Coram and the Thomas Coram Research Unit (based at University College London) hold an annual lecture to consider current themes in research relevant to children and families. This year’s lecture will focus on children and young people migrating on their own to the UK, the persistent disconnects between the realities of young people's lives and current policy and practice responses, and the value of more fully engaging the voices and experiences of young people in research, policy debate and beyond.

This two hour training is aimed at local authority professionals – both social workers and lawyers - who are involved in the placement of children currently living in the UK to kinship carers overseas on a Special Guardianship Order. It will provide an overview of the legal and practice issues regarding special guardianship for children being placed abroad. There will then be ample time to discuss issues in overseas cases during the case study and group discussion.

Join us at our webinar to discuss the key findings of the Coram Family & Childcare annual Childcare Survey 2024. Two months on from the roll-out of the first phase of the funded childcare expansion, we will also reflect on the challenges and successes of the expansion so far.

Join Coram Hempsall's for a critically important conference to start from the child and explore the continuum of learning and development from birth to seven years of age. There will be a stellar line-up of speakers coming together to analyse and investigate the nature of effective, appropriate, and responsible early education practice. This special hey! conference will also launch the 5th Edition of ‘Starting from the Child?’ by Prof. Julie Fisher, in conjunction with Open University Press.

The objects around us are intertwined with our feelings and experiences. Exploring our relationship with objects can help us tell our stories and give us a greater understanding of other people and ourselves.

This half day course is aimed at professionals who work with children and families who may benefit from a therapeutic intervention and would like to increase their understanding of different therapeutic approaches. Foster carers, kinship carers and adoptive parents who are considering different options for therapeutic support may also benefit from this training.