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Press Releases & News

NCB responds to announcement of early intervention review by Graham Allen, MP - Wed, Jul, 28 2010
NCB warmly welcomes today’s announcement that Graham Allen MP is to conduct a review of early intervention....read full story
NCB to continue work on promoting sustainable lifestyles in schools - Mon, Jul, 26 2010
NCB is to continue its groundbreaking work on promoting sustainable lifestyles in schools despite the disappointing news that the Government will not be continuing to invest in a Sustainable Schools Strategy....read full story

Publications

	Leadership for Quality in Early Years and Playwork is essential for everyone working with young children. find out more

	Making Ourselves Heard outlines the current context and challenges for disabled children and young people's participation. find out more

	Developing On-site Sexual Health Services in Secondary Education now available as an ebook. find out more

Sector News

Keeping our children safe: raising awareness in black and minority ethnic communities
The Safe Network has developed an exciting and innovative CD Rom that allows trainers and group leaders to take safeguarding children to the very heart of black and minority ethnic communities. The resource is suitable for use with parents, carers, community groups, staff and volunteers working with or in black and minority ethnic communities. This CD is available in: English, French, Chinese, Urdu, Bengali and Arabic. If you work in or with the community and voluntary sector, you can order a free copy of this resource. Please contact Lian Jackson, Caroline Tewskbury and Stephen Nicholls at NSPCC for more details.

Visit our Schools and Colleges – register to take part!
Charity, the Education and Employers Taskforce, is planning the first ever national campaign for business leaders to visit state schools and colleges during the week of the 18 - 22 October 2010. This ‘call to action’ is a chance for bosses from private, public and third sector organisations to hear first-hand from head teachers and young people ages 5 - 19 about they can actively help shape their motivation, skills, achievement and employability. This is more than work experience.
For further details and to register to take part visit: http://www.visitourschools.org/ or http://www.visitourcolleges.org/

Events

Successful commissioning: An introduction to health commissioning

20 September, Birmingham

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Involving disabled children in planning and reviews

5 October, London

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Sex and Relationships Education: Getting on with it!

19 October, London

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Resources

	Evaluation of Play England NCB Research, Evidence and Evaluation department publishes a summary of findings from their four-year evaluation of the Play England project, highlighting what progress has been made so far and implications going forward. Read More

	Healthy Child Programme Consultations This report articulates the views of children and young people who participated in consultations to ensure that their views informed the Healthy Child Programme content and delivery. Read More

	Shared Responsibility Safeguarding arrangements between hospitals and children’s social services Read More

	Managing Transitions from Secure Settings report and resources Read More

Projects

Making it REAL
Using the REAL framework developed by Cathy Nutbrown and Peter Hannon at the University of Sheffield to support parents' confidence in helping their young children's early learning and development

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Work-Based Learning, SRE and Sexual Health Project
Aims to improve young people's access to sexual health services and sex and relationships education (SRE) in Work-Based Learning (WBL) providers
Key aims
To improve young people's access to sexual health services and sex and relationships education (SRE) in Work-Based Learning (WBL) providers.
Values framework
This project supports our aim to encourage positive and supportive family, and other, environments.

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