As soon as the news broke that Charlotte Hill was to leave UK Youth to become the inaugural chief executive of the government's new youth social action programme Step Up To Serve, people started posting messages of congratulations to her on Twitter.
For a self-confessed "Twitter addict" with 3,000 followers, Hill would have approved of both the medium and the sentiment. The warm words are a reflection of the high esteem Hill is held in by the youth work sector, as well as recognition that being put at the helm of a flagship government initiative is a rare opportunity indeed. But with the ambitious target of doubling the level of participation in youth social action UK-wide by 2020, the task will be the toughest of Hill's career. But she doesn't appear to be overly daunted by it.
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