hey! Conference: Starting from the Child?

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.

Join us for a special, in-person Coram Society event to celebrate Coram’s long engagement with music. John Caldicott, a former Foundling Hospital pupil, and Philippa Dodds John MBE, lead organiser of Coram’s Handel Birthday Concert, will help us explore the changing role of music in Coram’s history.

Young people around the world are said to be facing a dramatic decline in their physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. Building on the momentum of Mental Health Awareness Week 2024, this online Coram Society event will delve into mental health research insights and tackle the crucial question: what should we do?

In this joint annual lecture organised by TCRU (Thomas Coram Research Unit) and Coram, Professor Rick Hood will explore the significance of welfare inequalities in relation to social work and social care.

This event will introduce participants to findings from two research projects focused on better understanding both professional responses to, and young people’s experiences of, extra-familial risk and harm.