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		Dear Colleague

Welcome to the Children’s Commissioner for England’s first e-newsletter. We hope to send this out bi-monthly to keep you informed about what we are up to. We will use the newsletter to report on visits and meetings with children and young people, to highlight research into issues that matter to them and to headline their opinions.

If you work with children and young people, please consult them to help us build a fuller picture of where these vital conversations are going. We aim to encourage more and more children and young people to get to know what the Commissioner does, and to influence our work.

This newsletter will also continue to highlight why the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) matters so much to how we all work with children and young people, and how it can be used to raise their awareness of what the international adult world has promised them.

Our business plan for 2010-11 will be available on our website from April. I also expect to use my unique right of entry into any settings where children are, except their homes, so that I can listen to their concerns. I can then bring their voices to influence those who make the laws which affect their lives.

We would like to invite you to feed back your views on this newsletter. If you think others would be interested in hearing what we’ve been doing, please use the ‘forward to a friend’ link at the top of the page.

Very best wishes

Maggie Atkinson
Children’s Commissioner for England



			News: Children’s Commissioner listens to young people in Lincolnshire Young people from across the East Midlands region were the first in England to tell the new Children’s Commissioner how the organisation can help improve their lives during a visit and mini-conference. \| Read more



			News: Improving mental health and emotional wellbeing among children in the criminal justice system A group of experts convened by the Deputy Children’s Commissioner is set to investigate how young offenders' mental health and emotional wellbeing needs are met. \| Read more



			News: Children oppose media access to family courts Important new research reveals children and young people's concerns about Government proposals to allow the media to report more widely on family court proceedings. \| Read more



			News: Hearing the voices of young people who have experienced custody Findings emerging from our participation research suggest a need to improve the way the views of children and young people in the secure estate are listened to and represented. \| Read more



			News: Provisions for bereaved children need to improve Call for more trained bereavement counsellors in schools and in communities as survey reveals lack of local authority support for bereaved children. \| Read more



			Focus on: Children and young people’s participation While the majority of children and young people feel listened to ‘some’, ‘most’ or ‘all of the time’, we must still do better at involving them in the decisions which affect their lives. \| Read more



			Interview: Children quiz the Commissioner for BBC School Report In one of her first live interviews as Children’s Commissioner for England, Maggie Atkinson was grilled by young TV and radio reporters from BBC School Report. \| Hear the interview



			Comment: Call to end the detention of children in the immigration system Children being deported from the UK continue to be detained at Yarl’s Wood. The Children’s Commissioner’s report highlights significant concerns about this practice. \| Read more



			Partners: UNICEF UK Anita Tiessen, Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF UK, outlines UNICEF’s work in upholding children’s rights, and the UK children’s commissioners’ role in ensuring that their voices are heard and their rights respected. \| Read more


	Issue no. 1 - 25 March 2010



	Round-up Conferences and events Our team regularly represent children and young people’s voices at conferences and events. See some recent examples. Recent reports • The Children’s Commissioner for England’s follow up report to: The arrest and detention of children subject to immigration control. • The views of children and young people regarding media access to family courts.



	“Just because I’m on the street with my friends doesn’t mean I’m out to cause trouble, it just means I have a lot of friends!” Jade, Lincolnshire



	Recent achievements 30,000 children and young people took part in Takeover Day 2009, and we influenced both the Equality Bill and the Children’s Schools and Families Bill. \| Read more



	Making an impact: mental health Bejal Patel, an ambassador for mental health charity YoungMinds, reflects on how to support better transitions from children to adult mental health services. \| Read more



	Success story: Grant P Grant P, a graduate of Hill Holt Wood’s alternative education and training programme, writes about his experience there. \| Read more



	Children's Commissioner in the news A round-up of the Children’s Commissioner’s latest media coverage. \| Read more



	Get involved: Takeover Day 2010 Takeover Day 2010 will be on Friday 12th November. Last year 30,000 children and young people and 1000 organisations took part. This year we're aiming to make it bigger and better than ever. \|Sign up here



	Read our latest blogs Our weekly blogs keep you updated with everything we're doing, as it happens. \| Go to blogs list

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News: Children’s Commissioner listens to young people in Lincolnshire

News: Improving mental health and emotional wellbeing among children in the criminal justice system

News: Children oppose media access to family courts

News: Hearing the voices of young people who have experienced custody

News: Provisions for bereaved children need to improve

Focus on: Children and young people’s participation

Interview: Children quiz the Commissioner for BBC School Report

Comment: Call to end the detention of children in the immigration system

Partners: UNICEF UK

Round-up

Recent achievements

Making an impact: mental health

Success story: Grant P

Children's Commissioner in the news

Get involved: Takeover Day 2010

Read our latest blogs