Meet our Ambassador of the week: Saeed Atcha, Founder and Managing Director of Xplode Magazine. Xplode has just been announced as the recipient of the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest honour awarded to a voluntary group in the UK. A model of excellence in voluntary contribution, Xplode leverages its publication to serve as a training platform for young people aged 12-22 in order to develop skills in media, writing, business, and employability. This innovative concept bridges social good, productivity, and leisure activities to foster a promising future.
At the ripe age of 19, he is also a national commercial radio presenter with a UK-wide audience on the UTV Network. His accomplishments have been widely recognized: he has been a recipient of the UK Prime Minister’s Point of Light Award, recruited as an #iwill Ambassador by HRH The Prince of Wales, nominated for UTV Presenter of the Year 2015, and named as UK Young Leader of U.S. Embassy London.