David Duke
Our St Andrew's Day Dinner guest speaker is David Duke, founder and CEO of Street Soccer Scotland, a non-profit social enterprise that uses football to help create positive change in the lives of socially disadvantaged adults and young people.
More recently David has set up Change Centre Scotland, a new social enterprise whose vision is aimed at tackling homelessness by a creating personal development and self-management centres. He works closely with Government, Athletes, Charities, Social Enterprise, and some of Scotland's leading entrepreneurs, all with the aim of improving the lives of those who face some of society’s biggest challenges.
He is a well-known face, and voice, in his sector and is recognised as an authority on sport and social change, not just in Scotland but around the world. David is a regular contributor at the international Doha Goals Forum and has been a speaker at other global events including TEDx, Beyond Sport Global Summit and SEWF. David is also Global Ambassador for the Homeless World Cup organisation, an Ambassador for Charity Quarriers, is an Advisory Board Member for UNICEF (Scotland).