Keith Towler

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Keith Towler, the present Children's Commissioner for Wales

Keith Towler is a trained social worker, and since 2008 the 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]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Keith Towler Biography". Welsh Assembly Government. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
↑ "Keith Towler Biography". IPA. Retrieved 14 November 2012.

External links

Bio at the Children's Commissioner for Wales

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Name	Towler, Keith
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Short description	Civil servant
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Place of birth	London, England
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