One 11-year-old said: "We get the same amount of food as year 1 and it doesn't fill us up, I always feel hungry after eating."

'It doesn't fill you up': Children say they are going hungry after school meals

Dr Carmel Corrigan will take over from Andrea Le Saint who's been acting in the role since last year. 

Jersey's new Children's Commissioner gets States seal of approval

Belfast paramilitary graffiti mural loyalist republican Northern Ireland
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Northern Ireland's Commissioner for Children and Young People, Chris Quinn, made the comments to UTV in a wide-ranging interview.

'People putting lives at risk' to protect young people from paramilitaries

Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People Koulla Yiasouma, who has said the powersharing crisis has left young people's mental health services on their knees.
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The report from the Northern Ireland Children's Commissioner made 45 recommendations in the report.

Report finds young woman 'failed' by care system as trust is criticised

Children's Commissioner for Northern Ireland says young people need a stable government 

Children's Commissioner: Children 'deserve better' from government 

It follows the Child Q scandal, where a teenage schoolgirl was strip-searched by police officers while on her period without another adult present.

Police forces asked to provide figures on strip-searches of children

More than 600 children underwent strip-searches by the Metropolitan Police over a two-year period, with black boys disproportionately targeted.

Teen recalling strip-search without adult present says police 'abuse power'

A charity founder has said the 600 children who have been strip-searched by the Met have been 'abused' as part of a 'multi-agency racist approach'.

Hundreds of children subjected to ‘traumatising’ strip-searches by Met

Rocio Cifuentes is the subject of the latest edition of Face to Face with Adrian Masters

New commissioner fears for impact of Covid on children and young people

The Children's Commissioner indicated that some basic protections for children were removed during the pandemic. 

Jersey Children's Commissioner says government "put children at risk"

A special investigation into whether services for children with mental health problems are fit for purpose.

Children in Crisis: Are we failing young minds? 

The findings from 'The Big Ask' will eventually be handed to the Prime Minister, to put young people's concerns at the forefront of the post-pandemic recovery. 

Children's commissioner encourages Gateshead students to share views for survey

Koulla Yiasouma said children were being coerced into participating by adults, and that this could amount to child abuse. 

Children’s Commissioner calls out ‘child abuse’ in recent unrest

The former head of The Inspiration Trust that ran 14 schools in Norfolk and Suffolk said they need to identify barriers to children's achievement

Children's commissioner will survey every child to prevent a 'lost generation'

Dame Rachel de Souza, the founder of the Inspiration Trust which runs schools in Norfolk and Suffolk, is to be England's next Children's Commissioner 

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