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EU national children risk becoming ‘2nd Windrush generation’ under current policy, warns Coram report

Rights Young people | Monday 18th March 2019

Many EU national children and young people who have grown up in the UK are at risk of becoming a ‘2nd Windrush’ generation, unable to work, open a bank account or drive a car and effectively barred from college, university and secondary healthcare. Uncertain futures: the EU settlement scheme and children and young people's right to remain in the UK, a new report from Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC), sets out the risk caused by the complexity of many cases and lack of legal advice on how to secure permanent status post-Brexit.

Coram’s CEO is interviewed in the Guardian on the closure of the Adoption Register

Adoption | Wednesday 13th March 2019

Coram’s CEO Dr Carol Homden is interviewed in today’s Guardian (13.03) about the imminent suspension of the statutory Adoption Register for England, the child-led matching service which has been operating since 2001.

Coram urges adopters to come forward this LGBT Adoption and Fostering Week

Adoption | Friday 1st March 2019

Coram is supporting the call for more lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people to consider adoption this LGBT Adoption & Fostering Week (4-10 March 2019).

Families face rising tide of childcare costs as prices rise again

Parents and carers | Thursday 28th February 2019

Parents now pay an average of £127 per week, or over £6,600 per year, for just a part time nursery place, according to new research from Coram Family and Childcare. The Childcare Survey 2019 – the 19th annual survey – finds prices have risen by 3 per cent in the last year.

Relationships and Sex Education – teach children early about healthy relationships

Skills Young people | Tuesday 26th February 2019

Today, 25 February, Parliament is debating new government guidance on the teaching of Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) from 2020, including a debate on a petition calling for parents to be able to withdraw their children from RSE when it becomes statutory in 2020.

Suspension of the National Adoption Register

Adoption | Friday 22nd February 2019

In August 2018, the Department for Education communicated that the statutory Adoption Register for England will be suspended for an indeterminate period from 29 March 2019, while future needs across adoption and fostering are considered.

Coram Beanstalk welcome Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall

Celebrities Community Events Skills Young people | Wednesday 13th February 2019

Children from local schools and pre-schools across Liverpool welcomed Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall to Liverpool Central Library on 12 February to mark two years of Story Starters – a reading programme delivered by national charity, Coram Beanstalk, which trains volunteers to work with children aged 3-5 and introduces them to the world of books and stories.