Children and young people urged to share their hopes for the future in national survey

Children and young people across our county are being urged to have their say on their hopes for the future, in the biggest ever survey of its kind in England.

Warwickshire County Council is calling for children aged between four and 17-years-old to take part in the The Big Ask survey, the results of which will inform a review aimed at tackling “generational problems that have held back too many children for decades”.

The Big Ask has been launched by the Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza. In the survey children are being asked how happy they are about aspects of their lives, and what they think stops children achieving their aims and goals when they grow up.

The survey will run until 28 May and asks children across England to set out their priorities for improving childhood post-COVID. 

Under the Child Friendly Warwickshire programme the council is committed to working with organisations and business to help make the county the best it can be for children and young people to live, learn and grow.

The results from The Big Ask help inform the Childhood Commission, a once in a generation review of the future of childhood, inspired by the ambition of William Beveridge’s pioneering 1940s report, which laid the foundations of the post-War social security system.

The Childhood Commission will identify the barriers preventing children from reaching their full potential, propose solutions and come up with targets by which improvements can be monitored.

The survey – which has had more than 300,000 responses nationally so far – is completely anonymous and does not ask children to submit any directly identifiable information.

So please encourage pupils take part, and adults can give their views too in the section for over 18s: https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/thebigask/