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NCB Now: Celebrate Disability History Month

This month sees the start of the second UK Disability History Month, which runs until 22 December. The Council for Disabled Children is taking the opportunity to highlight duties towards disabled people under the Equality Act.

HIV and Aids education

Following on from the House of Lords' creation of a select committee to investigate if education about HIV and Aids is good enough and to get suggestions on how to improve it, the Sex Education Forum is running a survey about HIV and Aids education in school.

NYA Update: Informing investment in youth work

More than 50 youth work experts from the government, private, voluntary and public sectors, attended a seminar organised by the National Youth Agency and the Young Foundation, working together with the Local Government Association, to discuss future strategies for informing investment in youth work.

NCB Now: Children's services can keep improving

Increased pressure on services and reduced resources could provide the impetus to push forward changes that will benefit Scotland's children and young people, delegates at Children in Scotland's annual conference in Edinburgh heard.

NCB Now: Campaign to end fuel poverty launches

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.

NCB Now: Young people must be heard on health

As the Health and Social Care Bill enters its final stages in the House of Lords, children and young people's organisations, from a cross-sector group led by NCB, have come together to urge peers to make sure that children and young people have a voice in shaping the health service and the care they receive.

NCB Now: Playday 2011 a huge success

Playday 2011 was truly solar-powered on 3 August, with more than half a million enjoying the fun and energy that Playday continues to inspire, at more than 520 events across the UK.

NCB Now: Young people consulted on NHS

Last year, NCB's Voluntary Sector Support programme held a consultation workshop with 18 young people to explore what young people think about the NHS white paper and the associated national consultations.