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Coram holds parliamentary event to mark 100 years of legal adoption in England and Wales
Coram CEO Dame Carol Homden is today (19 January) urging the government to ensure that adopted children and their families are given the support they need, at a parliamentary event taking place to mark the centenary of the Adoption of Children Act 1926, which introduced for the first time in England and Wales a legal process by which the rights and responsibilities for a child could be transferred.
GLL and Coram celebrate Big Adoption Day, with free access to leisure centres, gyms and sports facilities for adoptive families
Today (21 January) to mark Big Adoption Day 2026, charitable social enterprise and leisure operator GLL and the UK’s first children’s charity Coram have announced a new partnership, offering 500 free three-month memberships to Better leisure centres for adoptive families in London and across the country.
Campaign to get 1,000 children reading for pleasure
The Society of Authors and Coram Beanstalk have launched a campaign aimed at supporting 1,000 primary school children to become life-long readers.
Coram CEO Dr Carol Homden made Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE)
Coram Chief Executive Dr Carol Homden has been announced as Dame Commander of the British Empire in the New Year Honours List 2026, for services to children and families.
The Coram Institute for Children will be the UK’s very first 'think and do' centre dedicated to advancing the life chances of children and young people, both at home and internationally, and committed to turning insight into impact in both policy and practice.
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The Coram Impact and Evaluation team works with public sector, commercial and third-sector organisations as well as children, parents and academics to evaluate and improve services for families and children.
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Coram International works with governments, UN bodies, IGOs and NGOs around the world to protect and promote children and young people’s human rights.
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We champion children’s rights and wellbeing, making lives better through legal support, expert advocacy, adoption services and therapeutic, educational and cultural programmes.
