So said youth minister Margaret Hodge in her keynote address at the Young People Now Foundation's first National Youth Conference.
More than 350 delegates from all over the country gathered in central London for the event last week to debate the key issues facing work with young people.
Sponsored by the Camelot Foundation and the Learning and Skills Council, the conference featured Hodge's speech, two plenary sessions analysing government policy and partnership working, and workshops relating to the best practice of work with young people.
Department for Education and Skills (DfES) official Neil Remsbery conducted a well-attended workshop for those wanting an early look at how the consultation on the green paper Every Child Matters - which ended this week - was shaping up.
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