Read the report
Our 2017/18 Annual Report is available to read here.
At a glance
This year, we have:
- Listened to 9443 children and young people all over Wales
- Assisted 554 individual children and young people through our Investigation and Advice Service
- Assessed progress on wheelchair access to schools
- Published Sam’s Story report highlighting the views of 2000 children about bullying, developed resources for schools and put on a Sam’s Story exhibition in the Senedd
- Brought forward new evidence on children’s experiences of play and leisure
- Developed sensitive and powerful Tackling Islamophobia lessons for schools that changed children’s understanding and attitudes
- Listened to the experiences of young people with learning disabilities, and their families, as they move towards adulthood
- Secured a new legal duty for children’s rights in Additional Learning Needs provision in education
- Secured further opportunities and resources for young people leaving care
- Ensured that children and young people living in care had a chance to express their views through the Bright Spots survey
- Worked with public bodies including health boards, Welsh Ambulances, Parc Prison, National Museums and local authorities to implement a Children’s Rights Approach
- Published a new guide for schools on how to implement a children’s rights approach and supported thousands of pupils and their teachers to learn about rights and influence
our work through our successful ambassador schemes - Produced a self-assessment toolkit with the Future Generations Commissioner for public bodies to work on children’s rights alongside the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015
- Intervened to protect Sexual Assault Referral centres
- Enabled primary schools to set up new, rewarding intergenerational clubs and activities with their older neighbours
- Engaged with a primary school eco-committee to audit our environmental record, and changed our behaviour as a result
- Become a Real Living Wage employer
- Secured 763 pieces of media coverage for the Commissioner’s work
Recommendations
We make 15 recommendations to Welsh Government in the report.
We’ve made a video that summarises them:
If you want more information, or require the report in alternative formats, please phone 01792 765600 or email post@childcomwales.org.uk.