[7] In 2005 Latif was a participant in the first series of the BBC Two documentary Beyond Boundaries,[8] as one of a group of travellers with various disabilities on a trek of 220 miles (350 km) from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts of Nicaragua.
[19] In July 2020 Latif was appointed as one of the first two celebrity patrons of SeeAbility, a charity working with people with learning disabilities, autism and sight loss.
[20] In February 2022 Latif presented a BBC Radio 4 Appeal for Rafiki Thabo Foundation about a blind young girl in Uganda who, as he says in this personal message, touched his heart deeply, shortly after he was announced as patron for the charity.
The charity works to remove barriers to education for vulnerable children in Kenya, Uganda and Lesotho, including those living with disabilities.
Latif was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to the visually impaired and entrepreneurship.