The Head of Children’s Rights Advice Service is a key role for Article 39 and reports to the Director. They lead Article 39’s ‘On Your Side’ service - a children’s rights advice service which provides information about the law to help children and young people in England. This role also involves developing and delivering capacity building initiatives, awareness raising of the rights and entitlements of children and young people and the statutory duties of public bodies and building ...| Article 39
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1755437303179{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Our Moments of Gold magazine was produced by young people as part of our Change through Advocacy week 2025. You can read it here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]| Article 39
[vc_row][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1738834800408{border-color: #FFFFFF !important;}”][vc_column_text css=””]Image above: care experienced campaigners deliver a petition to 10 Downing Street, with 10,700+ signatures, demanding every child in care receives care where they live, 1 February 2022 Parliament’s Education Committee has today (10 July 2025) published its report from its inquiry into children’s social care. Adding considerable weight to Article…| Article 39
In this final 2024 issue of our children’s right legal digest we focus on a series of recent assessment decisions of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman to draw attention to the criteria which determine whether a complaint made to the Ombudsman is accepted or not. We share an overview of the legal framework which governs the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction and powers, and the ‘assessment code’ applied by the Ombudsman to each submitted complaint to decide whether it can be investi...| Article 39
The post Nonita Grabovskyte: Inquest into death of young care leaver finds catalogue of serious failings by corporate parent and other agencies contributed to her death appeared first on Article 39.| Article 39
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Before Area Coroner Peter Anthony Murphy North London Coroner’s Court, George Meehan House, 294 High Road, London, N22 8JZ Opens Monday 19 May 2025, listed 5 days[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Nonita Grabovskyte died after being struck by a train in North London on 28 December 2023, less than one month after her 18th birthday. Nonita had been…| Article 39
We’re excited to launch Change Through Advocacy Week – a celebration of the impact of independent advocacy and the people driving it forward. The post Change Through Advocacy Week: 12–16 May 2025 appeared first on Article 39.| Article 39
[vc_row][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1738834800408{border-color: #FFFFFF !important;}”][vc_column_text css=””]Article 39 is delighted that the government will publish updated standards for children and young people’s advocacy services and revised statutory guidance this year. The announcement forms part of the government’s progress report on action in response to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse’s final recommendations. The Home Office document…| Article 39
We dedicate this issue to decision-making by the courts about children who may be adopted remaining in contact with their birth families or other people they have relationships with after the making of a placement (for adoption) order.| Article 39
According to government data, there were 473,255 children in England with education health and care (EHC) plans in January 2022, representing an increase of 9.9% on the previous year and continuing…| Article 39
This month, we focus on a recent judgment which found a local authority had failed to meet its statutory duties under the Education Act 1996, the Children and Families Act 2014 and the Children Act…| Article 39
In this issue, we focus on a decision of the Upper Tribunal (August 2021) – responsible for dealing with appeals against decisions made by the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs a…| Article 39
