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Public attitudes to children in care: Results from a national survey
This report sets out results of survey work undertaken for Coram in summer 2017 to assess the general public’s views on children in care. Coram, the first children’s charity, has an ongoing commitment to raise and develop the public’s understanding of children in care, and these survey results contribute to that commitment.
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Respected and Protected: securing a better future for all children
Respected and Protected highlights some of the issues faced by children today.
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Understanding why young people participate in the Voices competition
Through eleven interviews with young people who entered the Voices competition, Coram found out why young people decided to apply and if their experience of the competition helped them.
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Investigating the Efficacy of Art and Music Therapy with Vulnerable Children and Young People: A Systematic Review
Sharing learning Professionals Evaluation Creative Therapies | Wednesday 25th October 2017 | Anna Ponomarenko, Jade Yap, Uzma Peeran | 162 DownloadsHow effective are art and music therapy in supporting vulnerable children and young people?
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The role of Fostering for Adoption in achieving early permanence for children
In this guide, we set out the development of Fostering for Adoption (FfA) as a route to early permanence and explore current best policy and practice.
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Fostering for Adoption A child-centred solution: A guide for prospective FfA carers
Fostering for Adoption | September 2017 | Elaine Dibben, John Simmonds, Jeanne Kaniuk | 246 DownloadsOur guide is aimed at helping you to decide whether you could be a Fostering for Adoption (FfA) carer and explain the routes to becoming approved as an FfA carer.
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The sex and relationship education needs of young people: a review of research and school survey findings
Schools must be in a position to deliver statutory Sex and Relationships Education from September 2019. Coram Life Education, which provides PSHE education to nearly half a million children across the UK, wanted to understand how well schools are prepared to meet their statutory obligations, and what their support needs are.
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Three centuries of creating change for children: Coram Group Digest 2016-17
This year, Coram benefited more than one million children, families and professionals. Work also started on building The Queen Elizabeth II Centre, which will open in 2018 as we celebrate the 350th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Coram, our founder and key historic champion of children’s rights.
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Brexit: children’s rights at risk or future opportunity in the global era?
Children live in a different world to their parents and grandparents. For them the virtual world has no borders. Around 1 in 15 children were born to a parent not born in the UK; and in 2015 over 1 in 4 births were to women born outside the UK. Children’s home environments, their classrooms and their wider world are different places from the past and they live in a rapidly changing global environment.
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Coram's Autumn Newsletter
Adoption Concurrent Planning Creative Therapies Young people | Wednesday 5th October 2016 | 96 DownloadsCoram's Autumn Newsletter with the latest news, events and updates.