Dr Siobhán McAlister and Dr Gail Neill respond to a post by young person, Rebecca Deane McCann. In doing so, they highlight the relationship between children’s rights and youth work. They argue that funding cuts, short-term funding cycles, and policy delays not only put youth work at jeopardy but also […]
Monthly archives: March 2026
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Young person, Rebecca Deane McCann writes about fundings cuts to youth work. She discusses her own experience and questions whether funding cuts ignore children’s rights. Dr Siobhán McAlister and Dr Gail Neill respond (found here). Youth Clubs are only guaranteed funding until June. Does this mean children are only guaranteed […]
I have been a children’s rights defender in various guises for over 30 years, although I only discovered the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1998. This came as a revelation to me; it provided a framework to measure the extent by which we realise […]
James Kane introduces the Children’s Rights Blog and its mission. He does so through his own journey from a children’s rights holder to a child, and now adult, rights defender. He traces his journey from the Youth Panel of the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY), to […]