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The Door is Still Closed
This report, 'The Door is Still Closed', published by the Coram Institute for Children, finds that local authorities are routinely failing in their legal duties to children aged between 16-17 years old who become homeless, leaving them without the support they are entitled to.
Coram Voice analysis finds that more children in kinship foster care rate their wellbeing as high compared with children in unrelated foster care
An analysis of the views and experiences of over 1,200 children and young people in kinship foster care in 38 local authorities is published today in a new report by the charity Coram Voice and The Rees Centre, Department of Education, University of Oxford.
We are Coram
Discover more about Coram, the UK's first and longest continuing children's charity, and how you can help us to support vulnerable children.
Findings from The Big Ask: Children in Care
Coram analysis of responses from children in care to the Children’s Commissioner’s 2021 The Big Ask survey.
The wellbeing of children in care and care leavers – learning from the Bright Spots Programme: Strategic Briefing (2022)
This briefing provides an overview of the key messages from the Bright Spots Programme. Although it is aimed at strategic leads and senior managers, the contents are of relevance to anyone working with children in care and care leavers.
Staying Connected: The views of looked after young people on their contact arrangements
Staying connected explores the views and experiences of children in care shared through the Your Life, Your Care surveys. It analyses over 7,500 responses and 3,000 comments to questions about spending time with their birth parents, brothers and sisters.