“For my whole life I feel like I haven’t been listened to or taken seriously, so when someone does actually listen to me and take the time out to chat and understand me – it makes a big difference.”
These are the opening words of Article 39’s Always there for you video, in which six young people speak to camera about what advocacy means to them, launched after children’s minister Vicky Ford’s fantastic announcement that there will be a public consultation on a revised set of advocacy standards and regulations.
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