A privilege to deliver one of the keynote talks at #SussexSkills26 event in plush surrounds of the Amex Stadium. This was a timely platform for showcasing latest Youth Employment UK research. Plenty to build on & a real sense of collective resolve: Let’s make change happen!

This week’s Youth Employment UK board meeting was great opp to take stock of latest youth employment trends and potential ways forward. Lots in the pipeline, including #youthemploymentweek which kicks off this Monday. Watch this space!

Bound for Istanbul…We’re on a mission from McGrath!! #Istanbul #UTV #AVFC

Check this out @StanCollymore! My dad worked in Paris when I was a kid, so my nanna and grandpop brought my Tomahawk over to me from the West Midlands. So there I was tearing it up in the 15th arrondissement, about 3 or 4 miles from Parc des Princes. Do you dig the threads?

#AVFC anyone else having trouble transferring tickets? Any idea what’s going on? Nowt wrong with my connection etc…@AVFCSupport

For any nighthawks out there, I’ll be dicussing jobs mkt challenges & youth employment trends with @BenKentish on @LBC Radio at 11pm. Timely debate & great opp to flag data & insight from @YEUK2012 #YouthVoiceCensus that hit the newswires this week. Tune in!

Today is my sister Elizabeth’s birthday - she would have been 44. There’s always a layer of sadness but also real gratitude for the 39 yrs she spent w/ us. On top of her work in care, she loved to belt songs out on open mic nights. We hear you littl’ sis. Happy Liz-Day everyone!

Interesting debate on @bbc5live on anxiety levels amongst young ppl, with link to social media & screen-time omnipresence. One way fwd is to engage w/ young ppl & listen to their views re education, world of work & daily life. This is core aim of @YEUK2012 #YouthVoiceCensus…

A pre-calamity pic from Wembley at the weekend… Definitely one of the most anti-climatic #AVFC congregations of recent years. That’s sport I guess, but real missed opportunity - 1957, man! Fair play to #cpfc🔴🔵 and their supporters, good luck in the final!

Quite a night at Villa Park, we all lost our minds when that 3rd goal went in! Couldn’t quite bring it home but what a blast & what a journey. Will need to cancel those flights to Munich.... #UTV #AVFC

Last beer in Paris…. #AVFC #VillaInParis #DYWTBAU

First beer in Paris! Villa fans everywhere, perusing the boutiques, popping into the museums & art galleries, flanning along the boulevards and enjoying a nice Perrier water on the café terraces…..Quite a scene! #AVFC #VillaInParis

Bit of a mud-fest down at the field of dreams of @BarnetElizRFC at the w/e ! Pic looks like the ‘set-up’ for a washing powder commercial…. A brave & battling performance against @Tabard_RFC & some gt rugby played despite the conditions. Onto next week! #CoachHadley @hertsrugby

Quite a night at Villa Park yesterday! Raucous! Most surreal thing for me was the scores from other games all around Europe flashing up on the scoreboard - was like being at the Eurovision!! #AVFC