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As we continually look to improve safeguarding for children, while advocating for the professional standards of our members, we recognise the increasing administrative pressures you face daily. We are conducting this short survey to better understand...

Working class struggling to break into the arts - leaving sector dominated by middle class and London, report finds | LBC   Lord of the Flies - new BBC drama including UK child performers - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mk700rmkmo   Actor...

As we get closer to Christmas on behalf of the NNCEE National Committee I wanted to say a big thank you for all the work that has gone on this year to help safeguard children in the industry.   The work that we do is so important and the relationsh...

At our AGM in October 2025 Rachel Barnett-Jones presented the outcome of the recent research project she had carried out on the views of parents and chaperones in the arena of professional child performance.    The findings of this research will be...

Actors say casting agency owes them thousands of pounds - BBC News   The secret life of a child star: how Alyson Stoner survived stalkers, starvation and sexualisation | Television | The Guardian

BBC News - What is it like going to school on the Harry Potter set - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7vrgmgezq4o.amp 

From the NNCEE (the National Network of Children in Employment and Entertainment), the Agents of Young Performers Association (AYPA) and BBC Safeguarding comes the largest and most ambitious national consultation ever conducted in this sector. https:...

From the NNCEE (the National Network of Children in Employment and Entertainment), the Agents of Young Performers Association (AYPA) and BBC Safeguarding comes the largest and most ambitious national consultation ever conducted in this sector. https:...

On the 17th December 2024 The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill was first heard in Parliament which included some proposed changes to the Child Employment Legislation.   The legislation will apply to England at first with changes being made to...

Our National Chair, Ed Magee, recently spoke to the BBC re concerns in relation to young performers and the issues they face when they are out of Child Performance Licensing age: Should there be a ban on teenage popstars? - BBC Culture