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Participation — 7 Nov 2024

Finding true inclusion at Chickenshed Theatre

Hannah, who has been taking part in Chickenshed’s theatre workshops as part of NCB’s Changing Narratives project, writes about how this experience has allowed her to combine two of her passions and find a place where she feels feel truly at home.

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News & opinion — 4 Nov 2024

Children’s health risks becoming an afterthought, warn charities and Royal Colleges

Major new funding for NHS is announced by Chancellor, but government fails to set out how investment will address huge delays in children's health services.

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News & opinion — 31 Oct 2024

NCB CEO Anna Feuchtwang responds to Autumn Budget

After years of underinvestment in services for children and repeated failures to address shocking levels of child poverty, NCB welcomes the change in direction signalled by this government and many of the significant spending commitments in this week’s Budget.

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Social care & looked after children — 29 Oct 2024

Kingston University, in partnership with Ofsted and NCB, launches new study examining the provision of care for children in children’s homes

The study will examine anonymised data from over 25,000 children who had a placement in a children’s home between 2014 and 2023, with the first findings expected in March 2006.

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News & opinion — 24 Oct 2024

NCB and CDC response to National Audit Office report on SEND system

Today's report from the National Audit Office concludes that England's SEND system is failing children and young people, is financially unsustainable and in urgent need of reform.

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Policy — 21 Oct 2024

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children elects new co-chairs

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children (APPGC) met for the first time this Parliament to elect new chairs and to consider its priorities for government.

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News & opinion — 10 Oct 2024

Evaluation of transformational pilot programmes to clear family courts backlog begins

NCB to work with Verian and Alma Economics to carry out robust evaluation of three DfE-funded new pilots aimed at reducing unnecessary family court delays in England

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Mental health & wellbeing — 10 Oct 2024

Young people, mental health and employment

Gill Attrill, Director of the UKRI Adolescence, Mental Health and Developing Mind, initiative shares her thoughts for World Mental Health Day 2024

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SEND & inclusion — 9 Oct 2024

Rethinking health services for disabled children and those with special educational needs

Amanda Allard, NCB's Strategic Director of Practice and Programmes and Director of the Council for Disabled Children, shares her thoughts on changes the new government could make to health systems to improve the lives of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs (SEND) and their families.

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SEND & inclusion — 7 Oct 2024

Law Commission is seeking views on disabled children’s social care law

The Law Commission has published a consultation paper on disabled children’s social care law and whether it meets the needs of disabled children and their families.

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Mental health & wellbeing — 4 Oct 2024

Infant mental health experts and practitioners in NI pledge to work together to Speak Up For Babies

Over 450 people came together from across statutory, voluntary and community sectors to celebrate and share learnings from recent work to improve outcomes on infant mental health in Northern Ireland.

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Mental health & wellbeing — 18 Sep 2024

New study sheds new light on adverse experiences faced by children presenting to mental health services

A study led by NCB and Cambridge University provides unprecedented detail on the nature, volume and connection between the adverse experiences of young people.

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Finding true inclusion at Chickenshed Theatre

Children’s health risks becoming an afterthought, warn charities and Royal Colleges

NCB CEO Anna Feuchtwang responds to Autumn Budget

Kingston University, in partnership with Ofsted and NCB, launches new study examining the provision of care for children in children’s homes

NCB and CDC response to National Audit Office report on SEND system

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children elects new co-chairs

Evaluation of transformational pilot programmes to clear family courts backlog begins

Young people, mental health and employment

Rethinking health services for disabled children and those with special educational needs

Infant mental health experts and practitioners in NI pledge to work together to Speak Up For Babies

New study sheds new light on adverse experiences faced by children presenting to mental health services

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