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The role of the Children's Commissioner was created by the Children Act 2004 and is there to promote the views of children and young people from birth to 18 (up to 21 for young people in care or with learning difficulties).

We are committed to helping vulnerable and disadvantaged young people, including safeguarding children in care and young runaways. We give a voice to disabled children, help young refugees to rebuild their lives and provide relief for young carers.

The Community Care website is dedicated to all areas of the social care profession.

The Centre is an independent national resource providing a range of services to those working in, or concerned about, criminal and youth justice social work

The Department of Health works to define policy and guidance for delivering a social care system that provides care equally for all, while enabling people to retain their independence, control and dignity.

Launched in November 2006, the Dignity in Care Campaign aims to stimulate a national debate around the need for people receiving care services to be treated with dignity. The aim is to create a care system where there is a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of, and disrespect towards, older people.

Plan works for children and their communities to help realise children's rights. We work across a range of sectors, including education, health, child protection, child participation, economic security and water and sanitation.

The Victoria Climbie Foundation was established by Mr and Mrs Climbie (Victoria's parents) to campaign for improvements in child protection policies and practices and to ensure effective links & coordination between statutory agencies, care services and BME communities.

We are the UK Hotline for reporting criminal online content -child sexual abuse content hosted anywhere in the world, Criminally obscene adult content hosted in the UK and Non-photographic child sexual abuse images hosted in the UK.

Welcome to Parents Protect, your information and resources website. Here, we aim to raise your awareness about child sexual abuse, answer any questions you may have and give you the information you need to help to protect children.

NFER is the UK's largest independent provider of research, assessment and information services for education, training and children's services. Our clients include UK government departments and agencies at both national and local levels, which benefit from NFER's full range of expert and professional services. Our purpose is to provide independent evidence which improves education and training and hence the lives of learners. Its ambition is to be the research organisation of first choice for those who wish to make a positive difference to learners.

Care England, a registered charity, is the leading representative body for independent care services in England. Working on behalf of small, medium and large providers, Care England speaks with a single unified voice for both members and the whole care sector. Our membership includes organisations of varying types and sizes, amongst them single care homes, small local groups, national providers and not-for-profit voluntary organisations and associations.

The Commission in Scotland champions equality and human rights for all in Scotland.

The European Centre is a UN-affiliated intergovernmental organization concerned with all aspects of social welfare policy and research.

Foster Care Associates (FCA) provides a fostering service to Local Authorities and Trusts across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, providing the highest quality foster care placements for a wide range of children and young people. Our approach to fostering places the child's needs and local support for our foster carers firmly at the centre of what we do.

Grandparents Plus is the national charity which champions the vital role of grandparents and the wider family in children's lives - especially when they take on the caring role in difficult family circumstances.

We are a regulator, and we were set up to protect the public. To do this, we keep a Register of health and care professionals who meet our standards for their training, professional skills, behaviour and health.

The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) is a charitable company with a mission to promote positive outcomes for the people who use Scotland's social services by enhancing the capacity and capability of the social services workforce to access and make use of knowledge & research for service innovation & improvement.

ICSW and our members are active in a wide range of fields within the general areas of social development, social welfare and social justice. This includes issues such as food and nutrition, welfare and health services, social protection, education and housing, as well as many issues relating to economic development, human rights and community participation.