In case you missed it 🎞️ Last night the South Africa launch of the United & Unique doccie took place. Youths from SA & Northern Ireland who’ve lived in foster care or child and youth centres, co-produced the film to share their experiences of alternative care & their hopes for change #VoiceAndAgency

As part of our work on promoting children’s #VoiceAndAgency, the film stems from the Amplifying Care-Experienced Voices project. The project is a collab with staff & care-experienced youth from the orgs Mamelani (South Africa) & @voypic.bsky.social (Northern Ireland), and Queens University Belfast.

United and Unique documentary launch 🎬 Young adults from South Africa and Northern Ireland, who have experienced foster care or child and youth care centres, have co-produced a film that shares their insights into alternative care and leaving care, and their hopes for change. #VoiceAndAgency

Hout Bay Leopards debut at the 2025 Skiffie Worlds in Stranraer. Huge thanks to the organizers for an amazing event.

Protecting children from violence: Our Senior Researcher @lucycpt.bsky.social recently sat down with eNCA News for a crucial conversation on child protection - discussing the systemic failures and the evidence-based interventions. 📺 🔗 www.enca.com/shows/last-w... #ChildProtection #ViolencePrevention

Prof Julia Sloth Nielsen, ex-ACERWC, at the International Child and Families Research Conference. "Children's rights have never been under such threat." It is time to stand together, protect the gains we have made, and forge a path ahead that ensures social justice for all children.

Nomahlubi wants to be a doctor one day but without a birth certificate she’s suffered exclusion from education & social grants. Now, Home Affairs is being taken to task by the Children's Institute & @lrc.org.za over the backlog that’s robbing 1000s of basic rights www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times...

Coastal rowing championships in Hout Bay the sun finally came out for the finals.

Those regulating and making decisions on AI in their business: listen to the kids. They want cleaner, transparent and ethical AI for their futures. The Childrens AI Manifesto from Turing Institute www.turing.ac.uk/news/publica...