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The first child I spoke to at Bournemouth Football Club was beaming. The day before he had scored a hat-trick in a final at a competition, in Fulham.

When I asked a second girl what the best thing about playing football here – at AFC’s Impairment Under 12s – I was told about her improvement: “I was rubbish when I started here. And I’m better now. “ 

Their...


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As young people get their exam results it’s a time for many to think about the future. The next stage of education can be daunting and uncertain for everyone but especially for young people who are care experienced. They face additional difficulties and complexities, which is why I have published an


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A version of the below blog appeared on Alan Milburn‘s One Million Futures Substack examining why youth inactivity is rising in Britain.

On a sunny afternoon, a couple of days after the England men’s team’s heart-breaking semi-fi...


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When I launched The Big Future survey earlier this year, I set the ambitious goal of hearing directly from a million children and young people about their lives and the future they want.

Just ten weeks on from the launch of the survey, more t...


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Ask a Mancunian about England’s second city – so the story goes – and they will tell you it is Manchester. Ask a Brummie, and they’ll tell you it’s Birmingham.

Scousers will tell you it is London.

Of course, this is just a story; though


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