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Schools across the UK take part in Coram’s Wear Your Scarf Day for Children’s Mental Health Week
Today (13 February), hundreds of primary schools across the country are taking part in the fourth annual Wear Your Scarf Day, hosted by children’s charity Coram, to support Children’s Mental Health Week.
High Court finds that Hounslow unlawfully failed to treat a child as “looked after” in s.20 Children Act 1989 case
The High Court has ruled that Hounslow Council unlawfully failed to recognise a child as “looked after” and provide him with adequate accommodation and support under the Children Act 1989, in a successful judicial review initiated by Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC). The claimant, CLT, was represented by Finnian Clarke of Doughty Street Chambers, instructed by Kelly Everett, Senior Solicitor at CCLC.
Anti-bullying charity Kidscape transfers into Coram
Kidscape, the longest serving anti-bullying charity in England and Wales, is, from 31 January, transferring all its activities across to Coram, where its existing programmes will operate under the name Coram Kidscape.
GLL and Coram celebrate Big Adoption Day, with free access to leisure centres, gyms and sports facilities for adoptive families
Today (21 January) to mark Big Adoption Day 2026, charitable social enterprise and leisure operator GLL and the UK’s first children’s charity Coram have announced a new partnership, offering 500 free three-month memberships to Better leisure centres for adoptive families in London and across the country.
Coram holds parliamentary event to mark 100 years of legal adoption in England and Wales
Coram CEO Dame Carol Homden is today (19 January) urging the government to ensure that adopted children and their families are given the support they need, at a parliamentary event taking place to mark the centenary of the Adoption of Children Act 1926, which introduced for the first time in England and Wales a legal process by which the rights and responsibilities for a child could be transferred.
Campaign to get 1,000 children reading for pleasure
The Society of Authors and Coram Beanstalk have launched a campaign aimed at supporting 1,000 primary school children to become life-long readers.