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Coram Christmas opening hours
Find out Coram's Christmas opening hours here
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James O’Brien and Yotam Ottolenghi join Coram’s Christmas Celebration
On 8 December, over 170 guests gathered in the beautiful surroundings of St Andrew’s Church in Holborn for Coram’s Christmas Celebration 2021, hosted by writer and broadcaster James O’Brien and with special guest Yotam Ottolenghi.
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Voices annual creative writing competition for children in care and young care leavers now open
Coram Voice today launches its seventh annual edition of Voices, the creative writing competition for children in care and young care leavers across the country.
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Actors Hugh Dennis, Alfred Enoch and Jan Ravens to host Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation’s inaugural Film Festival event
Actors Hugh Dennis, Alfred Enoch and Jan Ravens are to host a digital event at 7pm on 2 December showcasing the achievements of over a thousand children who participated in the inaugural Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation (CSSF) Film Festival.
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Donations to Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation doubled until 7 December in Big Give Christmas Challenge
To support its 2022 Theatre Festival with thousands of young people, Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation (CSSF) is once again taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge
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Coram Children’s Legal Centre celebrates 40 years supporting children and young people
Coram has marked the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC) with publication of a report setting out how CCLC has changed the legal landscape for hundreds of thousands of children and young people through legal advice, representation and information since it was established as the Children’s Legal Centre in 1981.
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Coram joins with children’s charities to oppose ‘regressive’ new methods of age assessing young asylum seekers
Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC) has today joined with fellow members of the Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium (RMCC) to express its concerns about new measures being debated by MPs on Tuesday 2nd November on age assessment of asylum-seeking children. Age assessment is the means by which professionals assess the age of children and young people entering the UK alone whose age is disbelieved.
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Care experienced young people call for an end to the “postcode lottery” and “care cliff edges” in response to the care review
Over 300 care experienced children and young people have called for an end to the unfair “postcode lottery” that sees young people receive varying levels of support not only across the country, but sometimes within the same local authority.
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Coram in the news for National Adoption Week
Coram’s work in adoption has featured in the news this National Adoption Week (18-24 October) with a range of real-life adoption stories shared and a new report published on the positive impact of Coram Adoption Activity Days over the last decade.
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A decade of Coram Adoption Activity Days sees 1,400 children who wait longest in care adopted into loving families
At least 1,400 children across Britain have found adoptive families through Coram’s pioneering Adoption Activity Days (AADs) since launching a decade ago, a new report published today as part of National Adoption Week has found.
