Reflecting on The Big Future so far

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 than 600,000 children and young people have already shared their views – surpassing the response numbers for both my previous surveys, The Big Ask and The Big […]

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Reflecting on The Big Future so far

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