Turning shared challenges into collective solutions
At Coram-i, we bring together research, lived experience and frontline insight to drive system reform. As the Coram Institute for Children’s innovation and improvement arm, we help leaders tackle complex challenges through insights, innovation and cross-sector collaboration.
Children’s services are facing increasingly complex challenges
No local authority can solve placement sufficiency, digital transformation, workforce pressures and reform implementation alone.
Through the Coram-i Network, we bring together those shaping, building, and enabling change across children’s social care – uniting practice insights, innovation and investment to create real, system-wide impact.
The Coram-i Network
Children’s services leaders face increasing demand, workforce pressures, placement sufficiency challenges and growing expectations around digital transformation and reform. Senior leaders tell us they need:
- Trusted peers to explore complex challenges together
- Access to emerging ideas and innovation
- Insight that informs decision-making
- Opportunities to influence future priorities
Coram-i does exactly this by helping leaders learn from one another, reduce duplication, access expertise and turn shared challenges into collective solutions.
The Storyteller App: Empowering children in care to own their stories forever
Storyteller is a place where content can be collated and curated for, with and by children in care. Anyone important to the child can upload images, record video and audio clips, plus add text messages for a child to own forever.
Discover the Storyteller AppWhat makes Coram-i different?
We won’t promise ready-made solutions. What we do offer is:
- Honest conversations
- High-quality facilitation
- Access to diverse expertise
- Practical insight
- Collective learning
- A trusted environment for innovation
Our role is to help the sector solve problems together, identify what works faster, and build stronger foundations for future improvement, while reducing duplication and accelerating learning across the sector. Our approach brings together:
- Practice insight from leaders, practitioners and people with lived experience
- Research and evidence from the Coram Institute for Children
- Innovation expertise to explore and test new approaches
- Cross-sector collaboration across local government, academia, social enterprise, technology and philanthropy
- Independent convening to support collective learning and problem-solving
Together, these strengths help leaders identify emerging opportunities and accelerate the adoption of approaches that improve outcomes for children and families.
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Our Coram-i team will be happy to answer your questions about our consultancy services, and how we can work with your local authority to achieve the best possible results for children. Please complete our online form with your enquiry or contact us directly on coram-i@coram.org.uk.