A difficult home life. A missed diagnosis. A disrupted education. Falling in with a bad crowd. Exploitation. Every year thousands of children fall through the gaps in our society and too often become victims of a destructive cycle. Former Commissioner for Children in England Anne Longfield CBE has met many children and families living through adversity and social inequality. She has witnessed how we have failed to protect and support children and young people - through inadequate mental health support and support in school, unsafe social care and punitive youth justice. But she has also seen first-hand incredible work pioneered by services and communities to help transform young people's lives for the better. In Young Lives, Big Ambitions Anne Longfield makes a positive case for why we need to do better. She articulates a vision of society that places the needs of children and young people at its heart, and the steps we can take in order to improve life chances for all young people.

Individuals who transition from one gender to another are often in some degree of a relationship, and over 55% of these relationships endure through the transition process. While more resources are emerging for trans people themselves, there is very little information available for their partners. Through first-hand accounts and vignettes of successful partnerships, this book presents detailed descriptions of everything involved in the transition process, with specific guidance for those supporting a partner in transition. Topics include disclosure, mental health, coming out, loss and grief, sex and sexuality and the legal, medical and social practicalities of transitioning. In this essential guide, people whose partners are across the transgender spectrum speak out on their own experiences with personal advice and support for others.

What was it her Dad used to say about facing her devils head on? "Think about the worst thing that could possibly happen to you. Get past that and everything else is easy." Well, there was no doubt what her worst fear was. Rape. Why? Alone in a house with six men who had just seen her naked, that was a complete no-brainer. When Ginny's Saturday night bath is interrupted by the victims of a car crash and her Uncle's house is invaded by a group of strange men, the outcome seemed fairly predictable. But everything is not as it seems, including the Uncle she thought she knew. She has no choice but to put up with their attentions as each one is distracted from the task-at-hand, but she seems to have fallen for the rottenest apple in this particular barrel. With a spicing of international political intrigue, blackmail, a bent ex-soldier and an incestuous cousin, Ginny needs every ounce of wit and strength to survive the long weekend of simmering tensions. Who can she trust as the drama not of her making reaches its twisting, turning and seemingly inevitable conclusion? If you like your heroes dark and edgy, your villains sexy and ruthless and your heroines feisty and in constant danger, then read on.