Adam Grodecki

Adam is co-founder and Chairman of Student Hubs, a charity which works in universities to engage students with social and environmental issues. It mobilises university students - the leaders, thinkers, consumers and decision-makers of tomorrow - to tackle pressing community needs, and begin a lifelong journey of civic engagement.Adam co-founded Student Hubs whilst an undergraduate student four years ago, taking a year out of his degree to run the charity. Today Student Hubs reaches over 21,000 students across 6 UK universities, with over 1,000 students volunteering in the local community through it each week. In addition each year it places 70 students in 8 week internships in small and medium sized charities, trains over 400 young people, and welcomes over 3,000 students and 300 speakers from across the world to our conferences. Most recently Student Hubs has launched a sister social enterprise with a ~£1m investment, which is establishing it as an international beacon for university/community engagement.Adam dedicates most of his spare time to the charity, and as Chairman he chairs the Board of Trustees, leads the strategic direction and governance of the charity, and is actively involved in all its major fundraising.