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 50 years.
They have offices in Hackney and Lambeth, London and Northern Ireland. They employ nearly 120 people.
NCB also hosts the: Anti-Bullying Alliance, Childhood Bereavement Network, Council for Disabled Children, Sex Education Forum, LEAP.
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.
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 organization 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]
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.
Prior to that
Sir Paul Ennals, was NCB's Chief Executive from 1998.
Alison O’Sullivan
was appointed Chair of NCB in January 2019, in succession to Elaine Simpson who had served since September 2012.
Baroness Tyler of Enfield
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is NCB's president. Her predecessor was Baroness
Shireen Ritchie
Shireen Olive Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Brompton ( Folkard; 22 June 1945 – 24 April 2012) was a Conservative Councillor for the Brompton Ward, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and advocate for women in the Conservative Party of the ...
, who died in April 2012, and who had been President of NCB since November 2010.
References
External links
Official websiteNCB’s strategyNCB’s story
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1963 establishments in England
Charities based in London
Children's charities based in England
Child welfare in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1963
Welfare in England