I was the penultimate, de facto closing speaker on ‘Youth Policy’. I stood in line waiting to be introduced to HRH, sandwiched between Herman Ouseley, chair of the Commission for Racial Equality, and Sally Witcher, director of the Child Poverty Action Group.
I expected, as someone who at the time had little public status or recognition within the youth field, to be passed over pretty fast. I was told by a royal official, however, that the Duke had recently been reading some of my material and might well ‘have a few words’ with me. And this is exactly what he did, quizzing me on why I thought public (youth) policy had become so detrimental to young people and increased their social exclusion.
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