Coram is marking the formal opening of the home of the Coram Institute for Children with an event taking place today (16th October) on its historic campus in Bloomsbury, central London.

Coram, the UK’s first children’s charity, today announces an exciting new collaboration with film distributors KOVA International for the UK release of SKETCH, a film that sees a young girl’s drawings of fantastical creatures come to life.

Coram today announces an exciting new partnership with Nickelodeon, launching a competition for families to win tickets to the exclusive UK launch of the brand-new Nickelodeon series, The Thundermans: Undercover on Saturday 15 February 2025.

Coram’s adoptive families, supporters and other guests were invited to join special events at the National Theatre on 15 January, to mark Big Adoption Day 2025. This included a panel discussion on adoption, hosted by broadcaster James O’Brien, who shared his own experiences of being adopted.

On Saturday 17 February, Coram Voice announced the winners of Voices 2024, its national writing competition for children in care and young care leavers, at a ceremony hosted in London by actor Peter Capaldi alongside former Voices competition winner, Claire Wilden.

Over one hundred children’s sector professionals came together on the Coram campus on Friday 2 February to hear about some of the exciting innovation happening across the country aiming to improve outcomes for children and young people.

Over 100 children’s sector professionals came together on Friday 2 February on the Coram campus to hear about some of the exciting innovation happening across the country aiming to improve outcomes for children and young people.

Coram has teamed up with bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Rob Biddulph to launch a ‘Reveal Your Character’ competition for children, celebrating the charity’s new partnership with ITV’s The Masked Singer. Davina McCall and Mo Gilligan, panellists from the popular Saturday night TV show, will be joining as competition judges.

Student Anthony Lynch, one of the organisers of the In-Between Lines project at Coram, explains what it is setting out to achieve.