Nat Wei, Baron Wei

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Nat Wei, Baron Wei

Nathanael Ming-Yan Wei, Baron Wei ( Chinese  韋鳴恩  /  韦鸣恩 , Pinyin Wéi Míng'ēn ), known as Nat Wei , born January 19, 1977 in Watford , Hertfordshire is a British social entrepreneur , advisor to the British government as part of the “Big Society "project , politicians of the Conservative Party and member of the House of Lords . Wei is the founder and partner of the Shaftesbury Partnership , a member of the Teach First founding team, and a former strategic advisor to the Absolute Return For Kids charity .

life and career

Wei was born in 1977 to Chinese parents , originally from Hong Kong , in Watford and grew up in Milton Keynes and London . He comes from a Christian family; his father was a pastor in a Christian mission society . Wei attended a comprehensive school .

He studied Modern Languages ( Modern Languages ) at Jesus College of the University of Oxford . After graduating from Oxford, Wei worked for McKinsey & Company for three years , where he met Brett Wigdortz, who founded Teach First in 2002 . In 2006, after three years at Teach First, where he was responsible for the acquisition and management of venture capital , he started working for the children's charity Absolute Return for Kids (ARK), where he co-founded the Future Leaders program , which provides recruitment and training future teachers and principals for secondary schools in urban hot spots.

Weis' impetus as a social reformer is based in particular on the thinking of the anthropologist Margaret Mead , according to which "a group of prudent thinking, convinced people can succeed in changing the world."

In early 2006, around the same time he was helping start Future Leaders, Wei founded the Shaftesbury Partnership , an organization that sees itself in the footsteps of the social reformers of the Victorian era and aims to " Creating opportunities and introducing appropriate social reforms. ”She is currently working on a number of projects addressing housing , unemployment and health care issues. Wei also co-founded The Challenge Network through the Shaftesbury Partnership , an independent charity set up to "inspire and empower a generation to introduce social change". It operates the two-month program The Challenge , which aroused great interest from the government and the opposition .

He is also a Fellow of the Young Foundation .

Government advisor

18 May 2010, at the presentation of the coalition agreements ( Conservative - Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement ) to the Big Society program, Wei became the unpaid government adviser for the Big Society appointed program. His position is attached to the Office for Civil Society at the Cabinet Office . It is the government , on the side of the cabinet minister Francis Maude and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State ( Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Charities, Social Enterprise and Volunteering ) Nick Hurd , on all aspects in the introduction and implementation of the Big Society advise program.

His tasks include, in particular, the creation of employment opportunities for all 16-year-old young people with the General Certificate of Secondary Education as part of the National Citizen Service program.

Membership in the House of Lords

At the introduction of Weis as government advisor, Prime Minister David Cameron announced the appointment of Weis as a Life Peer . On June 3, 2010 he was inducted into the House of Lords as Baron Wei , of Shoreditch in the London Borough of Hackney, and took his oath. He was assisted by Michael Bates, Baron Bates , and Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde . On June 16, 2010, he gave his inaugural address.

He is only the third ethnic Chinese in the House of Lords, after Lydia Dunn and the late Michael Chan . Wei is also the second youngest person to be named a Life Peer, after Rupert Mitford , who was previously a Hereditary Peer in the House of Lords. Wei was thus the youngest Life Peer ever appointed to become a member of the House of Lords for the first time; previously Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi was the youngest life peer.

family

Wei is married and the father of two sons (as of November 2010). His wife, Cynthia, was a secondary school teacher until the birth of their first child. They live in Shoreditch , London .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Remember this name ... Wei Ming'en ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. China Forum, accessed October 30, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / big5.china.com
  2. ^ Government launches “Big Society” program announcement on the Official Website of the Prime Minister's Office
  3. ↑ Interview with Mr Big Society Article in: The Guardian, June 22, 2010
  4. ↑ Preparing for power article in: The Guardian of January 2, 2007
  5. ↑ Nat Wei: How to unleash the virtue of volunteers Article by Nat Wei in: The Independent from April 1, 2010
  6. ^ 21st Century Social Reform Official website of the Shaftesbury Partnership
  7. ^ John Rentoul: Like it or not, there it is. A Tory policy article in: The Independent of November 22, 2009
  8. ^ Charity to test concept of National Citizen Service . MA Education Limited , March 31, 2009, accessed January 23, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Big Society champion appointed Government advisor ( Memento from July 28, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Message on the official website of the Cabinet Office from May 18, 2010
  10. ↑ The new faces at the House of Lords Article in: The Independent of May 29, 2010
  11. ^ National Citizen Service ( Memento of February 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Official website of the Cabinet Office
  12. ↑ London Gazette May 28, 2010
  13. ↑ Introduction: Lord Wei TheyWorkForYou.com
  14. ↑ Introduction: Lord Wei Debates of the House of Lords at Theyworkforyou
  15. ↑ 16 Jun 2010: Column 1010 Publications of the British Parliament
  16. ↑ Nat, Cynthia, Ethan & Micah Wei Nathan and Cynthia Wei's personal blog
  17. ↑ NatWei Nat Wei on Twitter
personal data
SURNAME Wei, Nat, Baron Wei
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wei, Nathanael Ming-Yan, Baron Wei
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician
DATE OF BIRTH 19th January 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Watford , Hertfordshire