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07 Mar 2019
FLARE Social Media Week: Rights Session Plan
The Council for Disabled Children ran a social media week on 8th April 2019. They wanted to encourage young people to…
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CDC Winter Digest 2019
Welcome to your CDC winter Digest. A snapshot of this quarter's digest: CDC's conference on getting relatio…
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There are many instances of good quality children and young people (CYP)’s participation, however, it is often diffi…
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01 Nov 2019
Response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights Report
On Friday 1st November 2019, the Joint Committee on Human Rights published a report on The detention of young people w…
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23 Oct 2019
Education Committee Inquiry on SEND
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Judgement on 16 and 17 year olds and their deprivation of liberty - R v D 2019
On Thursday 26th September, the Supreme Court published a crucial judgement which relates to children and young people…
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