YMCA CEO's in the South and South East Region of England met at beautiful Dunford House for our first session in 2007. One of the hot topics was how we should work together in order to meet the growing needs of young people. We don't really take advantage of the enormous wealth of experience we have between us! There's some fantastic work going on among some very vulnerable young people. We were encouraged to hear that YMCA's in Kent have plans to work together in delivering work into schools in the county. It was also really good to hear how our YMCA housing initiatives are paving the way in tackling youth homelessness - a growing and serious problem here in the UK. I was particularly pleased to hear that the term 'mixed, sustainable community' is being banded about - something we've been doing really successfully at Guildford YMCA.