With children today facing challenges of an unprecedented variety and scale - including discrimination, stretched public services, an explosion in the numbers experiencing mental health issues, and increasing child poverty – our work is more important than ever.
Throughout our long history, NCB has risen to meet challenges like these.
As NCB celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2023, it was a chance to take stock of the impact we’ve had on children and families over the last six decades and share our many successes, and as the celebrations came to a close at the beginning of 2024, we looked to the future by publishing our new five-year strategy, United for a Better Childhood: Building Brighter Futures, which sets out how we’ll take forward our mission to improve childhoods for every child.
In February, the NCB family welcomed a new member when Research in Practice joined us. With both Research in Practice and NCB holding specialist expertise in developing practice and policy we can bring together our experience, strengthen our sector leadership and maximise impact.
This report details our achievements in the past year, and sets out how our new strategy will help us improve the lives of babies, children and young people across the country.
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