Young people will have the chance to job shadow as well as literally take over from adults working in organisations including police forces, local authorities, businesses and charities.
As 11 Million's chief executive Rob Williams says (interview, p15), the event provides an opportunity to counter the negative stereotypes of young people that dominate the media. Indeed, it will be interesting to gauge the extent of the national and regional media's involvement in Takeover Day. This editor, for one, will have a young person job shadowing for the day.
Not everyone is on board. Barnado's has declined to take part, while the exercise has been criticised in some quarters as the "soppy nonsense of token participation" and of patronising the young by only pretending to empower them. One thing it is sure to do is boost awareness of the the office of the children's commissioner's relatively new branding. A national event of this kind will inevitably be open to accusations of gimmickry.
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