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100,000 children in the UK under the age of 16 run away from home each year. About 20 per cent put themselves at serious risk of harm. But it’s not just other people’s children, it can affect us all. So why do children run and how can we keep them safe when they do? In association with The Children’s Society.

Bob Reitemeier is the chief executive of The Children’s Society, and has been involved in more national advisory bodies on children and young people than can fit in a short biography.

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