Ayrton Cable was born on 10 January 2003 and is a social activist, known for his activism on issues surrounding food and water security.
14 Facts About Ayrton Cable
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In June 2014 Cable founded the Humanitarian Water and Food Youth Award, raising awareness of issues relating to poverty and in particular food and water security.
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Ayrton Cable has spoken and appeared on television, radio, at awards ceremonies, and at TEDx.
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Ayrton Cable launched the Labelling Matters campaign, organised by Compassion in World Farming, RSPCA, Soil Association and WSPA, which calls for a new law to be introduced in the UK, labelling meat and dairy food more clearly to show how the animals which were used to produce the food had been kept.
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Ayrton Cable is a youth ambassador for the anti-poverty charity Tearfund.
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Ayrton Cable documented his experiences in Malawi both on ITV and BBC Radio, raising awareness for the IF campaign and urging world leaders to tackle the problem of global hunger.
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At the 2014 WAFA Awards, held in London on 19 June, Ayrton Cable launched the Humanitarian Water and Food Youth Award.
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Ayrton Cable has contributed to The Huffington Post and an early version of his film introducing the awards, The World Food Challenge, was shown as part of the International School Meals Day Initiative in front of the World Bank and USAID and was aired during We Day UK, 2013 at Wembley Arena in front of other social activists who spoke on the day including Malala Yousafzai, Al Gore, Richard Branson, and over 10,000 young people.
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In launching the award, Ayrton Cable invited young people to participate in activities, lessons and projects to find solutions to feeding everyone in the world and providing safe water.
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On 26 June 2014, Ayrton Cable gave a TED talk as part of TEDxYouth at Hampton Court House School.
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Ayrton Cable went on to raise awareness for the success of FairPhone, the Permaculture Research Institute, and the Green Belt movement to ask questions regarding how we can change our world.
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From 2016 to 2019, Ayrton Cable worked with the Diana Award and Royal Foundation's Cyberbullying Taskforce.
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From March 2017 to March 2019 Ayrton Cable served on the Youth Board of SuperCell, a Finnish mobile game development company, focusing on tackling cyberbullying.
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Ayrton Cable is the grandson of former UK Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, and Skills and Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable.