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Five key lessons from the Commission on Young Lives

3 mins read Social Care Youth Justice
Former children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield has warned that the current children’s social care system is “making it too easy for criminals to exploit our teenagers” in her new role as chair of the Commission on Young Lives.
Anne Longfield is the chair of the Commission on Young Lives. Picture: Alex Deverill
Anne Longfield is the chair of the Commission on Young Lives. Picture: Alex Deverill

The commission, made up of sector leaders and experts in children’s rights, released its first report Out of Harm's Way: A new care system to protect vulnerable teenagers at risk of exploitation and crime last month.

CYP Now has picked out five key lessons the sector can take from the report:

1) An ‘ageing’ care population

Teenagers are now the largest and fastest growing age cohort of children in care, the report states, with the number of 10-to 17-year-olds involved in care proceedings rising by 95 per cent between 2011/2012 and 2019/2020.

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