06 November 2025
The National Children’s Bureau has welcomed plans to lower the voting age in the UK to 16, in time for the next General Election. Members of the Young NCB network have long expressed their desire for 16 and 17-year-olds to be able to make their opinions heard in the...
06 May 2025
A collaborative project between the National Children’s Bureau (NCB), the University of Cambridge and the University of Kent, has investigated the experiences of children and families during social care assessments. Concluding recently after five years, the Living Assessments project looked at the decision-making process for providing health and social...
05 November 2024
The first years of life are fundamental in a child’s development. Factors including the environment and community they live in, development of language skills, good diet and nutrition, as well as social and emotional wellbeing, all play a part in shaping their future. For a decade, Lambeth Early Action...
30 April 2024
A new campaign called ‘Children At The Table’, is giving young people the chance to make sure that the next Government works to improve the lives of babies, children and young people. Ahead of the next general election, the UK’s five leading children’s charities – including the National Children’s...