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Placing children across the world in loving families

For more than 25 years, Coram IAC has been helping families navigate adopting from across the world.

Published 27 February 2024
85%

of intercountry adoption approvals are through Coram IAC

For more than 25 years, Coram IAC has been helping families navigate adopting from across the world.

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Creating loving families through adoption

We have helped build forever families through adoption for more than 50 years. Today we run one of the UK’s largest and most successful independent adoption agencies.

Published 22 February 2023
5,000

Families supported to consider adoption in the last five years

We have pioneered approaches to bringing loving families together, opening the way for LGBTQ+, single people and those from diverse backgrounds.

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Providing early permanence for children

We aim to provide young children in care proceedings with the opportunity to live with their forever family as early as possible. This early permanence gives young children emotional, physical and legal security, which can make a huge difference to their lives.

Published 21 February 2023
26

adoption agencies have joined our Early Permanence Network

Our Early Permanence Network enables adoption agencies across the country to share best practice in finding lasting families early for young children.

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Connecting past and present care experiences

We are digitising the oldest records in our archive to preserve Coram’s unique history, help care-experienced young people connect with their predecessors, and enrich thinking about care today.

Published 2 February 2023
2,255

volunteers have transcribed historic Foundling Hospital archive records

Our Voices Through Time programme is preserving priceless, fragile documents dating back to the establishment of the Foundling Hospital.

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Birth records

We offer a birth records and counselling service for people who grew up in Coram’s care and their descendants.

Published 1 February 2023
2,255

volunteers have transcribed historic Foundling Hospital archive records

Our Voices Through Time project is preserving priceless, fragile documents dating back to the establishment of the Foundling Hospital.

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Influencing practice and policy

CoramBAAF is the UK’s leading membership organisation for professionals working across adoption, fostering and kinship care. We provide expert advice and resources to 300 members, including local authorities, agencies, trusts, and a wide range of professionals.

Published 27 January 2023
3,000+

people attended our training in 2021 - a record

The most popular topics included Making Fostering Assessments, Child Permanence Reports and Life Story training.

Find out more about CoramBAAF