JustRights is an alliance of organisations (The Children's Rights Alliance for England, The Howard League for Penal Reform, Law Centres Federation and Youth Access) which believes that:
Why is it important that children have access to legal services?
Children and young people have major legal needs. We know that each year 16- to 24-year-olds will experience at least 2.3 million rights-related problems requiring professional advice on issues such as homelessness, money and employment.
Yet fewer than half of all young people with serious problems will actually manage to obtain advice — leaving a million vulnerable citizens to cope with their problems unassisted each year.
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