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My FInal Blog For Today I've Had A Really Good Time For The LaST 2 Days , Meetin new people and having such a GOOD Time, i've built new relationships with people whom i have never met, it has been an experience, talkking to adults who share a passion for volunteering and helping others just as much as i do... i am happy that u have had the opportunity to take part in such an event.../. I can say that it is seriously excel lent and that it has been an occassion which i can never forget Lotsa Love ♥ Therryi ♥ Over And Out

ok... lots of people are going to talk about what is in the conforence so i thought i would say something about everything else!!! to start the ladies toilets are amazing!!! whoever had the idea of putting leather arm chairs in their, they were a geneous... i do not understand what posessed them to do it but they were inspired!!! next the gala dinner/ food in general... believe me i'm not one of the hotels advertisers but it is goooood... the gala dinner's high light was the ravioli with mash potato- the most interesting combo i hav ever had...

Right now the UK Government is reporting to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) on its progress for children and young people's rights. Children and young people have basic rights that are protected by most of the governments across the world so that children and young people living in that country can get a better deal. At the Youth Summit we have been asking people: "If you were on the committee on the rights of the child and had the power to tell the government off, what would be your top issues?" These were some of the answers:

I work at NSA Making conferences everyday The Youth Summit was the best By far and away Young People and policy-makers Coming together like policy bakers We've moved from words to action Hopefully there will be some takers So have we all understood What it means to wear a hood? And is the PM listening Like a good politician should? We've heard so much inspiration Young People from across the nation I'm sure it won't end When they get to the train station

The Roving Reporters were up till late last night creating an overnight newsletter to give a picture of the whole event. Get your copy here (PDF).

Well, the hard part is now over.. not the greatest thing having to wake up to give a speech infront of a 150 odd people. Actually, to be honest it wasn't as bad as we anticipated as things worked out okay in the end. It was a mixture between excitement and nerves. Oh well.. all over now so the rest of the day to look forward to. You can see the slides from our feedback this morning below:

second day. too early and pulling the suicase down the stairs was bound to end badly. we arrived just on time and sat down to listen to the first and second speeches. health & education. i found these too long but some of the points raised were important and useful, needing to be taken into consideration for the future. in particular, the way we interact with adults and vice versa about drugs, sex and alcohol abuse .. however!! from the gala dinner last night, someone said we shouldn't be called 'young people' because it separates us into an alien race and this isn't right.

Tom Wylie, Chief Executive of the National Youth Agency, on behalf of Youth Access (its partner organisation) today launches at the Youth Summit two free national resources to support the commissioning of youth counselling services across the country. Caroline Flint, Minister for Public Health stopped by the Youth Access stand at the Summit just after the launch and had this to say: You can find the full press release from Youth Access attached below...

What a day! The Youth Summit has been generating a wealth of information and dialogue and we've been trying to capture as much of it as possible here on http://live.youthsummit.co.uk You can see how quickly posts came into the site by taking a look at the Timeline. We've had blog posts from young people and adults at the event, reflecting on different parts of the event and inputting views. Plus check out the video interviews on YouTube reflecting some of the debates of the day.

Facing the dragons: what do you think?