Children's Express

Children's Express produces news and comment by young people for everyone.

We operate like a news agency, delivering articles and broadcasts by teams of young people aged five to 18, to national, regional and local media. In the process we raise self-esteem, build confidence and teach new skills, while helping to build a better understanding between the world of adults and the youth of today.

Since 1994, we have opened offices in seven UK cities and published close to 600 stories.

Interviews for this supplement were conducted by (clockwise from top left): London members Akosua Bonsu, 16, Annabel McLeod, 16, Klarisse Osei, 15, Ella Parry-Davies, 13, and Danyel Edwards, 16, and by Sheffield members Louise Hardy, 16, Sabrina Golding, 15, and Jasmine Stewart, 15. Additional reporting was carried out by Jenny Matthews, 16, and Holly Gillway, 13, both from Sheffield.

Visit our website at www.childrens-express.org