UK Youth Parliament has launched the UK's largest survey of young people The UK Youth Parliament has launched a Make your mark survey of the views of young people aged 11-18. Young people are invited to take part in the ballot to decide what members of the UK Youth Parliament should debate and vote on … Continue reading Help get the voices of young people heard
A brilliant new online resource Rights4children has been launched by Article 39. Please share and help publicise this brilliant new resource for children and young people! Called rights4children, the site is packed with information about children’s rights, on topics important to them. It has drawn on the expert advise of children and young people (see Roll of honour ). The … Continue reading A brilliant new online resource for children and young people
Guest post by Amy Woodworth - Policy and Campaigns Officer at Become Celebrating the rights of children in care This Care Day, Friday 16 February, is an opportunity to reflect on the rights of each child, and how we all work to defend and enhance them. We know that unfortunately, children in care do not always have … Continue reading Celebrating the rights of children in care #CareDay18
NIROMP are working with Coram Voice to promote the voice of young people in the care system and their entitlement to advocacy. Coram Voice are very keen to work alongside IRO's in ensuring that children in care are able to access advocacy support, and are able to resolve the concerns they have sought out advocacy … Continue reading Promoting the voice of young people in the care system #VOC
Family Rights Group has launched (10.07.2017) the Your Family, Your Voice Alliance Knowledge Inquiry report on section 20 voluntary arrangement for children coming into the care system. [...] there is no clear national picture of how local authorities go about discharging their duties and exercising their powers under section 20. The Inquiry has raised questions … Continue reading Children coming into the care system under voluntary arrangements
Children and young people who leave the care system can go on to have positive and successful lives. But far too often their life chances are disrupted because the state is not a good enough parent. TACT works with its children, young people and foster carers, and with its colleagues in the voluntary sector, local … Continue reading Call to Action – TACT’s Manifesto for Children in Care and Care Leavers 2017 – 2020
Refugees Welcome? The Experience of New Refugees in the UK | APPG A new report by the All Party Parliamentary Group is calling for more tailored support from teachers and other school staff to meet the particular needs of child refugees: Many child refugees will have missed considerable parts of their formal education for a number of … Continue reading The experience of new refugees in the UK – Latest news
Worth having reading: Behind Closed Doors: Diluting the Guardian’s Independence, Circumventing the Role of the Court The piece sets out a critique by the Association of Lawyers for Children (ALC) on the risks to independence of Children's Guardian as part of a response to a Cafcass/ADCS latest joint document: Agreement about how local authorities and Cafcass can work … Continue reading Care proceedings: ALC expresses deep concerns
Ministers have listened & positively responded to issues raised. Ministers have listened & positively responded to issues raised. Negative spin on positive response unhelpful #CSWB https://t.co/FCXPYwRPYM — Sharon Martin (@SharonLMartin1) 2 March 2017 Read more: Exclusive: Government set to drop controversial 'exemption clause' Ministers' U-turn over 'bonfire of children's rights' Government scraps controversial social care … Continue reading Good News: Children and Social Work Bill #CSWB
Source – BBC News Campaigners will challenge the government's handling of the arrival of unaccompanied child refugees from Europe, at a High Court hearing later. They say ministers have not worked with local councils to find enough places for vulnerable children. Separately, the daughter of the man called "Britain's Schindler" has criticised the ending of … Continue reading High Court challenge to UK’s child refugee efforts
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