National Children's Bureau
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The '''National Children's Bureau''' (NCB) is a children's charity based in [[Islington]], [[London]]. It is an [[umbrella organization|umbrella organisation]] incorporating councils and fora that explore a range of issues involving children and young people. It was founded in [[1963]] (as the National Bureau for Cooperation in Child Care), and since [[1998]] its Chief Executive has been [[Paul Ennals]]. [[Estelle Morris]] has been President of NCB since September [[2005]]. [http://www.ncb.org.uk/news/news_story.asp?id=177]
NCB aims to:
*challenge disadvantage in childhood
*work with children and young people to ensure they are involved in all matters that affect their lives
*promote multidisciplinary cross-agency partnerships and good practice
*influence government policy through policy development and advocacy
*undertake high quality research and work from an evidence-based perspective
*disseminate information to all those working with children and young people, and to children and young people themselves
''[[Children & Society]]'' and ''[[Children Now]]'' are a journal and a magazine published in association with the NCB.
NCB supports over two dozen websites, including sites run by councils and networks within NCB and others run on a partnership or consortium basis.
:Anti-Bullying Alliance [http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk]
:Asylum Seeking and Refugee Children [http://www.ncb.org.uk/Page.asp?originx568rv_1694188592191r82b32867289]
:Care Planning for Looked After Children Toolkit [http://www.ncb.org.uk/careplanning/]
:ChildData [http://www.childdata.org.uk]
:Children & Young People HIV Network [http://www.ncb.org.uk/Page.asp?originx714mk_41592309624178l88y7859709025]
:Childhood Bereavement Network [http://www.childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk]
:Children's Play Information Service [http://www.ncb.org.uk/Page.asp?originx6812in_1832991054480z44q6370913124]
:Council for Disabled Children [http://www.ncb.org.uk/Page.asp?originx6287it_66049104243658w62p8778378249]
:Early Childhood Forum [http://www.ncb.org.uk/Page.asp?originx7281ts_2099311210085v6y128709025]
:Early Childhood Unit [http://www.ncb.org.uk/Page.asp?originx6713ip_79291366884951k30k2176875649]
:Every Disabled Child Matters [http://www.edcm.org.uk]
:Healthy Care [http://www.ncb.org.uk/Page.asp?originx3175wn_2979939062545q18z5431395204]
:Life Routes [http://www.life-routes.org.uk]
:National Centre for Excellence in Residential Child Care (NCERCC) [http://www.ncb.org.uk/Page.asp?originx8797le_11744740243661d69i111598096]
:NCB Books [http://www.ncb-books.org.uk]
:Parents, Early Years and Learning (PEAL)[http://peal.org.uk]
:Participation Works [http://www.participationworks.org.uk]
:Play England [http://www.playengland.org.uk]
:[[Playday]]
:PSHE & Citizenship Information Service [http://www.ncb.org.uk/Page.asp?originx7823rk_37983801610078r19s8836000000]
:PSHE Subject Association [http://www.pshe-association.org.uk]
:Pupil Inclusion Network
:Residential Special Schools Standards - Young Person's Guide [http://www.rssinfo.org.uk]
:Sex Education Forum [http://www.ncb.org.uk/Page.asp?originx_784wa_21042403840053g59p_200610203221g]
:Sexual Health Services microsite [http://www.ncb.org.uk/Page.asp?originx_5621wo_3444736000085f11g_2007221957e]
:VCS Engage [http://www.vcsengage.org.uk]
:Young NCB [http://www.youngncb.org.uk/]
:Young People and Self Harm [http://www.selfharm.org.uk]
:Young Transnet [http://www.youngtransnet.com]
:Your Rights [http://www.ncb.org.uk/Page.asp?originx8944no_6712918264963c34u4912748281]
==External links==
* [http://www.ncb.org.uk/ NCB Website]
* [http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk Anti-Bullying Alliance]
* [http://www.childdata.org.uk ChildData]
* [http://www.childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk Childhood Bereavement Network]
* [http://www.edcm.org.uk Every Disabled Child Matters]
* [http://www.life-routes.org.uk Life Routes]
* [http://www.ncb-books.org.uk NCB Books]
* [http://www.peal.org.uk PEAL]
* [http://www.participationworks.org.uk Participation Works]
* [http://www.playengland.org.uk Play England]
* [http://www.playday.org.uk Playday]
* [http://www.pshe-association.org.uk PSHE Association]
* [http://www.rssinfo.org.uk Residential Special Schools]
* [http://www.vcsengage.org.uk VCS Engage]
* [http://www.youngncb.org.uk/ Young NCB]
* [http://www.selfharm.org.uk Young People and Self Harm]
* [http://www.youngtransnet.com Young Transnet]
* [http://www.ncb.org.uk/Page.asp?originx9227fy_5891606346243o34d3389219089 NCB's partners and projects' websites]
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[[Category:1963 establishments]]
[[Category:Children's charities]]
[[Category:Charities based in England]]