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Policy — 12 Jan 2026

Changing Narratives: Our learnings from the Living Assessments project

What happens when parents, care-experienced young people, and disabled young people are invited to shape research and influence policy?

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Policy — 23 Jun 2025

Collaborating to create evidence-informed insights to shape policy and improve outcomes for children

Collaboration is central to the way we work at NCB and a great example of that is our award-winning work with the University of Cambridge.

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News & opinion — 25 Feb 2025

Celebration in London marks the end of the Living Assessments project

The celebration marking the conclusion of the Living Assessments project saw researchers, academics, children’s sector professionals, government representatives, and young people and parents, gather for two days of talks, discussions, and, to cap it all, a theatre performance.

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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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Participation — 21 Aug 2024

"Embracing my creativity": Attending theatre workshops at Chickenshed Theatre

Chapman and his parents talk about his experience of joining theatre workshops at Chickenshed Theatre and preparing for a performance. The workshops are part of NCB's Living Assessments project.

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News & opinion — 25 Jul 2024

Second round of theatre workshops led by disabled, care-experienced and migration-experienced children to start in September

The collaboration between the National Children’s Bureau (NCB), the University of Kent and Chickenshed Theatre will continue after a summer break, with theatre workshops starting again in September.

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News & opinion — 2 May 2024

Applications open for theatre production led by disabled, care-experienced and migration-experienced children

The National Children's Bureau (NCB) and the University of Kent are partnering with Chickenshed Theatre to run a series of theatre workshops and monologue performances involving disabled children and young people, and those with experience of social care or the immigration system.

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News & opinion — 14 Jun 2023

NCB hosts creative launch party for young people with lived experience of children's social care

The National Children’s Bureau in partnership with the University of Kent marked the launch of a new creative project at a packed event in London.

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News & opinion — 10 Nov 2022

United for a better children's social care system

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children and NCB brought together representatives from across the children's sector, statutory services and government to call for urgent action on children's social care

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Social care & looked after children — 11 Mar 2022

How my experience of the care system is informing work to improve outcomes

My name is Aimee and I’m a Scottish member of the Living Assessments project at NCB. This is part two of my blog about the work I have been doing as an Expert by Experience in children's social care.

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Policy — 18 Feb 2022

What needs to change in the children’s social care system - an Expert by Experience’s perspective

Aimee, a Scottish member of the Living Assessments project at the National Children’s Bureau (NCB), gives her perspective on what needs to change in the children’s social care system.

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Policy — 10 Aug 2021

Sometimes decision makers do care: be courageous

Rose, aged 21, describes how presenting her concerns to a meeting of Government officials, renewed her faith in the people in charge as being eager to listen.

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