Famous for his reggae/hip-hop slam style, he enlisted young people torap for the invited dignitaries (if you're not sure, slamming iscompetitive poetry where poets perform their work and audience applausedecides which poets are best).
Birmingham has the largest number of looked-after children in thecountry, around 2,000. So when an Audit Commission report said thecouncil wasn't doing enough to celebrate these children's achievements'staff swung into action.
The aim of the year is to raise the profile of children in care. "Itmeans everyone in the council, all the departments across all theservices have that one focus for the year," explains Sue Ayres, head ofBirmingham's looked-after children education service.
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