Dr Rhian Croke
@drrhiancroke.bsky.social
Child Rights Strategic Litigation & Policy Advocacy Lead, Children's Legal Centre Wales, hosted by Observatory on Human Rights & Social Justice and Swansea University School of Law.
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Dr Rhian Croke
@drrhiancroke.bsky.social
· May 16
@childlegalwales.bsky.social
& InsaafiCiC launch joint Child Strip Search Briefing
Strip searches traumatise children, rarely find harmful/illegal items & disproportionately target Black children
Welsh leaders must act now
👉 rb.gy/o3p469
#EndStripSearches #ChildRights #AntiRacismWales
& InsaafiCiC launch joint Child Strip Search Briefing
Strip searches traumatise children, rarely find harmful/illegal items & disproportionately target Black children
Welsh leaders must act now
👉 rb.gy/o3p469
#EndStripSearches #ChildRights #AntiRacismWales
Very pleased that our briefing & call to end child strip searches in Wales was considered by Senedd Equality & Social Justice Committee & picked up by Welsh media this week. Really hoping we can inspire a national debate on this deeply concerning #ChildRights violation👇
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🧒 Children’s rights have been ignored in too many Government decisions — with real consequences.
Tomorrow, Peers will debate two vital #childrights amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
We’re proud to lead a coalition of 120+ orgs supporting our calls.
Read more: bit.ly/3VIROGF
Tomorrow, Peers will debate two vital #childrights amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
We’re proud to lead a coalition of 120+ orgs supporting our calls.
Read more: bit.ly/3VIROGF
September 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🧒 Children’s rights have been ignored in too many Government decisions — with real consequences.
Tomorrow, Peers will debate two vital #childrights amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
We’re proud to lead a coalition of 120+ orgs supporting our calls.
Read more: bit.ly/3VIROGF
Tomorrow, Peers will debate two vital #childrights amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
We’re proud to lead a coalition of 120+ orgs supporting our calls.
Read more: bit.ly/3VIROGF
Reposted by Dr Rhian Croke
A UK Government minister appeared to ‘row back’ on a commitment to devolve powers over probation and youth justice to Wales, with Westminster set to retain responsibility
Full devolution of justice to Wales ‘not on the agenda’
Chris Haines, ICNN Senedd reporter A UK minister appeared to “row back” on a commitment to devolve powers over probation and youth justice to Wales, with Westminster set to retain responsibility. In 2...
wp.me
July 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A UK Government minister appeared to ‘row back’ on a commitment to devolve powers over probation and youth justice to Wales, with Westminster set to retain responsibility
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One of the many challenges of working class families is being able to afford food. Worrying about having enough food can lead to food disorders in adolescents.
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
A right to food is overdue in the UK and was a right we once had ukhumanrightsblog.com/2013/10/18/s...
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
A right to food is overdue in the UK and was a right we once had ukhumanrightsblog.com/2013/10/18/s...
Should we have an enforceable right to food? - Professor Geraldine van Bueren Q.C. - UK Human Rights Blog
People are going hungry in England because England, to the detriment of the poor, has forgotten its legal history. Nearly eight hundred years ago, in 1216 English law first recognized a right to food....
ukhumanrightsblog.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
One of the many challenges of working class families is being able to afford food. Worrying about having enough food can lead to food disorders in adolescents.
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
A right to food is overdue in the UK and was a right we once had ukhumanrightsblog.com/2013/10/18/s...
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
A right to food is overdue in the UK and was a right we once had ukhumanrightsblog.com/2013/10/18/s...
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'Kids know and understand that they’re different from other kids because of their poverty. But this can and must change.'
Parent of three Sara in @bigissue.com about how the two-child limit impacts her family, and why it just has to go
www.bigissue.com/opinion/two-...
Parent of three Sara in @bigissue.com about how the two-child limit impacts her family, and why it just has to go
www.bigissue.com/opinion/two-...
I'm a mum impacted by the two-child limit on benefits. It must go
Sara, a mother to three young children, shares how the two-child limit on benefits impacts her and her family
www.bigissue.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:15 AM
'Kids know and understand that they’re different from other kids because of their poverty. But this can and must change.'
Parent of three Sara in @bigissue.com about how the two-child limit impacts her family, and why it just has to go
www.bigissue.com/opinion/two-...
Parent of three Sara in @bigissue.com about how the two-child limit impacts her family, and why it just has to go
www.bigissue.com/opinion/two-...
Reposted by Dr Rhian Croke
@unicef.org's Report Card 19 finds that progress is at risk.
Over past years improvements have been made in child well-being. But trends in basic areas show signs of reversal.
And new risks to children’s health continue to emerge.
Find out more: www.unicef.org/innocenti/re...
Over past years improvements have been made in child well-being. But trends in basic areas show signs of reversal.
And new risks to children’s health continue to emerge.
Find out more: www.unicef.org/innocenti/re...
Child Well-Being in an Unpredictable World
Innocenti Report Card 19: Growing up in a wealthy country with abundant resources does not a guarantee a happy, healthy childhood
www.unicef.org
May 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
@unicef.org's Report Card 19 finds that progress is at risk.
Over past years improvements have been made in child well-being. But trends in basic areas show signs of reversal.
And new risks to children’s health continue to emerge.
Find out more: www.unicef.org/innocenti/re...
Over past years improvements have been made in child well-being. But trends in basic areas show signs of reversal.
And new risks to children’s health continue to emerge.
Find out more: www.unicef.org/innocenti/re...
Reposted by Dr Rhian Croke
Reposted by Dr Rhian Croke
The number of disabled people living in poverty in Wales will undoubtedly increase without a rethink of changes to disability benefits, experts have warned ✍️Martin Shipton
Big increase in poverty expected for disabled people in Wales, says report
Martin Shipton The number of disabled people living in poverty in Wales will undoubtedly increase without a rethink of changes to disability benefits, experts have warned. New analysis shows that incr...
nation.cymru
May 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The number of disabled people living in poverty in Wales will undoubtedly increase without a rethink of changes to disability benefits, experts have warned ✍️Martin Shipton
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📢Press Release.
Disabled People from Wales to demand UK Government abandons planned cuts to PIP at Mass Westminster Lobby.
www.disabilitywales.org/press-releas...
Disabled People from Wales to demand UK Government abandons planned cuts to PIP at Mass Westminster Lobby.
www.disabilitywales.org/press-releas...
Press Release: Disabled People from Wales to Demand UK Government Abandons Planned Cuts to PIP at Mass Westminster Lobby - Disability Wales
On Wednesday 21 May, Disability Wales and its members will travel to Westminster for a mass lobby against cruel disability benefit cuts
www.disabilitywales.org
May 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
📢Press Release.
Disabled People from Wales to demand UK Government abandons planned cuts to PIP at Mass Westminster Lobby.
www.disabilitywales.org/press-releas...
Disabled People from Wales to demand UK Government abandons planned cuts to PIP at Mass Westminster Lobby.
www.disabilitywales.org/press-releas...
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“We want a Wales for all children. A Wales where every child knows they have rights.” - Inspiring words from Minister for Children and Social Care, Dawn Bowden before the break for lunch. #First1000Days
May 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
“We want a Wales for all children. A Wales where every child knows they have rights.” - Inspiring words from Minister for Children and Social Care, Dawn Bowden before the break for lunch. #First1000Days
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4.5 million children are living in poverty.
Without targeted policy, this is set to rise to 4.7 million children.
Removing the two-child benefit cap would lift 340,000 children out of poverty by the end of the parliament.
Watch Anushka Asthana on ITV Peston 🔽
Without targeted policy, this is set to rise to 4.7 million children.
Removing the two-child benefit cap would lift 340,000 children out of poverty by the end of the parliament.
Watch Anushka Asthana on ITV Peston 🔽
May 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
4.5 million children are living in poverty.
Without targeted policy, this is set to rise to 4.7 million children.
Removing the two-child benefit cap would lift 340,000 children out of poverty by the end of the parliament.
Watch Anushka Asthana on ITV Peston 🔽
Without targeted policy, this is set to rise to 4.7 million children.
Removing the two-child benefit cap would lift 340,000 children out of poverty by the end of the parliament.
Watch Anushka Asthana on ITV Peston 🔽
Reposted by Dr Rhian Croke
There has been speculation in recent weeks that the Government is considering measures that would reduce the impact of the two-child limit, but fall short of fully scrapping it.
But none of these compromise measures represent an acceptable long-term solution.
buff.ly/oiV5Re2
But none of these compromise measures represent an acceptable long-term solution.
buff.ly/oiV5Re2
May 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
There has been speculation in recent weeks that the Government is considering measures that would reduce the impact of the two-child limit, but fall short of fully scrapping it.
But none of these compromise measures represent an acceptable long-term solution.
buff.ly/oiV5Re2
But none of these compromise measures represent an acceptable long-term solution.
buff.ly/oiV5Re2
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PAVA is a chemical irritant spray classified as a prohibited weapon, it can cause severe pain.
Authorising its use represents a serious escalation in the use of force permitted against children.
You can support our campaign to challenge this decision: t.co/x0RPASmUO0
Authorising its use represents a serious escalation in the use of force permitted against children.
You can support our campaign to challenge this decision: t.co/x0RPASmUO0
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-the-use-of-pava-spray-on-children/
t.co
May 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
PAVA is a chemical irritant spray classified as a prohibited weapon, it can cause severe pain.
Authorising its use represents a serious escalation in the use of force permitted against children.
You can support our campaign to challenge this decision: t.co/x0RPASmUO0
Authorising its use represents a serious escalation in the use of force permitted against children.
You can support our campaign to challenge this decision: t.co/x0RPASmUO0
Reposted by Dr Rhian Croke
Our letter before claim, sent to the Secretary of State for Justice, challenges her decision to make PAVA available for use in prisons holding children.
The letter asks the Secretary of State to withdraw her decision.
Our press release: t.co/y1At628oTA
The letter asks the Secretary of State to withdraw her decision.
Our press release: t.co/y1At628oTA
May 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Our letter before claim, sent to the Secretary of State for Justice, challenges her decision to make PAVA available for use in prisons holding children.
The letter asks the Secretary of State to withdraw her decision.
Our press release: t.co/y1At628oTA
The letter asks the Secretary of State to withdraw her decision.
Our press release: t.co/y1At628oTA
Reposted by Dr Rhian Croke
The Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill will be introduced by the Welsh government promising a "radical" transformation.
Wales' long-awaited homelessness bill promises 'radical' shift to prevention
www.bigissue.com
May 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill will be introduced by the Welsh government promising a "radical" transformation.
Reposted by Dr Rhian Croke
The most cost-effective way to reduce child poverty is to abolish the two-child limit, which would cost £7,480 per child lifted out of poverty.
If it is not scrapped then one-in-three children will be in poverty by 2029-39, including half of children in large families 👉 buff.ly/oiV5Re2
If it is not scrapped then one-in-three children will be in poverty by 2029-39, including half of children in large families 👉 buff.ly/oiV5Re2
May 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The most cost-effective way to reduce child poverty is to abolish the two-child limit, which would cost £7,480 per child lifted out of poverty.
If it is not scrapped then one-in-three children will be in poverty by 2029-39, including half of children in large families 👉 buff.ly/oiV5Re2
If it is not scrapped then one-in-three children will be in poverty by 2029-39, including half of children in large families 👉 buff.ly/oiV5Re2
Reposted by Dr Rhian Croke
Impossible to read this beautiful piece of writing by Jo and not have your heart moved.
Hope can only begin when you have a stable foundation to build your dreams on.
Hope can only begin when you have a stable foundation to build your dreams on.
New blog post 🎢 by Changing Realities participant, Jo: "Just for a moment: a temporary sense of security in an uncertain world" #universalcredit #work #precarity #livedexperience Read here ⬇️
changingrealities.org/blog/just-fo...
changingrealities.org/blog/just-fo...
Today, well supposed to be tomorrow, the payment for the month will go into my bank account. It’s universal credit. And I feel awful that I get it. But if I’ve been really careful the month before, there will be more there!
changingrealities.org
May 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Impossible to read this beautiful piece of writing by Jo and not have your heart moved.
Hope can only begin when you have a stable foundation to build your dreams on.
Hope can only begin when you have a stable foundation to build your dreams on.
Reposted by Dr Rhian Croke
Today we’ve published research on rumoured options for easing the 2-child limit without fully scrapping it. In short, none of the options rumoured to be on the table is an acceptable solution and most would bring cliff edges or distortions into the system www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
Limited ambition? • Resolution Foundation
Abolishing the two-child limit would be the most cost-effective way to reduce child poverty; if it is not scrapped, we project that 4.8 million children (34 per cent) will be in poverty by 2029-30, in...
www.resolutionfoundation.org
May 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Today we’ve published research on rumoured options for easing the 2-child limit without fully scrapping it. In short, none of the options rumoured to be on the table is an acceptable solution and most would bring cliff edges or distortions into the system www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
Reposted by Dr Rhian Croke
🚨 High Ct grants permission to apply for judicial review and interim relief in challenge to National Age Assessment Board decision 🚨
Nadia O'Mara of Garden Ct is instructed by Radhi Shah of Coram Children’s Legal Centre (@cclcuk.bsky.social)
Read on here 🔽
gardencourtchambers.co.uk/high-court-g...
Nadia O'Mara of Garden Ct is instructed by Radhi Shah of Coram Children’s Legal Centre (@cclcuk.bsky.social)
Read on here 🔽
gardencourtchambers.co.uk/high-court-g...
May 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
🚨 High Ct grants permission to apply for judicial review and interim relief in challenge to National Age Assessment Board decision 🚨
Nadia O'Mara of Garden Ct is instructed by Radhi Shah of Coram Children’s Legal Centre (@cclcuk.bsky.social)
Read on here 🔽
gardencourtchambers.co.uk/high-court-g...
Nadia O'Mara of Garden Ct is instructed by Radhi Shah of Coram Children’s Legal Centre (@cclcuk.bsky.social)
Read on here 🔽
gardencourtchambers.co.uk/high-court-g...
Reposted by Dr Rhian Croke
The Council of Europe adopts global treaty to tackle environmental crime.
Reflecting a collective response to the “triple planetary crisis” of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, it focuses on the criminal dimensions of environmental damage.
www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
Reflecting a collective response to the “triple planetary crisis” of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, it focuses on the criminal dimensions of environmental damage.
www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
May 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Council of Europe adopts global treaty to tackle environmental crime.
Reflecting a collective response to the “triple planetary crisis” of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, it focuses on the criminal dimensions of environmental damage.
www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
Reflecting a collective response to the “triple planetary crisis” of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, it focuses on the criminal dimensions of environmental damage.
www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
Delighted to present this week with @childcomwales.bsky.social on embedding a #ChildRights approach to #ChildPoverty into the work of public bodies… expertly chaired by @bromebyd.bsky.social, with insightful questions & discussion from participants. Huge thanks to everyone 🤗
May 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Delighted to present this week with @childcomwales.bsky.social on embedding a #ChildRights approach to #ChildPoverty into the work of public bodies… expertly chaired by @bromebyd.bsky.social, with insightful questions & discussion from participants. Huge thanks to everyone 🤗
Diolch @nation.cymru for reporting on our briefing calling for a ban on child #StripSearch in Wales.
We look forward to inspiring a national debate on this deeply concerning #ChildRights violation, including the necessary levers required to deliver change 👇
We look forward to inspiring a national debate on this deeply concerning #ChildRights violation, including the necessary levers required to deliver change 👇
A human rights expert called for a ban on strip searching of children in Wales, with black children disproportionately subject to the traumatising and degrading practice
Call for ban on strip searching of children
Chris Haines – ICNN Senedd reporter A human rights expert called for a ban on strip searching of children in Wales, with black children disproportionately subject to the traumatising and degrading pra...
nation.cymru
May 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Diolch @nation.cymru for reporting on our briefing calling for a ban on child #StripSearch in Wales.
We look forward to inspiring a national debate on this deeply concerning #ChildRights violation, including the necessary levers required to deliver change 👇
We look forward to inspiring a national debate on this deeply concerning #ChildRights violation, including the necessary levers required to deliver change 👇
Very pleased that our briefing & call to end child strip searches in Wales was considered by Senedd Equality & Social Justice Committee & picked up by Welsh media this week. Really hoping we can inspire a national debate on this deeply concerning #ChildRights violation👇
@childlegalwales.bsky.social
& InsaafiCiC launch joint Child Strip Search Briefing
Strip searches traumatise children, rarely find harmful/illegal items & disproportionately target Black children
Welsh leaders must act now
👉 rb.gy/o3p469
#EndStripSearches #ChildRights #AntiRacismWales
& InsaafiCiC launch joint Child Strip Search Briefing
Strip searches traumatise children, rarely find harmful/illegal items & disproportionately target Black children
Welsh leaders must act now
👉 rb.gy/o3p469
#EndStripSearches #ChildRights #AntiRacismWales
May 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Very pleased that our briefing & call to end child strip searches in Wales was considered by Senedd Equality & Social Justice Committee & picked up by Welsh media this week. Really hoping we can inspire a national debate on this deeply concerning #ChildRights violation👇
Delighted to be speaking at our joint event with Children’s Commissioner for Wales on embedding a #ChildRights Approach to #ChildPoverty next Tuesday 3pm.
Check out the details below to register for last minute places👇
Check out the details below to register for last minute places👇
TheRightWay:Tackling Child Poverty
@childcomwales.bsky.social @childlegalwales.bsky.social & Observatory have launched a guide to help apply a ChildrensRightsApproach to poverty
📅13 May
🕒Online:3pm 🥪 In-person: Refreshments 2:30pm
🎤RocioCifuentes MBE & @drrhiancroke.bsky.social
shorturl.at/FBLqC
@childcomwales.bsky.social @childlegalwales.bsky.social & Observatory have launched a guide to help apply a ChildrensRightsApproach to poverty
📅13 May
🕒Online:3pm 🥪 In-person: Refreshments 2:30pm
🎤RocioCifuentes MBE & @drrhiancroke.bsky.social
shorturl.at/FBLqC
The Right Way: Tackling Child Poverty | Dull Hawliau Plant: Taclo Tlodi
Children’s Commissioner & Children’s Legal Centre on tackling poverty | Chomisiynydd Plant a Chanolfan Gyfreithiol Plant ar daclo tlodi
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Delighted to be speaking at our joint event with Children’s Commissioner for Wales on embedding a #ChildRights Approach to #ChildPoverty next Tuesday 3pm.
Check out the details below to register for last minute places👇
Check out the details below to register for last minute places👇
Reposted by Dr Rhian Croke
We all want kids to thrive at school. But rising costs are making it harder for children in lower-income families to make the most their education. The UK government’s child poverty strategy must improve living standards for families so all children can afford to take part at school.
The minimum cost of education in the UK
The minimum cost of education parents in the UK must meet is now over £1,000 a year for a child at primary school and nearly £2,300 a year for a child at secondary school.
cpag.org.uk
May 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
We all want kids to thrive at school. But rising costs are making it harder for children in lower-income families to make the most their education. The UK government’s child poverty strategy must improve living standards for families so all children can afford to take part at school.
Reposted by Dr Rhian Croke
🌍 What can NI learn from Scotland’s journey to incorporate the UNCRC into law?
Bruce Adamson shares reflections, challenges, and wins from Scotland’s experience—so we can imagine what’s possible here.
📅 Tuesday 13 May | 🕐 1–2pm | 💻 Online
🎟️ Book your place: buytickets.at/childrenslaw...
Bruce Adamson shares reflections, challenges, and wins from Scotland’s experience—so we can imagine what’s possible here.
📅 Tuesday 13 May | 🕐 1–2pm | 💻 Online
🎟️ Book your place: buytickets.at/childrenslaw...
April 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🌍 What can NI learn from Scotland’s journey to incorporate the UNCRC into law?
Bruce Adamson shares reflections, challenges, and wins from Scotland’s experience—so we can imagine what’s possible here.
📅 Tuesday 13 May | 🕐 1–2pm | 💻 Online
🎟️ Book your place: buytickets.at/childrenslaw...
Bruce Adamson shares reflections, challenges, and wins from Scotland’s experience—so we can imagine what’s possible here.
📅 Tuesday 13 May | 🕐 1–2pm | 💻 Online
🎟️ Book your place: buytickets.at/childrenslaw...