Interview: Youth work's big chance - Fiona Blacke, chief executive,The National Youth Agency
By Ravi Chandiramani
Children & Young People Now
12 September 2007
"We have two to three years to win the case for youth work based on the policy environment we now have," says The National Youth Agency's (NYA) new chief executive Fiona Blacke. "It's up to us to run with it. We have to show people that youth work delivers for young people".
Barely a month in post, she cannot be accused of lacking urgency. Blacke describes the NYA role as "a dream job I aspired to for a number of years". She says the 10-year youth strategy unveiled in July is the "best piece of youth policy for a couple...