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We fight for children's rights in institutional settings. Executive Director - Jodie Wickers. Brought as much as we could when we left the other platform. More on our website: https://article39.org.uk
Sky documentary about the death of a very young care leaver, Nonita Grabovskyte, and how we and @inquest-org.bsky.social joined forces to fight for justice for her. Link to documentary here: article39.org.uk/2025/11/11/a...
🚨 We welcome the Children’s Commissioner’s warning: every home for a child in care must legally provide care, not just support.
Currently, 16-17-year-olds in year can end up in places that are only legally required to support them.
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UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Module 8 Thursday 16 October 2025 Children and Young People 10:00 - 16:30 Dr Shona Arora, on behalf of the UK Health Security Agency Carolyne Willow, on behalf of Article 39 Lucy Frazer KC, Former Minister of State, Ministry of Justice Please note timings are provisional and subject to change. Content warning: this module contains references to child death and harm to children through illness, abuse, suicide and crime.
Today, at public hearings for Module 8: Children and Young People we will hear evidence from three witnesses: Dr Shona Arora, Carolyne Willow and Lucy Frazer KC.
I was working with several children in custody in 2020. It was just awful for them. Unless they chose to phone me (one child did; multiple times each day) I had no idea how they were.
UK Covid-19 Inquiry, day 1 hearing: strong and consistent calls for making the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child fully part of UK law
article39.org.uk/uk-covid-19-...
UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s dedicated hearings on children and young people start this Monday 29 September, through to 23 October.
Article 39 is a core participant. We will be holding last government to account and pressing for greater rights protection, more here: article39.org.uk/2025/09/26/i...
🪜✨ Thinking of our dear friend Ian Dickson today. Lifetime champion of children and young people, always spoke truth to power. Before he died, he advised us to know the difference between all the brilliant people working in children’s care settings, and the cowboys.
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In addition to the headline used, this is also a report of a young child in care dying and his foster mum fighting for justice for him.
Our children’s welfare system has been wilfully restructured to put children aged 16 and 17 at the margins, treating them as if they’re adults. Can imagine plight of your pupil. Excellent they have your support 🙏
Yes it is. We’re an experienced team at Article 39 and the accounts we’ve heard this past year have been beyond appalling. Yet local authority pressures and narratives continue to shape national policy.
❗️Alarmed by harms suffered by children, & scale of LA non-compliance with law, this year we published two new resources, and updated a third.
For teenagers: rights4children.org.uk/aged-16-or-1...
For social workers: article39.org.uk/advice-and-r...
For advocates: article39.org.uk/wp-content/u...
No ambulance available to take a black child to hospital for urgent mental health assessment and care. Police given task instead. Two police officers assault child.
www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news...
❗As we warned: 2021 changes to care planning secondary legislation have radically restructured children's care system, giving veneer of legitimacy to what was once shameful.
⬇️ This kind of accommodation is meant to be restricted to children able to manage without any care or consistent supervision.
An insightful child focused commentary from Article 39.
NEW: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Our initial analysis of the Bill was published this morning:
Sorry we cannot join the chorus of congratulations. We expect so much more for children and young people.
NEW: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Our initial analysis of the Bill was published this morning. Sorry we cannot join the chorus of congratulations. We expect so much more for children and young people.
article39.org.uk/childrenswel...
From Ofsted’s latest inspection of Nottingham children’s services: “A significant proportion of children who have entered care in the last six months have previously been in care.”
State of child protection in England. Parents asked to sign agreements with social workers not to hit their children, because the law allows parental assault.
The ‘reasonable chastisement’ common law defence for child assault is from a case in 1860.
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None of what is described would be tolerated were children to be seen and treated as human beings with feelings and rights.
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🎄We're part of this year's #ChristmasChallenge.
From midday today (3 Dec), our supporters have 7 days to donate to our unique children's rights advice service.
🙌 Every donation made this week will be doubled whilst match funds last!
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🎄We're part of this year's #ChristmasChallenge.
From midday today (3 Dec), our supporters have 7 days to donate to our unique children's rights advice service.
🙌Every donation made this week will be doubled whilst match funds last!
