The Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza, promotes and protects the rights of children, and ensures voices are heard by those who make decisions about their lives. She has launched her latest survey – The Big Future to give children a real say in the changes that are needed to ensure that childhood is a time of flourishing and growth.
The Big Future is open until 23rd October and asks children about childhood today – about the things that worry them, the things they love, the ways they have fun, and the changes they want for a better future. It is more urgent than ever to make sure that children’s voices are heard by those in power.
At a time when there is a mood of doubt across Westminster and the nation at large about how we raise our children, from screen time to schooling, we will be granting those same children the right to vote. For the first time, hundreds of thousands of children will be eligible to vote in the next general election at age 16, the biggest change to the franchise in half a century – yet just one in five children say politicians listen to them.
Here’s the link to the survey – https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/the-big-future/