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As Children’s Commissioner for England I’m excited to introduce 16 amazing young people from all over England who applied to be part of my Ambassadors programme to work with me and represent the view’s of England’s children.

My Ambassadors are all aged 16 and 17, so they know exactly what it’s like to be a young person now, with many of the same worries and challenges and over the next 12 months they will speak on the behalf of children and young people across the country to the people in power.  
It’s their job to make sure that politicians listen and act upon what children and young people have told me would make their lives and the lives of other children better.

Meet my current Ambassadors

Annabel

Anthony

Ariana

My Big Ambition is to champion children with prosthetics, ensuring every child is offered the prosthetic that will enable them to live a full life.

My Big Ambition is to ensure that all children thoroughly enjoy their school experience and benefit from all opportunities presented to them.

My Big Ambition is to make the online world and social media safer for young people, and ensure they know how to spot misinformation.

Ashaz

Cassidy

Chan

My Big Ambition is to champion access to quality education for all children, from all backgrounds.

My Big Ambition is to speak out about how to help children and young people going into care.

My Big Ambition is to use my daily lived experience of being adopted to speak up about issues impacting young people like me.

Ellencia

Emma

Finlay

My Big Ambition is to use my voice to share the concerns of children in my community and to inspire change for young people.

My Big Ambition is for all children to have a voice in issues affecting our society, no matter their background.

My Big Ambition is to champion support for children who don’t always get the results they need to do the courses they want to do.

Gabriela

Lucas

Naemi

My Big Ambition is to ensure that children can get the best support for their mental health, especially linked to their time in school.

My Big Ambition is to speak up for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

My Big Ambition is to support improvements in education, especially for children in deprived areas.

Rosanna

Valerie

Violet

My Big Ambition is to ensure children’s voices and perspectives are heard in decisions that affect their lives.

My Big Ambition is to ensure no child feels left out or lonely and every child feels valued, encouraged and supported.

My Big Ambition is to ensure that all children have the life skills to live confidently. In education but also socially, financially and emotionally.

Yusuf

Zani

My Big Ambition is to ensure that care-experienced, working-class and disadvantaged young people are no longer overlooked.

My Big Ambition is to ensure that every young person has access to safe spaces, especially during school holidays.

More information about my Ambassadors

My Ambassadors are based across England. Their passions are ensuring children’s voices are heard, mental and physical health including SEND, children’s social care, online safety, improving the education journey, encouraging participation in local activities and within the community, fairness and equality and reducing discrimination, reducing crime, jobs and skills and the environment. 
If you have any questions about my Ambassadors Programme, want to get in touch with the Ambassador in your area or share more information that you think might be important, please email my team at [email protected]

Meet my 2024 Ambassadors

Aaliya

Ben

Emmanuel

My Big Ambition is to ensure that a child’s socioeconomic background doesn’t affect their standard of living (such as their standard of education) and opportunities they are presented with.

Having had SEN myself one of my Big Ambitions is looking at how to support young people with these whilst not making them feel like outsiders. Bullying of people with SEN is part of the problem that is not always addressed. As someone who has ethically diverse parentage, racism is another area that I want to tackle.

My Big Ambition is to become the inspiring voice of those that don’t feel as confident to voice their opinions, and to prove that young people can make positive and impactful changes within our society.

Evie

Maximilian

Maya

My Big Ambition is to try and tackle ableism within education, medicine and within the general public. I want to advocate for disabled young people in England, improving their prospects, quality of life, and how they are treated.

My Big Ambition is to champion online safety and amplify children‘s perspectives on issues affecting them in the online space so that they can truly thrive in the 21st century.

My Big Ambition is to help children and young people who deal with hidden struggles (specifically hidden disabilities and caring responsibilities) to find it easier to go to school and live their lives; and also feel comfortable explaining what they need and why to others.

Mehul

Penelope

Poppy

My Big Ambition is to champion equitable access to quality mental health support and resources within the education system, ensuring every child has the necessary tools to flourish and thrive.

My Big Ambition is to break the barriers young people face in modern society that can prevent them from being their best selves! I want to promote opportunities for
all young people to help improve their wellbeing.

My Big Ambition is to help create an equal and fair world in which every child has excellent opportunities to succeed.

Rebecca

Rhea

Rylie

My Big Ambition for children and young people is that everyone should feel as though they can access the help that they need for their mental health without worrying about money or what others think of them and that the stigmas around seeking help for mental health issues disappear.

My Big Ambition is to tackle discrimination and racism within the school system. I want to support young people by allowing them to be heard and to also see better representation in the media. I also believe that all children should feel safe in their home space and that schools should provide free counselling support.

My Big Ambition is to improve the education system so that it empowers future leaders and inspires and prepares young minds for success in the world of work. Education should be a space where dreams are built and futures are empowered.

Sofia

Sumaira

Tamar

There are so many different nationalities living in England and the diversity of cultures is impressive. My Big Ambition is to unite all these children and communities, helping them get them know about each other and understand each others cultures and the world that surrounds them more.

I strongly believe everybody should be able to express their opinions and make a positive impact in their communities, hence my Big Ambition is to help young vulnerable people to voice their opinions!

My Big Ambition is to provide children with equal access to opportunities. No one should be put at a disadvantage because of who they were born to, the colour of their skin, their religion or things out of their control. Education is key in helping people learn to respect one another’s differences.

Zara

My Big Ambition is to address societal issues such as youth homelessness and drug abuse by advocating for extensive support systems and resources that create a healthy environment for vulnerable individuals.