Beth Johnson Foundation Youth Ambassador

Siana Bangura is a 20 year old from South East London. Three years ago she joined DareLondon, a pan-London youth advisory board. In this position she has helped scrutinise London Youth, Summer Uni London (now Futureversity) and the Greater London Authority’s activities and practices to ensure that they continue to serve young Londoners as effectively as possible. Through DareLondon she has also had the chance to take part in a wide variety of external events. In 2009 one of the partner organisations, London Youth, was asked by the Beth Johnson Foundation if they could provide a young person to chair their National Intergenerational conference. Siana turned out to be the perfect choice. Although she was the first young person ever to chair the conference and had never done anything like it before, she wowed the audience of over 100 people. Her nerveless performance included a fantastic opening speech and an incredibly insightful summing up which referenced speakers from throughout the day.

In 2010, Siana was offered a place at Peterhouse College, Cambridge to read History and has now completed her first year at the university’s oldest and smallest college. The Beth Johnson Foundation now work closely with Siana and are supporting her through her degree as a testament to Siana’s performance at the conference. In return she now acts as their Youth Ambassador and is a part of the intergenerational advisory group, giving four days a year to help develop the intergenerational work of the foundation