NCB's Play England, Learning Through Landscapes and South Gloucestershire Council have come together to present a groundbreaking event focusing on play in primary schools.
The National Youth Agency, as part of its work with the Catalyst consortium, has launched a consultation to assess the potential for an Institute for Youth Work.
The Every Disabled Child Matters (EDCM) campaign is concerned about the impact of the Welfare Reform Bill on low-income and out-of-work families with disabled children.
Children in Scotland has welcomed commitments in the Scottish government's new legislative programme to introduce minimum pricing of alcohol and tackle sectarianism, but is disappointed by the two-year delay in presenting a Children's Services Bill.
Play England has been awarded 500,000 for the Exploring Nature Play project to help children explore and become more aware of nature around them and the opportunities for play and enjoyment that it provides.
Tact Fostering & Adoption has hopes of a greater emphasis on education after recent exposures of outstanding schools failing to welcome and support looked-after children.
After summer recess and the party conference season, parliament will be getting back to business at the beginning of October. The passage of the key bills affecting children and young people continues.
The National Youth Agency (NYA) ensures the quality and development of professional youth work training in England through the validation and monitoring of professional qualifications.
The first organisations in the country to achieve the National Youth Agency's Hear by Right Award have been presented with their certificates at a ceremony at the Agency's offices in Leicester.
Every year NCB publishes four Highlights. The most recent, Pupil Referral Units And The Mental Health Needs Of Their Students, explores the latest statistics, key issues and concerns in the field.
As we go to press, party conference season is kicking off with the Liberal Democrat (17 to 21 September) debates around proposals for an education credit to provide a "wraparound" package of support for children in poverty, tackling violence against women, ending the criminalisation of child prostitutes, and a debate on protecting communities from drugs is likely to cause some controversy if the subject of decriminalisation of drug use comes up.
Scotland still has a long way to go to match the best children's services in Europe -- as advocated by the cross-European network Children in Europe, which this month celebrates 10 years of influencing policy and practice to improve children's lives.