Commissioner’s Blog and Newsletters

  As Children’s Commissioner for Wales my role is to help drive positive and long-lasting changes for children and young people in Wales. Listening to children and young people is an essential part of this work. Young people are the experts in their own lives and ensuring their important…

Lowri Morgan, a 17-year-old pupil at a secondary school in Wales, writes about her experiences of bullying in this guest post. For #AntiBullyingWeek, we’ve launched resources to help primary and secondary schools discuss bullying with their pupils. I was in year 7 when I first encountered bullying in what…

The fact that someone with as high an international profile as Hillary Clinton was in Swansea to receive an honorary doctorate from the university and see the law school renamed in her honour was a big occasion in itself, but for me that sense of occasion was transformed by…

This blog was sent to us by a pupil from Newport High School as part of our Sam's Story report. During #AntiBullyingWeek 2017, we launched a set of anti-bullying resources to use in Primary and Secondary schools.

This guest post was written by Josh Houston, a young person who attended the launch of our Sam’s Story report whilst on work experience with us. For #AntiBullyingWeek, we’ve launched resources for primary and secondary schools; these resources are closely related to our Sam’s Story report. Upon arrival at…

So many of us in Wales have vivid memories and fond recollections of Rhodri Morgan, our former First Minister, who died suddenly on 17 May. Known universally by his first name alone, when my husband woke me to tell me that Rhodri had died, I didn’t need to ask…

When I became Children’s Commissioner for Wales I asked children and young people to tell me their priorities through my What Next consultation.

Guest post by Tom Sturt - Young People's Advisory Panel Member. On Wednesday 22nd of February, the Young People’s Advisory Panel met for a third time in our term.