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Coram Beanstalk appeals for volunteer reading helpers to support children in “high demand” areas and combat learning loss this summer
Coram Beanstalk is calling for volunteers to come forward this summer to train as reading helpers and support primary school children with their reading from next term. Volunteers are most needed in Liverpool, Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Telford, as well as the London boroughs of Lambeth, Islington and Hackney.
“Everyone should do this course!”
Earlier this year Lorna Jackson was one of the first people to complete a new course developed by Coram called “Objects & Their Stories”. The sessions, presented by Coram-i and CoramBAAF, are designed for foster carers and social workers to help support their personal and professional development. In this blog, Lorna reflects on the experience.
Holiday childcare prices jump by 5% amid cost of living crisis, as parents working full time struggle to find the childcare they need
Families across Britain are bracing themselves for a difficult summer as a sharp rise in holiday childcare prices and patchy availability of places hits working parents, Coram Family and Childcare’s 17th annual Holiday Childcare Survey reveals today.
New Publication: Review and Recommendations for Strengthening Transitioning-from-State-Care Services for Youth in the Protection System
Coram International is pleased to share Director Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton’s new report on the aging out of residential care and detention in Belize.
CCLC’s Qaisar Sheikh wins Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Award
Qaisar Sheikh, head of Education Law at CCLC, has been named Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year in the category of public law at the Legal Aid Practitioner Group’s 20th Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards which took place on 12 July.
Coram and Churchill Fellowship to partner on new programme to improve lives of children and young people in care
Coram and the Churchill Fellowship have come together to launch a new Fellowship programme, funding up to 30 Fellows to develop new ideas and best practice for improving the lives of children and young people with experience of care.