But fast-forward nearly two years and the mood of optimism has decidedly chilled. Indeed, there is a feeling among certain youth organisations that the commissioner has been slow to fulfil his brief of promoting awareness of children and young people and has largely failed to hold organisations to account and successfully scrutinise the Government. In fact, some are starting to question the value children and young people have received so far from the 3m-a-year office and the 130,000-a-year commissioner post.
Lack of action
Bill Badham, senior development officer (participation) at The National Youth Agency, says: "I would have expected the commissioner to have achieved more by now. I've been disappointed about how his time in charge has gone."
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