President
NCB's President
Baroness Estelle Morris of Yardley became president of NCB in
the summer of 2005. The president promotes NCB to the external
world, championing our causes and speaking on our behalf
at events.
Baroness Morris, who earlier in 2005 stood down after 13 years
as MP for Birmingham Yardley, served the government as school
standards minister, secretary of state for education and arts
minister. A former teacher, she was appointed chair of the
Children’s Workforce Development Council in May 2005. She is also
pro vice-chancellor of Sunderland University, where her role
includes developing partnerships with schools and colleges. She was
created a life peer in May 2005.
NCB's former president, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, stood down
in July 2005 after seven years in the role. The charity's first
president was Baroness Lucy Faithfull OBE, who died in March
1996.