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Solutions lie in truly listening to children’s views

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 25, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Gathering and considering the wishes and feelings of a child or young person, their parents and wider family before any serious decision is taken about them is commonplace in children’s services teams and a feature of much outstanding direct work with children.

Invite young people to the table - they won't bite

    Opinion
  • Monday, December 12, 2011
  • | CYP Now
As I prepare to consult on the Office of the Children's Commissioner's 2012-13 business plan, I'm back from a weekend with the people I consulted first: my children and young people's advisory board, "Amplify".

We need a national strategy to uphold children’s rights

    Opinion
  • Thursday, November 23, 2023
  • | CYP Now
In May, Children England published the Vision for a ChildFair State, the culmination of four years’ work with a group of young people to define the central pillars of support that should be available to every child in every community.

Lack of access, not technology, is enemy of play

    Opinion
  • Thursday, June 22, 2023
  • | CYP Now
I often hear that “youngsters nowadays have had their imaginations ruined by technology – when I was young, all we needed was a Raleigh Chopper, a Rubik's cube, roller skates, the street”. I don't believe that children today have less appetite to play – it's a lack of opportunities to access play that is the key issue.

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