edit]Sharma obtained his GCSEs from Rushey Mead School and A-Levels from Winchester College.[2][3] He is currently studying Human, Social & Political Sciences at Magdalene College at the University of Cambridge.
Career
[edit]Sharma is a food activist and began a campaign for the world's first total online ban in junk food marketing.[4][5] He wrote an open online letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking that young people in his community could select the kind of food to eat without the nonstop corporate pressure.[6][7] His campaign was supported by numerous celebrities and was included by the government in the Queen's speech. He is an ambassador for the Food Foundation and its Children's Right2Food Initiative.[8][9]
Sharma supports the “Say Yes to School Food For All” campaign, and in November 2023 called on Rishi Sunak to ensure young people have access to free school meals.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "BBC Sounds - We Can Change The World, Food Insecurity with Dev Sharma". BBC. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "Dev Sharma: British-Indian teen championing food poverty activism". Global Indian Youth. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "Dev Sharma, a 17 Year-old British-Indian Activist Addressed the House of Commons, Calling ... - Latest Tweet by IANS India | 📰 LatestLY". LatestLY. 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
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- ^ Shobowale, Sali (2022-11-30). "Young activist delivers climate change speech in House of Commons". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "Dev Sharma: British-Indian teen championing food poverty activism". Global Indian Youth. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "Lost in lockdown: The city that can't shake off Covid". The Telegraph. 2021-02-20. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "Marcus Rashford: Food voucher U-turn after footballer's campaign". BBC News. 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "Children's Right2Food | Food Foundation". foodfoundation.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ Sagir, Ceren (17 November 2023). "Young campaigners call on PM to 'Say Yes to School Food For All'". Morning Star. Retrieved 28 July 2024.