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.

As Kinship Care Week 2025 (6-12 October) gets underway, a study by Coram, commissioned by Foundations, shows the potential of mediation to support kinship families by improving communication, reducing conflict and helping to create stable, child-focused arrangements. With further development and backing, the approach could become a vital part of the support offered to kinship families across the country.

Coram CEO Dr Carol Homden has given evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, set up to examine the UK’s response to the pandemic and learn lessons for the future. 

Coram has published its very first Policy Bulletin, setting out some of the key areas where our work is relevant to policy makers, and distributed to MPs, peers, journalists and civil society organisations with an interest in children and young people.

In September 2024, AllChild launched its Impact Programme in Wigan, marking its first expansion outside London. Initially engaging 250 children and young people across seven schools in Leigh, they will soon support 230 more children across a further six schools in Atherton and Tyldesley from September 2025.

Coram has been appointed as AllChild's learning partner with a focus on understanding the lessons learnt from the launch of their two-year Impact Programme in Wigan Borough in September 2024, their first expansion outside of London.

Today, Foundations (the What Works Centre for Children and Families), Coram and partners publish a new report revealing gaps in the national picture of Family Group Conferences (FGCs), and launch further research including a national data collection, to fill these gaps.

An evaluation published by Coram today highlights the value of support services for parents and carers in communities affected by violence.

New research, published today by the children’s charity Coram, has identified a series of drivers including greater awareness among professionals and senior judicial support that could improve the rate of early permanence adoption placements in London and ensure children find the loving home they need without delay.