Alex is the Founder and CEO of The Cares Family which operates five local charities building intergenerational connections to reduce loneliness. They have recently launched a campaign, ‘Leaving no one behind’ to bring together another 2,500 older and younger neighbours in 2022.
In 2018, Alex was appointed one of 20 inaugural Obama Foundation Fellows, selected from 21,000 applicants from around the world, and in 2019 he became an Encore Public Voices Fellow in recognition of his work on generational unity.
Alex was formerly an adviser to Ed Miliband when he was Leader of the Labour Party.
