I have done over 400 miles in my car over the last 24 hours which included an overnight stay in Halesowen so that I could attend various YFC meetings.

There are a number of particular highlights have of the past few days.

One was the meeting of Tabitha and Leo who were my hosts for last night. It’s always odd staying with people you do not know, but they a=were great and really welcoming, and the bed was fantastically comfortable.

I mat for a little while on Tuesday evening with YFC’s Academy placements at the Pioneer Centre. These are about 15 volunteers who are in their second or third year of volunteering with YFC. My role was to get them to think about applying for jobs that there are in YFC. Each of these young people is oozing with talent, energy and ability and I really do believe we need to harness some of that if we are to effectively reach the young people of this nation. I really hope some of them go for the jobs that are there. If not, then I guess I failed!