Just for Kids Law is a

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which provides advocacy, legal and youth opportunities services to children and young people, as well as campaigning for wider reform to benefit children and young people living in the

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. Since its foundation in 2006 by youth justice lawyers Aika Stephenson and Shauneen Lambe, the organisation has received particular renown for its work in

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, securing significant changes to the law on issues such as the treatment of 17-year-olds in police custody, the eligibility of young migrants for student finance, the law of joint enterprise, and the disclosure of youth cautions and reprimands on DBS certificates. The organisation is also known for its approach to youth advocacy support, with an independent evaluation by the

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Charities Evaluation Service noting the "numerous positive benefits" of the charity's casework model. 2015 saw the charity increase its policy and human rights monitoring capacity through a merger with the

Children's Rights Alliance for England Children's Rights Alliance For England (CRAE) is a London-based advocacy group that aims to protect children's rights in the UK. Since 2015, it has operated as part of the children's charity Just for Kids Law. CRAE was founded in 1991 to monito ...

, while the organisation also set up the Youth Justice Legal Centre project to increase standards in the youth justice sector. In 2017, Just for Kids Law became the first UK charity to be awarded with a criminal legal aid contract. In 2018, the charity was named Organisation of the Year at the

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Community Awards.

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