Category: News
Young people with learning disabilities lacking support
11 July 2018 Two flagship Welsh Government laws are failing to deliver the support needed for young people with learning […]
Mental health approach that is ‘letting down a generation’ needs to change
26 April 2018 Responding to the Children, Young People and Education Committee’s report on improving mental health services, Prof Sally […]
Disabled children’s voices missing from accessibility planning
8 March 2018 There is over reliance on individual schools to plan for the needs of pupils with physical disabilities […]
Commissioner: ‘Let’s provide children with the same protection in the law as adults’
9 January 2018 Responding to the Welsh Government’s legislative proposal to remove the defence of reasonable punishment, Sally Holland, Children’s […]
UK Children’s Commissioners’ joint letter to Chancellor
15 November 2017 UK children’s commissioners’ plea to Chancellor to reverse changes to benefits and tax credits system ahead of […]
ENOC members highlight potential impact of Brexit on children’s rights
25 October 2017 A letter from the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC), co-signed by The Children’s Commissioner for […]
Commissioner urges Welsh Government to rethink its childcare policy
9 October 2017 Every three and four year old in Wales should have the same opportunities to receive high quality […]
Experiences of bullying highlighted in new report
16 July 2017 Children’s Commissioner shines a light on children and young people’s experiences of bullying in Wales and calls […]
Commissioner responds to Macur review
In response to the findings of the 'Macur Review', the Children's Commissioner for Wales, Sally Holland, stressed that the voices and experiences of victims should play a key role in informing governments' and statutory services' responses in this area.