National Children's Bureau
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The National Children’s Bureau works collaboratively across the issues affecting children to influence policy and get services working together to deliver a better childhood.
Established in 1963, they have been at the forefront of campaigning for children and young people’s rights for over 60 years.
They have offices in Hackney and Lambeth, London and Northern Ireland. They employ over 120 people.
NCB also hosts the Anti-Bullying Alliance,{{Cite web|url=https://anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/|title=Anti-Bullying Alliance|website=anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk}} Childhood Bereavement Network,{{Cite web|url=https://childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk/|title=Childhood Bereavement Network|website=childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk}} Council for Disabled Children,{{Cite web|url=https://councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/|title=Council for Disabled Children|website=councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk}} Sex Education Forum,{{Cite web|url=https://www.sexeducationforum.org.uk/|title=Home | sexeducationforum.org.uk|website=www.sexeducationforum.org.uk}} and LEAP.{{Cite web | title=Home Page | url=http://www.leaplambeth.org.uk/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801230013/http://www.leaplambeth.org.uk:80/ | access-date=2025-05-11 | archive-date=2015-08-01}}
History
The National Children's Bureau was organized as the National Bureau for Co-operation in Child Care in 1963, with a combination of public and private funding.{{Cite news|date=November 12, 1973|title=Born to Fail?|work=TIME Magazine|url=|access-date=|via=EBSCOhost}} The child psychologist Mia Kellmer Pringle was tapped as its founding director, and she led the NCB until her retirement in 1981. Under her leadership, the organisation grew from a small-scale operation with four employees to a staff of 65 working out of a dedicated building.Tizard, B. (2007, May 24). Pringle, Mia Lilly Kellmer (1920–1983), psychologist and first director of the National Children's Bureau. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 14 May. 2021 On the NCB management staff from 1971-1974 was the social work educator and notorious child abuser Peter Righton.{{Cite news|date=May 12, 1993|title=The National Children's Bureau correction|work=Evening Standard|url=https://spotlightonabuse.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/the-national-childrens-bureau-12-05-93/}}
Beginning in 1964, Mia Kellmer Pringle and Dr. Neville Butler codirected the National Child Development Study, an influential longitudinal study that surveyed the development of a cohort of 17,000 children. The initial conclusions of the survey were published by the NCB in the 1973 book "Born to Fail?"
Leadership
NCB's chief executive (since 2014) is Anna Feuchtwang. Her predecessor from 2011 to 2014 was Dr Hilary Emery.{{cite web | url=http://www.ncb.org.uk/about-us/our-structure/senior-management/dr-hilary-emery | title=Dr Hilary Emery - Chief Executive | publisher=National Children's Bureau | accessdate=18 January 2013 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105181002/http://ncb.org.uk/about-us/our-structure/senior-management/dr-hilary-emery | archivedate=5 November 2012 }} Prior to that, Sir Paul Ennals was NCB's Chief Executive from 1998.{{cite news | url=http://www.communitycare.co.uk/articles/02/06/2011/116928/ncb-appoints-chief-executive-to-succeed-ennals.htm | title=NCB appoints chief executive to succeed Ennals | work=Community Care | date=2 June 2011 | accessdate=18 January 2013 | author=Molly Garboden}}
Alison O’Sullivan{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncb.org.uk/about-us/our-people/alison-osullivan|title=Alison O'Sullivan|date=2016-07-04|website=NCB|language=en|access-date=2019-05-30|archive-date=2019-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530150956/https://www.ncb.org.uk/about-us/our-people/alison-osullivan|url-status=dead}} was appointed Chair of NCB in January 2019, in succession to Elaine Simpson who had served since September 2012.
Baroness Tyler of Enfield is NCB's president. Her predecessor was Baroness Shireen Ritchie, who died in April 2012, and who had been President of NCB since November 2010.{{cite web | url=http://www.ncb.org.uk/news/ncb-comment-on-the-death-of-president-baroness-shireen-ritchie | title=NCB comment on the death of president Baroness Shireen Ritchie | publisher=National Children's Bureau | date=26 April 2012 | accessdate=18 January 2013 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126043352/http://www.ncb.org.uk/news/ncb-comment-on-the-death-of-president-baroness-shireen-ritchie | archivedate=26 November 2012 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.ncb.org.uk/ Official website]
- [https://www.ncb.org.uk/about-us/united-better-childhood NCB’s strategy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606022756/https://www.ncb.org.uk/about-us/united-better-childhood |date=2019-06-06 }}
- [https://www.ncb.org.uk/about-us/our-story NCB’s story] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609201242/https://www.ncb.org.uk/about-us/our-story |date=2019-06-09 }}
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Category:1963 establishments in England
Category:Charities based in London
Category:Children's charities based in England
Category:Child welfare in the United Kingdom