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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

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...

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'A girl called Nonita': Sky documentary tells the shocking story of Nonita Grabovskyte, a young care leaver woefully failed by her corporate parent and others | Article 39

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Together Trust charity @togethertrust.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

🚨 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. shorturl.at/BdbPU @article39.bsky.social

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The Children's Plan: Vision for Care | Children's Commissioner for England

As Children’s Commissioner, I have a special responsibility to children living in care or away from home. That is not just a responsibility defined by

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UK Covid-19 Inquiry @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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.

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.

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YJ worker @yotworker.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

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.

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

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-...

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UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 8 hearings - day 1 (29 September 2025) | Article 39

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

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...

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Impact on children of government decision-making during the pandemic to be focus of UK Covid-19 Inquiry hearings across next four weeks | Article 39

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

🪜✨ 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. article39.org.uk/our-story/ch...

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A ladder to the stars | Article 39

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

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.

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

❗️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...

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Aged 16 or 17 and without a home - rights4children

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

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...

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Two Met Police officers convicted for assaulting 16-year-old Black boy - Voice Online

PC Gonen is suspended and PC Price remains on restricted duties. Both officers will be sentenced on 24 January

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

❗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.

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Jane Collins @fostersupportcouk.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

An insightful child focused commentary from Article 39.

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

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.

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

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...

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Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill | Article 39

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martinbarrow.bsky.social @martinbarrow.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

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.”

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

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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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Correction - Gift Aid carried us over our target. Excellent 🌟

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

👏 We're very grateful to all those who were able to donate, and to those who helped spread the word. Just a whisker away from our target of £6,000 - this will make a big difference to our little charity. THANK YOU! #BigGiveChallenge

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

#BigGiveChallenge Fingers crossed we can raise another £2,000 by Tuesday midday - every single donation doubled! 🔆 Minimum donation £1: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... Please help us if you can.

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

🎄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! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

🎄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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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Go figure. Our little charity went to court to try and stop last government telling local authorities through law and policy that children in care aged 16 and 17 don’t need care where they live. Court was told it would cost £500m to ensure care for every child. Not feasible, government said.

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

"And children’s rights charity Article 39 described the decision as “unforgivable”, while highlighting the lack of specific plans in the DfE’s wider social care strategy to ensure the voices of children and young people are heard." www.communitycare.co.uk/2024/11/29/d...

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‘Door could be open to abuse’ of disabled children due to DfE shelving advocacy plan, say leads

Should social workers have a safeguarding role in any future assisted dying process? Yes, this would help protect people against coercion No, the existing safeguards in the assisted dying bill are suf...

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

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‘Door could be open to abuse’ of disabled children due to DfE shelving advocacy plan, say leads

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Yes, retaining 1860 common law defence for parents (& others) charged with assaulting a child is morally repugnant ⬇️ ... in England there’s still an exception for “reasonable punishment” – a fact Wanless described as “morally repugnant”. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

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‘Child poverty has got a lot worse’: outgoing charity boss lambasts Tory failures and social media giants

Peter Wanless of the NSPCC calls for more preventive action on child poverty, a ban on ‘morally repugnant’ smacking and favours guardrails online rather than bans

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Excellent to see Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel sound the alarm on government stalling vital developments in advocacy for disabled children, intended to help prevent abuse. We described this as “unforgivable” in our response to govt announcements 18 Nov: article39.org.uk/labour-gover...

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Labour government unveils its plans for children’s social care

Government this week (18 November 2024) unveiled its plans for children’s social care through two key documents – a document presented to parliament called ‘Keeping children safe, helping fami…

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andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Yesterday, Greater Manchester approved free travel passes for young people who have experienced care up until the age of 25. Through devolution, important progressive steps continue to be made.

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david-s.bsky.social @david-s.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Grim. Provision of Independent Advocacy is already patchy, under-resourced and misunderstood.

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Lucy Series @thesmallplaces.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

In our social work law course we emphasise that "no recourse to public funds" doesn't mean no eligibility for social care. This tragic case shows why that's so important. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

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Girl, two, who drowned in bin in London was failed by council, coroner finds

Social workers declined to provide short-term foster care for Mazeedat Adeoye whose mother had overstayed visa

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

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Labour government unveils its plans for children’s social care

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Sounds sensible to extend corporate parenting principles to government departments, right? Wrong. Read why we don’t support the Home Office and others becoming ‘corporate parents’ of children in care, and more here: article39.org.uk/labour-gover...

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Labour government unveils its plans for children’s social care

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Here we go again with media exposure of appalling mistreatment of very vulnerable children, and policy makers declaring "this is intolerable - never again". Legislation *passed in 2009* must now be commenced, as a first step in protecting children. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Autistic abuse case must never happen again, says No 10

CCTV shown to the BBC shows children being thrown to the floor in padded rooms at special needs school.

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martinbarrow.bsky.social @martinbarrow.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Agreed, we really need to rethink children’s homes. So much needs to be done.

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

**Mental Health Bill Second Reading, in House of Lords this evening** Here's Lord Crisp describing the experiences of members of our Blooming Change group ⬇️

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Not long now until our Blooming Change group attends #CYPNowAwards. Members have all experienced detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 as children. 📝 Their briefing on priorities for the Mental Health Bill also landing with Peers ahead of Second Reading debate on Mon.

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Not long now until our brilliant Blooming Change group attends #CYPNowAwards. Members have all experienced detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 as children. 📝 Their briefing on priorities for the Mental Health Bill also landing with Peers ahead of Second Reading debate on Monday.

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Why do we even have a ‘market’ for homes for children who rely on the state for parenting? A new government should go back to first principles: ❓What do children need throughout their childhood and adult lives? ❓What are the risks for children in perpetuating a privatised ‘care system’?

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sarah field @fromsaltintears.com · 20/11/2024

‘…the right to be recognised and counted as a human being…’ So obvious & yet so often denied children in all its iterations: the rights to birth registration, acquire a nationality and be seen and heard before the law.

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

💬 You can read Lady Hale's speech on our website. Have a re-read of the Convention on the Rights of the Child too. Imagine how being a child would be in our country today if successive governments had honoured this wonderful human rights treaty.

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

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35 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child – Lady Hale lecture

Article 39 was delighted to host an online lecture by Lady Hale on 19 November 2024, the eve of the 35th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. You can read Lady Hale’s spe…

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Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

⚡️Not only do latest Department for Education statistics (published last week) show that use of care-less accommodation is increasing, they also suggest Ofsted and government are aware that local authorities are housing 15, 16 and 17 year-olds in care-less properties unlawfully.

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Jo Petty @jopetty.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Tomorrow marks 35 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and I joined theLady Hale lecture hosted by @article39.bsky.social It was fantastic - I've read Lady Hales book & it was inspiring hearing her speak. Lots to celebrate and lots to still do for #childrensrights.

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Fighting for children's rights in institutional settings

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