Children feel excluded from decisions that affect them, according to research by the National Participation Forum.
It found that children feel they are not being listened to by public services on matters that affect their lives. The poll of 1,000 children also found that they feel they have relatively low influence on decisions made in the area where they live, with the majority of children under eight years of age claiming that they are never listened to by adults. 'Children's participation in decision making' is available at www.participationworks.org.uk/npf/publications.
