Campaigns

NCB runs and hosts a number of campaigns aimed at improving children and young people's experiences and life chances...

Anti-Bullying Week: an annual UK event which aims to raise awareness of bullying of children and young people, in schools and elsewhere, and to highlight ways of preventing and responding to it.

Every Disabled Child Matters (EDCM): a campaign to get rights and justice for every disabled child. They work closely with the disabled children's sector and 34,000 supporters to lobby Government to ensure disabled children and their families have the services and support they need.

Playday: Playday is a celebration of children's right to play, and a campaign that highlights the importance of play in children's lives. It generally takes place on the first Wednesday of August each year.

Get Money Savvy: 'Get Money Savvy' is a petition by young people, for young people, to ensure that all pupils are taught how to manage their money properly.

We also actively support the following external campaigns...

Action for Happiness: a movement for positive social change, bringing together people from all walks of life who want to play a part in creating a happier society for everyone.
Alliance for Child Centred Care: a coalition of organisations, concerned with care experienced by children and young people, who come together to promote improvements in the care system in England.
Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition: brings together leading charities to campaign jointly on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.
Children are Unbeatable! England: a campaign for the UK to satisfy human rights obligations by modernising the law on assault to afford children the same protection as adults.
Children's Charities' Coalition on Internet Safety (CHIS): promotes safe and equal access to the internet and associated digital technologies for all children and young people.
Children's Food Campaign: to improve young people's health and well-being through: good food and real food education in every school; protecting children from junk food marketing; clear food labelling that everyone, including children, can understand.
Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE): CRAE protects the human rights of children by lobbying government and others who hold power, by bringing or supporting test cases and by using regional and international human rights mechanisms.
End Child Poverty: the campaign to end child poverty by 2020.
Energy Bill Revolution: An alliance of children's and older people's charities, health and disability groups, environment groups, consumer groups, trade unions, businesses, politicians and public figures calling for warm homes and lower bills for all.
Eurochild:a network of organisations and individuals working in and across Europe to improve the quality of life of children and young people.
Kinship Care Alliance: campaigning to enable more children who are in the care system to live safely and securely with their wider family.
Refugee Children's Consortium: a group of NGOs working collaboratively to ensure that the rights and needs of refugee children are promoted, respected and met in accordance with the relevant domestic, regional and international standards.
Right Year for Children:a year of action, beginning November 2011, to celebrate 20 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the UK and seek greater rights protection for children and young people in England (led by CRAE/OCC).
Rights of Children UK (ROCK): a UK-wide coalition of organisations and individuals which seeks the incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) into UK law.
Standing Committee for Youth Justice (SCYJ): works for reform of the youth justice system in England and Wales for the benefit of children and young people and the community at large.
Votes at 16: A coalition of organisations campaigning to lower the voting age for all public elections.
Young Equals: a campaign to get protection from age discrimination for children and young people.