• 20 November 2019

    Change starts with us

    The annual awareness campaign ‘Anti-Bullying Week’ (11 to 15 November 2019), this year aims to emphasise the part we all have to play in reducing bullying both on and offline. The campaign is run by the Anti-Bullying Alliance, part of the National Children’s Bureau, and in 2018 it reached...

  • 09 May 2019

    A Flare for Participation

    A group of twelve 13-25 year-olds with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) from around the UK are making sure their voices are heard through a participation project headed up by the Council for Disabled Children, which is part of the National Children’s Bureau. The Group have named themselves...

  • 22 November 2018

    First NCB Wellbeing Award Winners

    The National Children’s Bureau (NCB) launched their Wellbeing Award for Schools in September 2017, in response to concerns from school leaders about their students mental health and wellbeing*. Created by NCB in partnership with Optimus Education, the award supports schools to promote positive mental health amongst staff and pupils,...

  • 02 May 2018

    Child poverty increasing

    It’s a shocking statistic that there are parts of the UK where more than half of the children are growing up in poverty.  The figures have been revealed in a study published in January by the End Child Poverty coalition, of which the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) is a...