After years of campaigning, the youth sector finally got something to cheer about in the shape of the 10-year youth strategy and the promise of £184m worth of new investment as well as money from unclaimed assets in dormant bank accounts. This, combined with 4Children's Make Space Review and the appointment of the first-ever Cabinet-level minister for children and young people, have made 2007 a very good year.
Whether this will lead to the biggest shake-up of youth services since the Albemarle Report of the 1960s remains to be seen, but it does promise great hope. Such levels of investment, though, will also bring new responsibilities.
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