Coram is the UK's first children's charity, creating better chances for children, now and forever.
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As @educationgovuk launches its fostering campaign, our new research indicates substantial interest in fostering across England, suggesting there may be over half a million adults who would say that they will apply to foster a child in the future.
coram.org.uk/news/unlocking-…
Coram retweeted
A celebration to launch #nationaladoptionweek and the centenary of the #children of #adoptionAct 1926 bloomsburyfestival.org.uk/wh… @Coram
Funding opportunity for London charities
2 organisations will each receive £40,000 by the Coram's Voices in Action Rights Ambassador programme!
closes on 9 October: coram.org.uk/what-we-do/our-…
Our CEO @DrCarolHomden was interviewed earlier today on @UCBNewsTeam, addressing current trends in adoption. Find out more about the You Can Adopt campaign here bit.ly/4huypos
Only 13% of children in care in the year 2030 are likely to be adopted, based on current trends. @Coram explain that more people going from interest in adoption to registering to become adoptive parents could prevent that shortage - listen🔊: timbre-player.sharp-stream.c…
Every day is everything. Children needing adoption wait an average of 646 days for a permanent family. New @Coram & Adoption England analysis warns that by 2030 there may be enough adopters for just 13% of need. Report: coram.org.uk/resource/adopte…
Speaking for Ourselves– a new project led by a care-experienced board working with Coram.
With support from @HeritageFundUK
coram.org.uk/news/telling-th…
Come along to our virtual town hall event on the 29th September - 6.30 to 8.00pm.
email [email protected]
The end of the school term does not necessarily mean that worries about a child or teenager’s emotional wellbeing disappear.
🔗: coramfamilylives.org.uk/abou…
@Coram_FL
If you are worried about your child, your teenager or your family life:
📞 0808 800 2222
📱 WhatsApp: 07441 444125
The long summer break can sometimes lead to tension at home.
🔗Read the full Families Under Pressure report: coramfamilylives.org.uk/abou…
@Coram_FL
For free, confidential support with teenage behaviour and family relationships:
📞 0808 800 2222
📱 WhatsApp: 07441 444125
Coram has joined more than 70 organisations across the children’s sector in calling for children’s rights to be placed at the heart of government decision-making.
🔗 Read more about the coalition’s call:
bit.ly/4go6Rk9
@CCLCUK
#ChildrensRights #UNCRC #WeAreCoram
Holiday club costs rose 5% to £191 a week, while 30,000+ parents and carers contacted Coram Family Lives for support.
@CoramFamChild Survey: coramfamilyandchildcare.org.…
@Coram_FL Report: coramfamilylives.org.uk/abou…
Free WhatsApp support from @Coram_FL 07441 444125.
For separated parents, the school holidays can bring additional pressures
🔗Read the full Families Under Pressure report from @Coram_FL : coramfamilylives.org.uk/abou…
For free support with divorce, separation and wider family worries:
📞 0808 800 2222
📱 WhatsApp: 07441 444125
Our CEO @DrCarolHomden is one of the interviewees in this powerful and moving film charting the evolution of adoption over the last 100 years and the challenges facing the modern system.
How has adoption changed Britain? 4 August 2026 marks 100 years since adoption was legalised. Here is my documentary exploring the history of adoption & the challenges faced today. With thanks to all my wonderful interviewees @ITVX @itvnews @itvwestcountry youtube.com/watch?v=alG1R4Q7…
School holidays can bring added pressure for families.
@CoramFamChild Holiday Childcare Survey:
coramfamilyandchildcare.org.…
@Coram_FL Families Under Pressure report:
coram.org.uk/news/families-u…
@Coram_FL offers free, confidential support via WhatsApp: 07441 444125.
Be a champion for children.
Applications are open for Coram’s 2027 London Landmarks Half Marathon team.
Sunday 4 April 2027
Registration: £30
Fundraising target: £350
Apply now:
coram.org.uk/training-and-ev…
#WeAreCoram #TeamCoram #LLHM
Before Churchill lived at @ChartwellNT, it was home to the Westerham Foundling Hospital founded by Thomas Coram.
Learn more through The Story of the Westerham Foundlings exhibition with @nationaltrust.
🔗 Exhibition: tinyurl.com/3uhkvfyb
We welcome Andy Burnham's commitment to ending rough sleeping. The Government must also make tackling youth homelessness a national priority.
Hear directly from our Voices in Action Housing Rights Ambassadors in the award-winning film Glow in the Dark: youtube.com/watch?v=kSsAQTJV…
In @cypnow, James Hempsall, @hempsalls explores how regional decision-making could strengthen local services, improve outcomes for children and families, and recognise childcare as essential infrastructure.
cypnow.co.uk/content/comment…
Coram retweeted
Following the publication of our Holiday Childcare Survey 2026, Coram Family and Childcare is calling on governments to take action to ensure holiday childcare does not remain the poor cousin of early years childcare.
We are calling on governments to:
• Reinforce the statutory duty to secure sufficient holiday childcare, ensuring provision is properly understood and planned in England and Wales, and introduce a duty to monitor sufficiency for school-age holiday childcare in Scotland.
• Allow upfront payments of the childcare element of Universal Credit during school holidays.
• Encourage increased holiday childcare provision to improve parental choice and address gaps in availability.
• Extend the Experts at Hand inclusive practice training and coaching offer to holiday childcare providers, to improve access for children with additional needs.
• Support an increase in childminders so families have access to flexible holiday childcare.
Read the full report: coramfamilyandchildcare.org.…
#WeAreCoram #HolidayChildcareSurvey #Childcare
Coram retweeted
Our Holiday Childcare Survey 2026 finds that childminders offer parents the best chance of securing a full day of childcare during the holidays.
Across Great Britain, 79% of childminders are open 8am–6pm, compared to only 57% of holiday clubs.
Childminders were also found to be more likely than holiday clubs to be open during each of the school holidays.
Read the full report: coramfamilyandchildcare.org.…
#WeAreCoram #HolidayChildcareSurvey #ChildcareSurvey
