Keith Towler

Keith Towler, the former Children's Commissioner for Wales

Keith Towler is a trained social worker and former Children's Commissioner for Wales.

Born in London, Towler was educated at Llanedeyrn High School and then undertook a degree in fine arts at Exeter College of Art and Design. He then joined South Glamorgan County Council's social service department, and trained as a social work assistant, working in youth justice.[1]

He then became head of NACRO Cymru in 1998, and in 2001 was appointed NACRO's Director of Crime Reduction.[2] In 2006 he became the programme director for Save The Children Wales, and chair of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) for Wales.[1]

Towler was appointed Children's Commissioner for Wales in March 2008, after the death of Peter Clarke.[1] He was succeeded by Dr. Sally Holland in 2015.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Keith Towler Biography" (PDF). Welsh Assembly Government. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  2. "Keith Towler Biography" (PDF). IPA. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  3. "Sally Holland is new children's commissioner for Wales". BBC News. Retrieved 2015-11-12.

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