All the Children’s Commissioner’s work is driven by what children told us is important to them
A Young Person’s Guide to Working Together to Safeguard Children.
The Children’s Commissioner is a statutory position created by the Children Act 2004. The Commissioner’s remit is to promote and protect children’s rights in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. In the Commissioner’s role, she has met and heard from parents of children with serious, and sometimes life limiting […]
The devastating murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, and the suffering faced by all the girls who survived the attack in Southport in 2024, will never leave me. I think about the victims, their loved ones, a town coming to terms with the trauma. But I also think about […]
Updated August 2026 | Originally published October 2024 As Children’s Commissioner, I have had the privilege to hear from many brilliant and inspiring care experienced young people about their lives now and hopes for the future. Care experienced young people are rightly ambitious for their futures and have told me what support they need to […]