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FLARE Social Media Week: Rights Session Plan

Fact Sheet07 Mar 2019FLARE Social Media Week: Rights Session PlanThe Council for Disabled Children ran a social media week on 8th April 2019. They wanted to encourage young people to…→Help & Resources

CDC Winter Digest 2019

Report05 Feb 2019CDC Winter Digest 2019Welcome to your CDC winter Digest. A snapshot of this quarter's digest: CDC's conference on getting relatio…→Help & Resources

Factsheet #7: Monitoring and Evaluation

Fact Sheet10 Dec 2018Factsheet #7: Monitoring and EvaluationThere are many instances of good quality children and young people (CYP)’s participation, however, it is often diffi…→Help & Resources

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Improving access & inclusion in the early years- ALS 3- North East

13JanEvent13 Jan 2020 10:00Improving access & inclusion in the early years- ALS 3- North EastNot available for public registration. The Council for Disabled Children is running the third North East action le…→Our Services

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Response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights Report

News01 Nov 2019Response 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…→News & Opinion

Education Committee Inquiry on SEND

News23 Oct 2019Education Committee Inquiry on SENDThe Education Committee has today published the report of its inquiry into special educational needs and disabilities…→News & Opinion

Judgement on 16 and 17 year olds and their deprivation of liberty - R v D 2019

News27 Sep 2019Judgement on 16 and 17 year olds and their deprivation of liberty - R v D 2019On Thursday 26th September, the Supreme Court published a crucial judgement which relates to children and young people…→News & Opinion

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