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NCB Now Comment: Health central to developing reforms
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- Tuesday, April 3, 2012 | CYP Now
NCB Now: Schools should get ready for children - not the other way round
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- Friday, March 16, 2012 | CYP Now
Now is the best time for four-year-olds to begin the transition from nursery to school, according to the latest edition of Children in Europe magazine.
NCB Now: Tackling bullying of disabled children
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- Friday, March 16, 2012 | CYP Now
Children with special educational needs or disabilities are at significantly more risk of being bullied than their peers, according to NCB's new book.
NCB Now: Robust measures for payment by results
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- Friday, March 16, 2012 | CYP Now
Following the government's announcement of the national-level measures to be used in ongoing trials, initial research conducted by NCB and the National Foundation for Educational Research - and the first of its kind for children's services - has highlighted the need for robust measures to be used by a payment-by-results (PbR) scheme for children's centres.
NCB Now: Environmental sustainability views
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- Friday, March 16, 2012 | CYP Now
Every year NCB's Information Centre publishes four "Highlights" - summaries of research findings, influential reports and legislation.
NCB Now: Family Action 'Breaking the Bank' Report highlights crash in family fortunes
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- Friday, March 16, 2012 | CYP Now
Family Action gave the families they work with a chance to send a message to the Chancellor, George Osborne, ahead of the Budget statement.
NCB Now: Campaigners meet transport minister
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- Friday, March 16, 2012 | CYP Now
Earlier this month, a group of young campaigners from NCB and the British Youth Council (BYC) met with the minister for transport, Norman Baker, to discuss how bus services could be improved for young people.
NCB Now: Comment -- Building resilience in vulnerable families
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- Friday, March 16, 2012 | CYP Now
Most would agree, that in hard economic times, any help should be given to the most vulnerable. But any comfort that might be derived from achieving this consensus is often short-lived.
NYA Update: Find out about Youth in Action
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- Friday, March 16, 2012 | CYP Now
The National Youth Agency is to hold a series of information and support events to help young people and organisations learn about opportunities available through the Youth in Action programme.
NYA Update: NYA urges sector to respond to government statutory guidance
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- Friday, March 16, 2012 | CYP Now
The National Youth Agency (NYA) has welcomed the launch of the government's consultation into its proposed statutory guidance to local authorities.
NYA Update: Early success story for youth financial capability project
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- Friday, March 16, 2012 | CYP Now
A teenager who had previously faced serious problems because of her debts is one of the early success stories of Barclays Money Skills "champions", an innovative youth financial capability project.
NYA Update: Comment -- Enough is enough
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- Friday, March 16, 2012 | CYP Now
My outgoing chair, reflecting on a life of public service, said to me: "Don't you just get tired sometimes of trying to make a difference?"
NCB Now: Comment -- Building confidence in the young unemployed
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- Friday, March 2, 2012 | CYP Now
Before being accepted on NCB's skills development programme (SDP), I was unemployed for a year. I went to many interviews for jobs in a variety of industries.
NCB Now: Stockport-based children's service 'outstanding'
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- Friday, March 2, 2012 | CYP Now
Meridian, the Together Trust's short-break service for children and young people with autism spectrum conditions, has been awarded "outstanding" status by Ofsted.
NCB Now: Sex education must be taken seriously
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- Friday, March 2, 2012 | CYP Now
Sex and relationships education (SRE) is in danger of being taken less seriously than more traditional subjects, says NCB's new book.
NCB Now: Campaign to end fuel poverty launches
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- Friday, March 2, 2012 | CYP Now
The Energy Bill Revolution campaign launched last month and is supported by NCB and 50 other organisations. It is calling on government to lift families out of fuel poverty, using money raised from carbon taxes, to make UK homes energy efficient.