Resource library
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Young Citizens Programme Evaluation: interim report July 2021
This interim report analyses feedback from young people and professionals involved in Coram’s Young Citizens Training Programme from July 2019 to March 2021.
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Coram Digest 2020/21
Find out how the UK's oldest children's charity Coram continued to create better chances for children during the pandemic
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Public attitudes to children in care and care leavers Coram
We commissioned YouGov to carry out an online survey of around 2,000 UK adults in March 2021.
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The Baker & Dixon Leaving Care Services Self-Assessment Framework
Download The Baker & Dixon Leaving Care Services Self-Assessment Framework.
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Autism is a superpower
Autism is a Superpower by Poppy Thorne is a creative and interactive booklet designed for young people with autism and ADHD to better understand how their brain works and why their everyday perceptions might be different from their peers.
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Call for Change
For too long, children's interests and voices have been neglected in our politics. We call on the UK Parliament to urgently make children's needs and welfare a priority.
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Young people’s views on knife crime
Policy responses | Thursday 19th December 2019 | Olivia Michelmore, Hannah Lawrence, Emma Borjes and Sarah Taylor | 41 DownloadsTackling knife crime is a key issue facing UK policymakers and has been covered extensively by the media.
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Helping your child to sleep
Adoption Creative Therapies | Tuesday 26th November 2019 | Kent Post Adoption Support Team (PAST) | 145 DownloadsSleep difficulties occur in approximately 48-70% of adopted children compared to roughly 25% of the general child population. We have put together this booklet which includes information about why adopted children may be more vulnerable to sleep difficulties and some of the strategies that families have found useful with their child or young person.
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Keynote speech by Sir James Munby (Coram permanence event, Nov 2019)
What is permanence? The lawyer’s first reaction is probably to think of the different legal frameworks by which we seek to achieve permanence. But that is to miss what I suggest is the bigger picture. I want to focus instead on the definition used in Guidance for the Children Act 1989:
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'Creating Belonging' - John Diamond, CEO of Mulberry Bush (Coram permanence event, Nov 2019)
I would like to thank Renuka and the Coram Team for inviting me to speak at this event. The Mulberry Bush is a national charity which runs the MBS in Oxfordshire and extended community services. Clearly residential care is not about creating permanence but it has an important role of preparing children for permanence, by providing children with a sense of belonging through: 1. Stability of placement 2. Opportunities for internalising good individual and group relationships (social /emotional and educational learning) 3. Daily experiences with a highly trained and well supported staff group