Nursery World - To the Point - Telling it how it is

Children's Commissioner Maggie Atkinson says that we must listen to what children and young people think and feel

As Children's Commissioner for England, I have a legal responsibility, as do the staff of my office, to represent children and young people's voices, views and interests to people and organisations that make decisions that affect their lives. Our work is about promoting and protecting children's rights set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. These rights cover every aspect of childhood, from the centrality of the family, children's health and well-being through education, to safeguarding and freedom from fear and all forms of abuse, neglect and violence.

I count myself particularly fortunate to work with Amplify, my advisory group of children and young people aged between 11 and 18. Its members are at the heart of our work. They, with other groups of children and young people, work with us on specific projects when they have experience of what we are investigating.

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