Dan Lawes is the Co-CEO of My Life My Say, an award-winning charity dedicated to empowering young people through democratic engagement. He has over 7 years of leading political engagement campaigns for young audiences and coordinated the Give An X Campaign in the lead-up to the 2024 General Election, which registered 488,846 young people to vote and reached over 4 million young voters. He currently sits on the boards of The Diana Award and Young Manchester and has been appointed by Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP to advise the Department of Culture, Sport and Media on the National Youth Strategy. He was one of 20 young leaders from across the world to receive the Princess Diana Legacy Award for his work advancing the rights of children and young people.