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• Legal loophole leaves hundreds of vulnerable children facing homelessness to look after themselves New data published by Just for Kids Law and CRAE reveals that hundreds of vulnerable children facing homelessness are being left to fend for themselves without support in unregulated children’s homes due to a legal loophole. Read more
• Celebrating 30 years of children’s rights in Parliament On Monday 2nd March, we held a reception in the Houses of Parliament to celebrate 30 years since the CRC was adopted by the UN. We are grateful to the Department for Education (DfE) and the new Children’s Minister, Vicky Ford MP, for hosting the event which we organised jointly with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and Unicef UK. Read more
• Children’s charities’ issue joint statement on coronavirus national emergency CRAE has drafted a joint statement and briefing with 11 other children's charities calling on them to protect children during the coronavirus pandemic sent to Cabinet Minister Michael Gove. Read more
• Briefings on House of Lords debate on permanent housing after COVID Read our two briefings highlighting our concerns about care experienced young people who are at risk of homelessness and families who are homeless for the short debate in the House of Lords on supporting people previously homeless into permanent housing after the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more
• Best practice paper on using children's rights in policy and public affairs Read our new best practice paper on on how to use children’s rights arguments in policy and public affairs Read more
• How parliamentarians and civil servants can use the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Our joint briefing with Unicef UK and EHRC sets out how parliamentarians and civil servants can use the CRC in their work. Read more