Children’s commissioner report September 2021
“The Children’s Commissioner’s Big Ask set out to hear the voices of as many
children in England as possible, to amplify them, and to deliver improved life
chances for this generation and beyond. Over half a million responded – a record
for a survey of its kind.
We can think of this report as The Big Answer. But more broadly, it is the first
of many answers. The Big Ask tells us what children need urgently, as we
recover from the pandemic, but also long‑term. We have begun an ongoing
intergenerational dialogue, in which adults take responsibility for finding those
answers too, and for making them happen.
A striking aspect of the data is that across age, gender, ethnicity, family income
levels, location, vulnerable groups, what children want is remarkably consistent:
a good home life, a good education, a job, enough money, friends, to feel well,
to be treated fairly and to look after the environment. In short – to do well and
create a better world.”
