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“Where are the children in this election?” – comment from Coram CEO Dr Carol Homden
With just days to go till the general election, children and young people have been conspicuous by their absence in the campaign to date as the parties have traded blows over their respective programmes. This is nothing new. For most of my time as CEO of Coram – the first and longest continuing children’s charity – the big decisions made by government have rarely put the impact on the lives of the younger generation at the heart of the process.
Barrow Hepburn & Gale and Coram announce new partnership to create better chances for children and young people
Today, Coram has been announced as the new charity partner for Barrow Hepburn & Gale. The company is widely known as the manufacturer of the iconic Red Despatch Boxes, used by British sovereigns, prime ministers, UK government, as well as other foreign monarchs and governments.
Councils concerned about shortages of places ahead of next phase of childcare expansion
With just over two months to go until the next phase in the roll-out of major expansion to free childcare, councils across England* have raised concerns about having enough places to meet demand, identifying the childcare workforce as their biggest concern, in new research published by Coram Family and Childcare (CFC) today.
Coram publishes its Impact Report 2023/24
Over the last 12 months, Coram has worked with hundreds of thousands of children and young people nationwide to make their lives better – more than ever before.
Coram publishes play script about the past and present of the care system for schools and youth groups to perform
Coram has published the script of the play Echoes Through Time: The Story of Care, created in collaboration with care-experienced young people. The script is published alongside a digital resource pack to support schools and youth groups to stage their own performances of the play and learn about the past and present of the care system.
Evaluation of Coram’s ‘Step Up’ programme shows early indications it could speed up family finding for priority children awaiting adoption
An evaluation published today of the first year of a new programme which provides intensive, bespoke matching for priority children finds that the programme has potential to speed up family finding for priority children and could find families for children who may otherwise not have been placed with an adoptive family.