• 04 May 2023

    Bereavement support payments breakthrough

    Thanks to a campaign by the Childhood Bereavement Network (CBN), part of the National Children’s Bureau, cohabiting parents and carers will now be able to claim the same bereavement benefits to help bring up their children as if they had been married or in a civil partnership. It’s estimated...

  • 21 March 2023

    Youth Voice Matters conference

    The National Children’s Bureau, one of the four Childlife charities, recently brought together more than 100 children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to take part in their annual Youth Voice Matters conference. The national conference is co-developed and co-delivered by FLARE, the young SEND...

  • 10 November 2022

    Stopping the Spiral

    The National Children’s Bureau has worked with other leading children’s charities including NSPCC, Action for Children, The Children’s Society and Barnardo’s to publish evidence of how cuts to funding and spending on children’s services have impacted on families’ lives. The analysis – conducted by researchers at Pro Bono Economics...

  • 23 August 2022

    National Children’s Bureau 21/22 review

    Through our leadership role in the sector, NCB made a far-reaching and demonstrable impact on children’s lives through our policy, public affairs and campaigning activity. Based closely on evidence of need, we led the development of a cross-sector vision for the three-year Spending Review, uniting over 150 organisations in...