So too have the calls this month for a more comprehensive inquiry into the scale of child abuse in north Wales that took place 30 years ago.
Right now, advocacy services for children and young people should be at the front of our minds. Wales has had more than its share of similar scandals concerning the abuse of children in public care. It was the Waterhouse Inquiry report in 2000 that argued for the strengthening of the voices of the young and, to that end, a Children’s Commissioner for Wales was established – the first in the UK.
Advocacy – a strange word more usually associated with legal representation – grew out of this safeguarding agenda. Equally, it may, and should, be attached to the agenda of rights and entitlements.
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