NCB also hosts the Anti-Bullying Alliance,[1] Childhood Bereavement Network,[2] Council for Disabled Children,[3] Sex Education Forum,[4] and LEAP.
[6] 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.
[9] Alison O’Sullivan[10] was appointed Chair of NCB in January 2019, in succession to Elaine Simpson who had served since September 2012.
Her predecessor was Baroness Shireen Ritchie, who died in April 2012, and who had been President of NCB since November 2010.