Transition Journeys The first activity considers the experience of transition, the groups of young people most likely to need transition support and the most common issues affecting children and young people in transition. What is a transition? 1. An ending (planned or unplanned) 2. A new beginning (launching into a new situation). We all experience …
What is a child-centred view of advocacy? We try to present a child-centred as well as professional view of advocacy throughout the module. In this activity, we review what children and young people say about being child-centred or child-led, and about advocacy and advocates. LEARN Watch our presentation with quotations from research by the Children’s …
Do all young people have a right to advocacy when major decisions are made about their life? The UNCRC gives them a right to a voice, but does that include a right to advocacy? This unit will help to clarify children’s rights to advocacy. THINK Which young people have a legal right to advocacy? It …
Care Experience Children and young people tell us that to best support them to have a voice and participate in decisions about their life, we need to understand their world and try to “walk in their shoes”. There are many different reasons why a young person may find themselves in care, and many issues they …
In this module, we are considering advocacy in the context of the human and children’s rights field. This means we are looking at all forms of advocacy, not just the practice of trained, professional legal advocates or lawyers. A note about terminology: Advocacy organisations and agencies use many different terms when referring to the people …