Douglas Springate - retired from the University of Greenwich, United Kingdom  

A major issue for children doing research is that of dissemination, of getting change agents and those responsible for making decisions about children’s lives to listen to their research and then make changes to lives and environments of children. CWC been actively training many children as researchers, who had then achieved some extensive information which politicians had listened to and acted on. The voice of the child is not only heard but responded to. The region of that CWC is situated in has much to teach the world about children’s voice and participation...more