Monday: Accompany my 16-year-old son and his girlfriend for a Bank Holiday visit to watch I am Legend. A fascinating film, while dark and horrific in places, it ends full of hope for the future. I wish Will Smith was Prime Minister. Start reading Great Hatred, Little Room, Jonathan Powell's gripping account of the Northern Ireland peace negotiations, a great story of hope overcoming deadlock.
Tuesday: Have a positive meeting about participatory budgeting. Wiltshire's move to one council brings real opportunities to ensure young people's voices are heard. Arranged a number of Association of Principal Youth & Community Officers meetings for next week. The youth opportunity fund "wise heads" meeting is in the evening - the director, cabinet member and I are presented with decisions about which projects will get funding. As usual, a professional, incisive deliberation by the young people.
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