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Welcome to the Ombudsman for Children Web site

"I don't think of a relationship. Somebody, whose heart is settled, who has no depression, this is the person who can love, who can marry, who can do things. But when your heart is not settled, you can not love and do things."
Separated young person

Advice of the Ombudsman for Children on the Civil Partnership Bill 2009

View a short film which demonstrates a sample of a complaint we have dealt with

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What we do for you...

The Ombudsman for Children's Office (OCO) is here to make sure that the government and other people who make decisions about young people really think about what is best for young people. The things that the OCO can do are set out in a law called the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002.

The main areas of work of the OCO are:

• Independent complaints handling
• Communication & participation
• Research & legislation

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