Welcome to Children's Rights

The Children’s Rights Team manage an Advocacy and Participation Service for Children In Need, Looked After Children and Care Leavers in Suffolk.

Suffolk Children's Rights Team

Fiona Harris
Safeguarding Manager - Children's Rights, Advocacy and Participation

Julia Kett
Children' s Rights and Participation Officer
Call FREE: 0800 9171119

Bridget Warren
Children's Rights and Advocacy Officer
Call FREE: 0800 9171119

Rose Eastaugh
Participation Worker (North Suffolk)

Keri Symonds
Participation Worker (South/West Suffolk)

 Key areas of our work:

  • Supporting children and young people seeking advocacy support
  • Safeguarding children’s rights
  • Encouraging and facilitating participation
  • Brighter Futures involvement Project for Looked After Children and Care Leavers
  • Suffolk’s Children’s Rights Team and the Youth Support Service have developed a ‘Children in Care’ web page for The Source young people’s website that offers more information about our team and general information and advice for young people in care and leaving care.
  • A major piece of consultation with Suffolk's looked after children care leavers has been to develop Suffolk's Promise (pdf, 90kb)

 Reports Section

Care4me Survey 2010 - Views of Young People (pdf, 94k)
Aftercare Survey 2010 - Views of Young People (pdf, 66k)
Children's Rights Director Survey of Suffolk Children's Views (pdf, 168k)
Children's Rights Team Annual Report (pdf, 26k)
Brighter Futures Annual Report (pdf, 356k)
Advocacy Report 2009 - 2010 (pdf, 25k)
Diary of a Youth Worker (pdf, 15k)

Links to other websites:

YourRightsYourSay

Rights 4 Me is the official website for the Office for the Children's Rights Director for England (OCRD).

Please see www.rights4me.org for more information on Children’s Rights issues, nationwide participation and consultation outcomes, and to access research commissioned by Roger Morgan, Children’s Rights Director for England.

www.croa.org.uk
www.crae.org.uk
www.11million.org.uk
www.carematterspartnership.co.uk
www.childrenslegalcentre.com