Anisa Haghdadi

Anisa Haghdadi
Awards British Empire Medal[1][2]

Anisa Haghdadi is a British social entrepreneur and a recipient of the British Empire Medal for Services to Education and Young People.[2] Since the start of 2013 she has worked as Founder and CEO of Beatfreeks.[3]

Anisa grew up in Birmingham, England, attending King Edwards VI Five Ways School, before graduating from Aston University in 2012 with a degree in Business and Management.[2]

She set up her first social enterprise, Strictly Street, aged 15,[1] and has since co-founded Fifteen Minute Trainer Ltd,[4] Identity Dance Project[5] Canis Major,[6] and Beatfreeks - an award-winning social enterprise engaging young people in arts, training and leadership opportunities.[2]

In 2012, after being awarded the Birmingham Young Professional of The Year Aspiring Talent Award,[7] Haghdadi was invited to sit on the Birmingham Future Commission.[5] In 2013, she was awarded a British Empire Medal for services to education and young people.[8]

In 2015, Anisa was awarded Sky Academy Arts Scholarship for Creative Producing out of 1000+ applications [9] to set up Doink which collects and communicates data in creative ways to help people make better decisions. Anisa produced a Data Rave to engage young people in the run up the EU Referendum 2016.

In 2016, Anisa was recognised as one of 50 New Radicals 'changing the UK for the better' by NESTA and The Observer and was celebrated on the front page of The Observer New Review on Sunday 10 July 2016.

In July 2016, Anisa was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Aston University.

References

  1. 1 2 "Aston University graduate honoured by Queen... aged 23". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 2nd Aug 13
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Aston graduate awarded British Empire Medal in Queen’s Birthday Honours". Aston University. Retrieved 2nd Aug 13
  3. ↑ "Haghdadi's LinkedIn Profile". LinkedIn. Retrieved 23rd Feb 15
  4. ↑ "Anisa's Profile" Archived May 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.. Birmingham Future Commission. Retrieved 2nd Aug 13
  5. 1 2 "Aston graduate awarded British Empire Medal in Queen’s Birthday Honours". Aston Business School
  6. ↑ "Are you ready for the Canis Major Revolution?". Librascope. Retrieved 2nd Aug 13
  7. ↑ "Birmingham Young Professional crowned". Insider Midlands. Retrieved 2nd Aug 13
  8. ↑ Williams, Rob (14 June 2013). "The Queen's Birthday Honours list — in full". The Independent. London. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  9. ↑ https://www.skyacademy.com/news/#/news/meet-the-new-sky-academy-arts-scholars/
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