Children and young people are rarely at the forefront of transport studies, despite the fact that their ability to access health and educational facilities is crucial to the achievement of internatioanl development goals. To address this knowledge gap a collaborative research project gathered evidence of the specific mobility constraints experienced by children in Ghana, Malawi and South Africa as they attempt to access the facilities and services that are important to their lives. The project explored the travel challenges thaty children face through their own eyes alongside traditional adult-led research methods. It looked at their access to health, education and other services, at the lack of direct information on how mobility constraints impact on children’s current and future livelihood opportunities, and at the lack of available guidelines on how to tackle them. This issue of Forum News highlights the key findings of the project, shares relevant resources and asks where do we go from here?