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Lockdown experiences: Children with autism
Just after lockdown started we spoke to Ted (10), Robyn (16), Lily (14) and their mum Mandy about how their lives had changed. This week we caught up with them again to hear how they’ve been getting on. Despite being a bit fed up, they’re generally doing fine. But as the mother of three autistic […]
Annual report 2017-18
Half way through my term as Children’s Commissioner, I am as ambitious and aspirational for children as I ever was. This role is a constant reminder that a childhood that is happy and full of love is the best springboard to adult life that any of us could have; that children are resourceful, and achieve […]
Children’s Commissioner for England creates local area profiles of child vulnerability during Covid-19
Analysis of the extent of child vulnerability around the country, much of which is hidden from sight under lockdown.
Help at Hand privacy policy
How we manage your data and your rights when you get in touch with the Help at Hand team.
Calling on the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice to ensure the rights of children in custody are upheld during the coronavirus outbreak
Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England, has written to Robert Buckland, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, with regards to the Ministry of Justice’s response to the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus and the protection of children in youth custody. Find the full letter below; Dear Secretary of State, I am writing with […]
Insights into the lives of children and young people
This blog looks at 3 recent studies that provide interesting insights about the lives and views of children.
Multi-billion pound tax cut promises from Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt should instead go on mending broken childhoods
Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England, has launched her third annual Vulnerability Report.
HCLG Select Committee report shows children’s services are in crisis
Today’s report from the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee doesn’t pull its punches: children’s services need an extra £3.1bn in funding to survive, and that’s just the start. Coming on the back of highly critical reports from the Public Accounts Committee and the National Audit Office, the report paints a picture of malign […]
Online platforms must do more to tackle social media content which is harmful to children
The following letter, written by Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England, has been sent to several of the leading social media organisations, including Facebook, which includes Instagram and WhatsApp, Snapchat, Youtube and Pinterest. The tragic suicide of Molly Russell and her father’s appalled response to the material she was viewing on social media before her […]
Who knows what about me?
Data can deliver an incredible range of benefits to individuals and society, but we do not know everything about how children’s data might be used – not just now, but also in the future, as children become adults.
