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Children's Human Rights

If we seek to address the injustices children face from a Children's rights perspective, you can only get so far. We want to go further. We have a far more powerful platform for change based on Human Rights

Accountability

As organisations and individuals we need to increase our accountability to children and young people. And accountability can only come when we respect children and young people.

Rights and research

Youth led research should promote the realisation of young people's human rights. Truly youth led research is about more than young people being involved - it means working with young people, driven by their questions and concerns.

Holding on and moving forward

We've made a lot of progress in the last few years - but we're at risk of loosing it all unless committed people stay committed, and engage in critical reflection to continue to move children's rights and youth participation forward..

Participation and change

There is no point in the participation of young people unless it leads to change.

About RightSpace

RightSpace asks big questions of you about what’s changed over the last 13 years through the increase in children and young people’s participation. What’s your experience? What’s changed? What are the challenges ahead? This site brings together conversations and content to help explore, reflect and motivate, leading to a series of events.

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Video Wall

A RightSpace interview with Erin Wright, Chair of YouthBank UK and participation worker with Young Minds Length: 00:00	A RightSpace interview with Rebecca Mattingly, Empowerment Officer for the TREE programme at Woodcraft Folk speaking about children and young people’s participation in the organisation Length: 00:00
RightSpace interview with Chloë Darlington, Communications Officer with the TREE programme at Woodcraft Folk speaking about the Right to Refuge campaign Length: 00:00	A RightSpace interview with Moony Owdah and Waseem Faraj, Dheisheh Camp, Bethlehem, Palestine Length: 00:00
Rights, Laws and Culture: Comparing Palestine and UK Length: 00:00	Suzy Dobson on Young People in Research Length: 00:00
Ali Thomas and Paula Jackson-Key from YWCA Length: 00:00	Baltimore Dreamers in Video Length: 02:53
Kevin Winter talks to Right Space Length: 00:00	Accountability at Nottingham Children and Young People's Trust Length: 17:29

On the blog

Rightspace National Event is cancelled

The Rightspace National Event on April 19th has been cancelled........I have today, reluctantly, cancelled the event that we had planned to take place in Sheffield on 19th April. In the current climate it has just proved to be too difficult for people to book places and, although we had hoped that by postponing from the original date in October we would be able to increase the number of participanjts this has just not happened. Thanks to everyone who had planned to take part and apologies for any inconcvenience caused. Felicity Shenton