National Children's Bureau
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NCB is a leading charity driving change across society so all children can thrive. The #NCBFamily is united for #BetterChildhoodsBrighterFutures
ncb.org.uk
📍 United Kingdom
ncb.org.uk
📍 United Kingdom
Evidence from our new A Better Start Insight Report on school readiness offers valuable guidance for policy, practice, and systems change in supporting a young child’s development towards becoming ready to start school.
Download the report to find out more- www.ncb.org.uk/learning-bet...
Download the report to find out more- www.ncb.org.uk/learning-bet...
January 12, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Evidence from our new A Better Start Insight Report on school readiness offers valuable guidance for policy, practice, and systems change in supporting a young child’s development towards becoming ready to start school.
Download the report to find out more- www.ncb.org.uk/learning-bet...
Download the report to find out more- www.ncb.org.uk/learning-bet...
Lived experience was central to our Living Assessments project. After working closely with Expert by Experience groups throughout the project, we have summarised their key policy asks and recommendations for social care reforms: buff.ly/1EvCA8E
January 12, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Lived experience was central to our Living Assessments project. After working closely with Expert by Experience groups throughout the project, we have summarised their key policy asks and recommendations for social care reforms: buff.ly/1EvCA8E
We welcome the introduction of legislation to Parliament yesterday that began the process to scrap the two-child limit - a hugely significant moment for many families across the country and hopefully a turning point in tackling the blight of child poverty. buff.ly/hGN96iv
January 9, 2026 at 10:45 AM
We welcome the introduction of legislation to Parliament yesterday that began the process to scrap the two-child limit - a hugely significant moment for many families across the country and hopefully a turning point in tackling the blight of child poverty. buff.ly/hGN96iv
If you work with children or young people and you’re keen to develop your understanding of bullying and improve your confidence in preventing and responding to it, why not sign up for online CPD training from family member the
@anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk Book your place at buff.ly/4UlsUzC
@anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk Book your place at buff.ly/4UlsUzC
January 7, 2026 at 1:49 PM
If you work with children or young people and you’re keen to develop your understanding of bullying and improve your confidence in preventing and responding to it, why not sign up for online CPD training from family member the
@anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk Book your place at buff.ly/4UlsUzC
@anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk Book your place at buff.ly/4UlsUzC
Are you an early years practitioner, parent and carer keen to learn new approaches to supporting development in babies and young children? Check out a new set of briefings designed by NCB family member @researchip.bsky.social. buff.ly/nE9PYmI
January 7, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Are you an early years practitioner, parent and carer keen to learn new approaches to supporting development in babies and young children? Check out a new set of briefings designed by NCB family member @researchip.bsky.social. buff.ly/nE9PYmI
Follow the latest updates and insights from the ground-breaking research programmes that make up the @ukri.org Adolescence, Mental Health and Developing Mind initiative at buff.ly/N27ecfM
January 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Follow the latest updates and insights from the ground-breaking research programmes that make up the @ukri.org Adolescence, Mental Health and Developing Mind initiative at buff.ly/N27ecfM
Happy New Year from everyone at NCB!
#BetterChildhoodsBrighterFutures
#BetterChildhoodsBrighterFutures
January 1, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Happy New Year from everyone at NCB!
#BetterChildhoodsBrighterFutures
#BetterChildhoodsBrighterFutures
Merry Christmas from everyone at NCB!
December 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Merry Christmas from everyone at NCB!
As the year draws to a close, it's an opportunity to reflect on all the achievements of the NCB family over another very busy 2025! Explore the news behind these headlines at www.ncb.org.uk/about-us/med... #BetterChildhoodsBrighterFutures
December 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
As the year draws to a close, it's an opportunity to reflect on all the achievements of the NCB family over another very busy 2025! Explore the news behind these headlines at www.ncb.org.uk/about-us/med... #BetterChildhoodsBrighterFutures
🚨Join Young NCB’s next Hot Topic event on Youth Citizenship, 28th Jan! 🚨With the shifting political climate & planned changes to lower the voting age, Young NCB think it's vital that young people have the space to share tools & ideas to navigate the political system. Sign up now👇 buff.ly/VDFYqkC
December 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🚨Join Young NCB’s next Hot Topic event on Youth Citizenship, 28th Jan! 🚨With the shifting political climate & planned changes to lower the voting age, Young NCB think it's vital that young people have the space to share tools & ideas to navigate the political system. Sign up now👇 buff.ly/VDFYqkC
The @youthendowmentfund.org.uk toolkit has been developed to help police forces, local authorities, youth charities, school leaders and others who work with young people, use evidence when making decisions about how best to keep children safe from violence. Find out more: buff.ly/DNSBcqm
December 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The @youthendowmentfund.org.uk toolkit has been developed to help police forces, local authorities, youth charities, school leaders and others who work with young people, use evidence when making decisions about how best to keep children safe from violence. Find out more: buff.ly/DNSBcqm
The government aims to increase children achieving school readiness from 68% to 75% by 2028. Our new report explores practical examples from 10 years of A Better Start & highlights approaches that recognise the vital role of families, schools and communities @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
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December 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The government aims to increase children achieving school readiness from 68% to 75% by 2028. Our new report explores practical examples from 10 years of A Better Start & highlights approaches that recognise the vital role of families, schools and communities @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
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We brought together over 60 senior representatives yesterday from the early years sector for our second #NCBSummit, with participants focused on turning the policy ambitions of the Best Start in Life strategy into a practical and system-wide reality. Read more: www.ncb.org.uk/about-us/med...
December 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We brought together over 60 senior representatives yesterday from the early years sector for our second #NCBSummit, with participants focused on turning the policy ambitions of the Best Start in Life strategy into a practical and system-wide reality. Read more: www.ncb.org.uk/about-us/med...
We welcome the review of mental health, autism and ADHD services announced by the government last week. A systems-wide approach is urgently needed to address the generational crisis facing children, young people and their families. buff.ly/XTnZXsw
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
We welcome the review of mental health, autism and ADHD services announced by the government last week. A systems-wide approach is urgently needed to address the generational crisis facing children, young people and their families. buff.ly/XTnZXsw
The Child Poverty Strategy & the lifting of the two-child limit mark significant steps towards easing pressures facing UK children and families today. However, the strategy falls short of setting out a long-term, ambitious agenda for eradicating child poverty. Read our response: buff.ly/Dn7OeCg
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Child Poverty Strategy & the lifting of the two-child limit mark significant steps towards easing pressures facing UK children and families today. However, the strategy falls short of setting out a long-term, ambitious agenda for eradicating child poverty. Read our response: buff.ly/Dn7OeCg
Scrapping the two-child limit shows this government is serious about child poverty, lifting 350,000 children above the poverty line overnight. Poverty can affect every aspect of a child’s present and future life, and hundreds of thousands of lives have been changed for the better today.
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Scrapping the two-child limit shows this government is serious about child poverty, lifting 350,000 children above the poverty line overnight. Poverty can affect every aspect of a child’s present and future life, and hundreds of thousands of lives have been changed for the better today.
This #DisabilityHistoryMonth, we’re turning back the clock to the 1970s - a decade that transformed disability rights in the UK. From groundbreaking laws to the social model of disability, pioneers paved the way for inclusion. Read more: buff.ly/XrmpfFX
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This #DisabilityHistoryMonth, we’re turning back the clock to the 1970s - a decade that transformed disability rights in the UK. From groundbreaking laws to the social model of disability, pioneers paved the way for inclusion. Read more: buff.ly/XrmpfFX
As Secretariat for the APPG for Children, we held its AGM last week. The meeting was well attended and we had a great discussion with the parliamentarians present on our plans and priorities for the next year. We're also delighted that Jess Asato MP will continue to be the APPGC's Chair.
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
As Secretariat for the APPG for Children, we held its AGM last week. The meeting was well attended and we had a great discussion with the parliamentarians present on our plans and priorities for the next year. We're also delighted that Jess Asato MP will continue to be the APPGC's Chair.
If you work in the early years in England and you haven’t yet connected with your local Stronger Practice Hub, you could be missing out on evidence-informed professional development opportunities, best practice insights and a wealth of free resources. Find your local Hub at buff.ly/MOXsaEQ
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
If you work in the early years in England and you haven’t yet connected with your local Stronger Practice Hub, you could be missing out on evidence-informed professional development opportunities, best practice insights and a wealth of free resources. Find your local Hub at buff.ly/MOXsaEQ
109 children, many of them babies, are pulled into poverty every day by the two-child limit.
This government promised action on child poverty, scrapping this policy is the quickest way to lift 350,000 kids out of poverty immediately.
@endchildpoverty.bsky.social
This government promised action on child poverty, scrapping this policy is the quickest way to lift 350,000 kids out of poverty immediately.
@endchildpoverty.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
109 children, many of them babies, are pulled into poverty every day by the two-child limit.
This government promised action on child poverty, scrapping this policy is the quickest way to lift 350,000 kids out of poverty immediately.
@endchildpoverty.bsky.social
This government promised action on child poverty, scrapping this policy is the quickest way to lift 350,000 kids out of poverty immediately.
@endchildpoverty.bsky.social
Last week we celebrated #AntiBullyingWeek and #OddSocksDay- and what an incredible week it was! 💛🧦
Let’s keep using our #PowerforGood every single day because standing up to bullying doesn’t stop at the end of the week!
@anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk
Let’s keep using our #PowerforGood every single day because standing up to bullying doesn’t stop at the end of the week!
@anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Last week we celebrated #AntiBullyingWeek and #OddSocksDay- and what an incredible week it was! 💛🧦
Let’s keep using our #PowerforGood every single day because standing up to bullying doesn’t stop at the end of the week!
@anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk
Let’s keep using our #PowerforGood every single day because standing up to bullying doesn’t stop at the end of the week!
@anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk
Children’s Grief Awareness Week 2025 is here!
This year, the theme is “Sharing Stories, Strengthening Hope.”
Click here to explore our resource pack full of tools, stories, and ideas- shorturl.at/3t9OL
This year, the theme is “Sharing Stories, Strengthening Hope.”
Click here to explore our resource pack full of tools, stories, and ideas- shorturl.at/3t9OL
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Children’s Grief Awareness Week 2025 is here!
This year, the theme is “Sharing Stories, Strengthening Hope.”
Click here to explore our resource pack full of tools, stories, and ideas- shorturl.at/3t9OL
This year, the theme is “Sharing Stories, Strengthening Hope.”
Click here to explore our resource pack full of tools, stories, and ideas- shorturl.at/3t9OL
✨ Join us for our next monthly Shared Support coffee morning! ✨
At this month’s Making Participation Work Shared Support Coffee Morning, we will be exploring mental health and neurodiversity, with a focus on ADHD.
📅 Date: Tuesday 26th November
⏲️ Time: 10:30-11:30am
Register here: buff.ly/Ih13jNv
At this month’s Making Participation Work Shared Support Coffee Morning, we will be exploring mental health and neurodiversity, with a focus on ADHD.
📅 Date: Tuesday 26th November
⏲️ Time: 10:30-11:30am
Register here: buff.ly/Ih13jNv
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
✨ Join us for our next monthly Shared Support coffee morning! ✨
At this month’s Making Participation Work Shared Support Coffee Morning, we will be exploring mental health and neurodiversity, with a focus on ADHD.
📅 Date: Tuesday 26th November
⏲️ Time: 10:30-11:30am
Register here: buff.ly/Ih13jNv
At this month’s Making Participation Work Shared Support Coffee Morning, we will be exploring mental health and neurodiversity, with a focus on ADHD.
📅 Date: Tuesday 26th November
⏲️ Time: 10:30-11:30am
Register here: buff.ly/Ih13jNv
Finding strategies to engage, inform and delight every child when you’re working in early education and childcare can be pretty exhausting, so why not give yourself a helping hand and check out the wealth of free insights and resources available at buff.ly/4zdRQej
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Finding strategies to engage, inform and delight every child when you’re working in early education and childcare can be pretty exhausting, so why not give yourself a helping hand and check out the wealth of free insights and resources available at buff.ly/4zdRQej
For over 60 years NCB has been driving change and pushing boundaries to improve the systems that babies, children, young people and their families rely on to thrive. We are united for better childhoods and brighter futures. Find out more: buff.ly/12z9yHc
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
For over 60 years NCB has been driving change and pushing boundaries to improve the systems that babies, children, young people and their families rely on to thrive. We are united for better childhoods and brighter futures. Find out more: buff.ly/12z9yHc