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Young Lives, Big Ambitions

Transforming Life Chances for Vulnerable Children and Teens
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A difficult home life. A missed diagnosis. A disrupted education. Falling in with a bad crowd. Exploitation. Every year thousands of children fall through the gaps in our society and too often become victims of a destructive cycle. Former Commissioner for Children in England Anne Longfield CBE has met many children and families living through adversity and social inequality. She has witnessed how we have failed to protect and support children and young people - through inadequate mental health support and support in school, unsafe social care and punitive youth justice. But she has also seen first-hand incredible work pioneered by services and communities to help transform young people's lives for the better. In Young Lives, Big Ambitions Anne Longfield makes a positive case for why we need to do better. She articulates a vision of society that places the needs of children and young people at its heart, and the steps we can take in order to improve life chances for all young people.
Anne Longfield CBE has spent the last three decades working to improve the life chances of children, particularly the most vulnerable. She was Children's Commissioner for England from 2015 to 2021, and is now Chair of the Commission on Young Lives.
How we are failing children and young people today, and what we need to do to transform their life chances.
As a boy from a mining community who, as the pits shut, saw friends and acquaintances sucked into a spiral of emotional and financial decline - some going to prison, some dying as a result - I have come to regret that Anne Longfield was not there to help others help them. But she is here, now. Here with a profound vision for young people; one that represents a beacon of hope for the future of this country; one that cannot be ignored. -- James Mitchinson, Editor of The Yorkshire Post Exposing the crisis facing many teenagers, and setting out the road-map to get young people's lives back. This book shines a spotlight on a murky and complex mix of problems, and it brings clarity and urgency to what we should do about it. -- Josh MacAlister, Executive chair of Foundations, led the English Care Review
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