@Coram

Coram is the UK's first children's charity, creating better chances for children, now and forever.

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coram.org.uk/
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A celebration to launch #nationaladoptionweek and the centenary of the #children of #adoptionAct 1926 bloomsburyfestival.org.uk/wh… @Coram

Opening - Next of Kin: A Portrait of Adoptive Families by Richard Ansett

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Coram Family and Childcare@CoramFamChildJul 17
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
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Coram Family and Childcare@CoramFamChildJul 17
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
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Coram Family and Childcare@CoramFamChildJul 17
Our Holiday Childcare Survey 2026 looks at the availability of holiday childcare for children with additional needs and disabilities. Where this information is known, the lowest sufficiency level is for children with additional needs. Only 9% of LAs in England were able to say they have enough holiday childcare for at least three-quarters of children and young people with additional needs in their area. Only 5% of LAs in Wales report sufficient holiday childcare for at least three-quarters of children and young people with additional needs. Read the full report: coramfamilyandchildcare.org.… #WeAreCoram #HolidayChildcareSurvey
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Coram Family and Childcare@CoramFamChildJul 16
Our Holiday Childcare Survey 2026 looks at what families are paying for childcare during the school holidays. The survey finds that holiday childcare continues to cost almost three times as much as after-school childcare during term time. Across Great Britain, six weeks of a holiday club costs families an average of £726 more than six weeks of after-school childcare. Wales has the highest holiday childcare costs in Great Britain and has seen the steepest annual increase, with prices rising by 10% in the last year to £224 per week. Parents in Wales now face an average childcare bill of £1,342 over the six-week summer break. Read the full report: coramfamilyandchildcare.org.… #WeAreCoram #HolidayChildcareSurvey #ChildcareSurvey
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Coram Family and Childcare@CoramFamChildJul 16
Our Holiday Childcare Survey 2026 is published today. Holiday childcare costs across Great Britain have risen by 5% in the last year, leaving working parents facing an average bill of £191 per child per week, or £1,145 for the six-week summer holiday. The report also highlights a significant lack of information about how much holiday childcare exists in local areas. As Lydia Hodges, Head of Coram Family and Childcare, says: “Holiday childcare is now the missing piece of the puzzle. Read the full report: coramfamilyandchildcare.org.… #WeAreCoram #HolidayChildcareSurvey #ChildcareSurvey #Childcare
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Excellent news from @Literacy_Trust today but there’s still a lot to do - and we’re determined to ensure that every child has the chance to become a reader. Join us in our mission if you can - corambeanstalk.org.uk #NationalYearofReading #WeAreCoramBeanstalk #CreatingReaders

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"There's nothing quite like the thrill of opening a book."HM The Queen, Patron of Coram

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National Literacy Trust@Literacy_TrustJun 10
📢Good news! 📢 Our latest research shows a modest upturn in children and young people's reading engagement in 2026. This is positive, but we must keep going to embed reading into their everyday lives. Find out more about the work we're doing: literacytrust.org.uk/reading…
Last year, reading enjoyment among children and young people hit a 20-year low. This year, there's an upturn for the first time in five years. Graph compares 2025 (when 32.7% of children enjoyed reading) and 2026 (now at 36.1%).

ALT Last year, reading enjoyment among children and young people hit a 20-year low. This year, there's an upturn for the first time in five years. Graph compares 2025 (when 32.7% of children enjoyed reading) and 2026 (now at 36.1%).

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Concerns are raised about the growing use of “opaque” exclusion practices that operate “outside of statutory oversight”. New analysis based on @Coram legal casework calls for more transparency & accountability in exclusionary practices in #schools buff.ly/4sgM4fZ
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Concerns are raised about the growing use of “opaque” exclusion practices that operate “outside of statutory oversight”. New analysis based on @Coram legal casework calls for more transparency & accountability in exclusionary practices in #schools buff.ly/7DGLtSq
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Coram@CoramMay 27
Replying to @CCLCUK
@cclcuk ’s new report warns that tens of thousands of children are being removed from mainstream education through informal practices with no legal safeguards or oversight. Read the report: 🔗 coram.org.uk/resource/fairne… #WeAreCoram #SchoolExclusions
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CYP Now - Early years leaders welcome childcare fee probe but warn system is ‘underfunded’ - CYP Now cypnow.co.uk/content/news/ea…
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National Childminding Week is on a roll. Last night @CoramPACEY welcomed childminders and guests to @Coram campus to launch #themagicofchildminding here James is with Sue Robb DfE’s #BSIL champion
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🎧 Listen to snippets from @EmilyLHarle's interview with @Coram chief Carol Homden on the Third Sector Podcast Available here: bit.ly/4sKPw83
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Coram Family and Childcare@CoramFamChildApr 16
Find out more about Books Together family reading sessions and take a look at our new video here: coramfamilyandchildcare.org.…

New video shows benefits of Books Together family reading sessions - Coram Family and Childcare

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. @Coram @barnardos and @childrensociety write to @ukhomeoffice on impact of proposed immigration reforms - the @IPPR estimates earned settlement proposals would impact 300,000 children already in UK and keep upto 90,000 in poverty. Full story here - bit.ly/4sjDySN

Children’s charities write to Home Secretary over impact of proposed immigration reform on children...

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Coram Family and Childcare@CoramFamChildApr 8
In this video, parents talk about the benefits of Books Together - which helps families with children aged 2 to 4 learn fun ways of reading together. coramfamilyandchildcare.org.…

New video shows benefits of Books Together family reading sessions - Coram Family and Childcare

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Head to see a performance night this spring. 🎉 shakespeareschools.org/pages…
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Coram Family and Childcare@CoramFamChildApr 1
We are asking the government to ensure that new local authority-led proposals for school-based nurseries include plans for wraparound and holiday childcare, to avoid exacerbating employment barriers for disadvantaged families. Childcare Survey 2026: coramfamilyandchildcare.org.…

Childcare Survey 2026 - Coram Family and Childcare

In our Childcare Survey 2026, we look back over 25 years of data collection on the cost of childcare since the first survey in 2001.

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Family Group Conferences can divert children from entering care, but our research shows significant barriers in access. Max Stanford (@Coram) highlights what we need to ensure the FGC offer is improved for all families and children. Full story 👉 foundations.org.uk/press-rel…
A card showing an photo of Max Stanford, Managing Director of Research at Coram and author of the report, and his quote: “This is an incredibly timely and important piece of research that points to the need to ensure better access to FGCs for families through improved referrer knowledge and processes, as well as capacity within FGC services to support families throughout the FGC process. It also highlights the need for the collection of national data on FGC access and take up and more research into the barriers and enablers for older children, those with a disability and those from ethnic minority groups.”

ALT A card showing an photo of Max Stanford, Managing Director of Research at Coram and author of the report, and his quote: “This is an incredibly timely and important piece of research that points to the need to ensure better access to FGCs for families through improved referrer knowledge and processes, as well as capacity within FGC services to support families throughout the FGC process. It also highlights the need for the collection of national data on FGC access and take up and more research into the barriers and enablers for older children, those with a disability and those from ethnic minority groups.”

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Coram Family and Childcare@CoramFamChildMar 23
Join our free webinar at 1pm on 14 April to discuss the findings of the Coram Family and Childcare annual Childcare Survey 2026. This webinar will reflect on 25 years of childcare cost reporting, look at current costs and availability of childcare in England, Scotland and Wales, and share what parents told us about the importance of early education for their children. There will be opportunities for discussion about policy implications arising from the research. It will be hosted by Lydia Hodges, Head of Coram Family and Childcare. You can register for your free place here: events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
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