A senior leadership forum exploring how regional collaboration, commissioning reform and system design can create stable, sufficient homes for children and young people in or leaving care.
Date:
Monday 29 June 2026
Time:
10am - 4pm
Location:
Coram, 41 Brunswick Square London WC1N 1AZ
About the event
Coram‑i and CoramBAAF are pleased to host a one‑day, invitation‑led forum focused on placement sufficiency within a reformed, regionalised children’s services system.
Building on learning from Coram‑i’s Right Place, Right Support roundtable, this forum will bring together senior system leaders to reflect on how national reform agendas, including regionalisation, can translate into practical, sustainable action at this time of rapid regional change.
The day will combine keynote inputs with interactive workshops and facilitated discussion, creating space for honest reflection, shared learning and collaboration across local authority, voluntary and independent sectors.
What the forum will explore
- Regional approaches to sufficiency and shared accountability;
- What effective, needs‑led commissioning looks like in practice;
- Using data and insight to forecast demand and support better matching;
- Enablers of stability, including workforce capacity, trauma‑informed practice and transitions to adulthood.
Speakers and contributors (confirmed):
- Dame Carol Homden DBE PhD, CEO, Coram
- Lucy Butler, CEO, Home and Future – South East Regional Care Cooperative
- Chantel Brown, Strategic Lead, Greater Manchester Regional Care Cooperative
Workshops delivered by:
- Neil Eastwood, CEO, Care Friends, and Helen Brackenbury, Support Services Director, Grosvenor Hart Homes
- Coram Voice
Further speakers and workshop options will be announced shortly.
Who should attend
This event is designed for a focused group of 60–70 senior leaders, including:
- Directors and Assistant Directors and Heads of Children’s Services;
- Heads of Commissioning, Strategy and Transformation;
- Leaders from voluntary and independent provider organisations;
- Regional and system partners with responsibility for sufficiency and stability.
Register now
Please note that there are a limited number of places available so sign up early via TicketTailor to avoid disappointment. We look forward to seeing you there!
Register here