Creative therapeutic services

We offer music and art therapy alongside specialist support to help young people and their families build the skills and resilience they need to thrive.

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Creative therapeutic services

We offer music and art therapy alongside specialist clinical, therapist and mental health support to help young people and their families build the skills and emotional resilience they need to thrive.

Published 2 February 2023
90%

of parents reported improvement in their child’s behaviour

We have been working with children and their families to support social and emotional development for more than 15 years.

Read about our creative therapies

Transforming lives through the unique power of Shakespeare

We work with schools across the UK to give young people a unique opportunity to build their confidence, skills and knowledge by learning about and performing Shakespeare in the world’s largest youth drama festival.

Published 2 February 2023
300,000

young people gained confidence and skills through Shakespeare

Every year we work with schools across the UK to stage our award-winning Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival, the world’s largest youth drama festival.

Discover how Shakespeare changes young lives

Wellbeing education

Coram Life Education is the leading charity provider of relationships, health, wellbeing, and drugs education to primary school children across the UK.

Published 1 February 2023
570,000

Pupils with access to our wellbeing resources annually

Our wellbeing and mental health resources support over 50,000 teachers and reach more than 570,000 pupils across England and Scotland every year.

How we help improve wellbeing

One-to-one reading support

Coram Beanstalk recruit and train volunteers to provide consistent and tailored one-to-one literacy support that helps build children’s ability, confidence and enjoyment of reading, putting them back on track to achieve their potential.

Published 31 January 2023
99%

of schools say our support builds children’s reading confidence

98% of schools agree our volunteers help children increase their enjoyment of reading. 97% say our support helps improve children's attitude to reading.

Learn about our reading support

Making life better for families

We work to make the UK better for families by campaigning for childcare and early years solutions that parents want and need, based on our research and parent-led programmes.

Published 27 January 2023
Over 7000

families reached per year through our Parent Champions

Our volunteer Parent Champions help ensure marginalised and isolated parents don’t miss out on vital information about local family services.

Find out more about how we help families

Coram Activity Days

Through our Activity Days, adoptive parents and foster carers can discover whether they feel an emotional connection with children, rather than relying on a written profile. Our Activity Days for siblings bring groups of brothers and sisters together for quality time.

Published 26 January 2023
1,400+

children matched with adoptive parents through Activity Days

We’ve matched more children with families than any single adoption agency in the 10 years of our pioneering Adoption Activity Days.

Discover our Activity Days