A group of disabled young people from the North East of England recently visited Brussels as part of the EY2010 European Year for Combating

Amidst a difficult and challenging week for most of us we want to make sure we don't lose any ground in our efforts to promote the human rights of children and young people. We are delighted, therefore, to be able to announce that Dr.

May Nasrawi is a Palestinian student who is over in the north east of England doing a Social Work Studies course at Durham University. She has been on a placement with Investing in Children and recently ran a seminar here at the project which focused on young people and respect.