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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:
‘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
Young people helping others: Evaluation of the HALO programme of help, advice and legal opportunity
Coram's HALO programme gives 16 to 25-year olds the opportunity to help other children and young people.
Children in ASEAN; 30 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in ASEAN
In November 2019, UNICEF EAPRO published a report developed by Coram International marking 30 years of the UNCRC in the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Region.
Casting Light in the Shadows: Child and youth migration, exploitation and trafficking in Vietnam
In 2016 Coram International was awarded funding from the Home Office’s Child Trafficking Protection Fund (CTPF) for a 2.5 year project that aimed to work towards ending the trafficking of children within and from Vietnam.
Bright Spots insight paper: Understanding why you are in care
Every child and young person who comes into care needs to know why and have opportunities to discuss the reasons this happened whenever they feel unclear.
Our Bright Spots Insight Paper ‘Understanding why you are in care’ explains why this is important to children and young people and shares ideas and resources for how to support them with this.