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Members of Central Bedfordshire’s Youth Parliament joined over 250 young representatives from across the UK at the House of Commons in November for the annual UK Youth Parliament debate.

We’re backing National Adoption Week (20–25 Oct) to bust myths around adoption, as 12% fewer families have registered to adopt compared to last year.

Last year, we started work on developing a new Local Plan that will shape the future of new homes, jobs and infrastructure, recreation and leisure, transport, local facilities, and green spaces.

Families made the most of activities on offer across Central Bedfordshire during the summer holidays.

We held a celebration event on Thursday 31 July to recognise and celebrate the achievements of children in care and young people across the area.

We're supporting families of children eligible for free school meals over the summer holidays, by providing supermarket vouchers.

Families across Central Bedfordshire can look forward to a summer packed with exciting, affordable activities for children of all ages.

Our popular Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme is returning for summer 2025.

Inspiring Music, our music service, has partnered with The Family Music Hub (TFMH) to launch a new training programme for early years practitioners.

Over the past 12 months, we've been engaging with residents to help shape the new Local Plan. We'd like to give you an update on where we are up to with that.