The director of the Hammersmith and Fulham trust was Andrew Christie, who had been assistant director of children's services for the previous three years. Since then the borough has become known as one of the leaders in the development of services, and is one of only two authorities in England charged with piloting the involvement of youth justice agencies in children's trusts.
The process wasn't simple, though, as Christie, who last month stepped up to become the director of children's services, recalls. "Although some of us at the centre had a vision of what it was we were trying to achieve, that understanding wasn't shared by everyone," he says. "So we had to do quite a lot of work."
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