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Government launches investment in support for kinship carers £126 million of support confirmed for family members such as grandparents, aunts and uncles who care for relatives’ children in new pilot scheme.

We welcome the government's announcement today of investment in support for #kinshipcarers, who play a vital role in providing loving, safe homes for children in their family whose parents are unable to care for them full-time.

Read our @corambaaf.bsky.social response: www.gov.uk/government/n...

We are delighted that the Coram Voices in Action school exclusion ambassadors have been named today as one of the @bigissue.com 100 Changemakers of 2026!

The ambassadors turn personal experience of #schoolexclusion into policy influence, hope & support for others.

www.bigissue.com/news/activis...

It’s #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek 💛 — and we’re centring the voices that are often overlooked: children growing up under the UK spouse/partner visa rules. These impacts were laid bare in the @wearecoram.bsky.social Centre for Impact research commissioned by Reunite Families UK. 🧵

Pledge to get 10,000 vulnerable children into foster homes Thousands more children in the social care system in England will grow up in loving homes, under plans to create up to 10,000 new foster care places.

The plans have been broadly welcomed by @corambaaf.bsky.social who will "work alongside government, partners and our members to make this vision a reality."

Read more at www.gov.uk/government/n...

Children’s minister @joshmacalistermp.bsky.social was at Coram yesterday to unveil government plans to increase the number of foster carers in England and improve support. The minister was joined by Judy and her adopted daughter Roxy - who starred in the recent series of hit TV show #TheTraitors.

Group photo at Sobell Leisure Centre of Carol Homden, CEO of Coram, Caroline Keane, Head of Adoption, Coram adoption agency, Andy Bindon, Chief Officer at GLL and Joseph Rham, Customer and Communities Director at GLL

Today, to celebrate #BigAdoptionDay2026, we are delighted to announce a new partnership with social enterprise and leisure operator GLL, who have offered 500 free three-month memberships to Better leisure centres for adoptive families in London and across the country.

Woman's Hour - Young kids and screen time, Adoption Act centenary, The Ayoub Sisters - BBC Sounds How long should young children spend watching TV or looking at computer screens?

Yesterday our CEO, Dame Carol Homden joined a discussion on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, alongside Professor Harriet Ward and adoptee Zoe Lambert, on the centenary of the Adoption Act 1926, how far adoption has come and what still needs to change.

Listen at 27.02: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Statue of Thomas Coram with a santa hat on

Please note:
Our offices will be closed from 5pm on 23 December 2025 and reopen at 9am on 2 January 2026.

Thank you for your support in 2025 ❤️

Wishing you a joyful festive season!

Our Christmas appeal: coram.org.uk/christmas/

Over 82,000 children in care in England are waiting to be fostered or adopted.

Not every child has a safe beginning. Help us create a new start and loving home by donating to our Christmas appeal: coram.org.uk/christmas

Home is where the start is ❤️

#WeAreCoram #Charity

These proposals will exponentially increase the number of children growing up only seeing a parent through a screen.
Our research with @wearecoram.bsky.social shows how the UK’s spouse migration policy forces long separations, harming children’s mental health reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/families-bel...

New stats show more young care leavers (18–20) facing or at risk of homelessness: 4,310 → 4,610 (10%+). 600 became homeless immediately after leaving care. “This must be addressed in pathway plans.” Read our response: www.coram.org.uk/news/homeles...

#CareLeaversMonth #EndYouthHomelessness

World Children’s Day is a moment to ask how seriously the UK takes children’s rights.

Join Coram Children’s Legal Centre online on Fri 21 Nov, 12.00–1.15pm for “World Children’s Day: What next for children’s rights in the UK?”

Register here: buytickets.at/coram/1940843

The window above the door of the Coram Institute for Children, it shows a red neon-style script sign in red that reads 'Institute for Children'

On #WorldChildrensDay, Coram is delighted to announce that the charity’s application to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for recognition as an independent research organisation (IRO) has been successful:
coram.org.uk/news/coram-g...
@ukri.org

Donate to a Children’s Charity this Christmas – Coram Every child and young person deserves a loving home, and we are dedicated to making that happen. Donate to Coram's Christmas Appeal 2025 today.

Not all children have a safe beginning or loving home.

Help Coram change that this Christmas.

Learn more about our Christmas appeal on our website:
www.coram.org.uk/christmas/

#HomeisWheretheStartIs #WeAreCoram

NAFIS Conference and Awards 2025 - Coram Family and Childcare NAFIS Conference and Awards 2025

Registration is still open for the NAFIS Conference and Awards 2025. Two days packed with expert speakers and workshops. Open to all local authorities who are NAFIS members.
www.coramfamilyandchildcare.org.uk/nafis/nafis-... If you’d like to join NAFIS, please get in touch.

Coram launches nationwide call for adoption stories to mark 100th anniversary of The Adoption of Children Act 1926 - Coram Coram is calling for people across the country to share their stories of adoption, to mark the centenary of The Adoption of Children Act in 2026.

To mark the start of National Adoption Week, @wearecoram.bsky.social has launched a call for adoption stories to mark next year's centenary of the legislation that created the first legal framework for adoption #adoption #socialwork #childrenincare www.coram.org.uk/news/coram-n...

UK Spotlight - Baker McKenzie and Coram Children’s Legal Centre - KIND Baker McKenzie’s pro bono team, in partnership with Coram and KIND, helped a refugee child gain British citizenship, showing the power of legal advocacy and innovation in securing protection for famil...

For #UKProBonoWeek, we are highlighting our partnership with @wearecoram.bsky.social & Baker McKenzie.

Since 2019, we have supported 100+ cases, including helping an eight-year-old refugee gain British citizenship.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3LNoI7d

World Children's Day: What next for children's rights in the UK?
⏰Fri 21 Nov 2025 12:00 PM

Join Louise King @crae-official.bsky.social alongside other leading policy, legal and academic experts this coming Friday.

Hosts @wearecoram.bsky.social 

Reflections from the co-produced UK Migration and Maternal Health (MAMAH) Study Join this event to hear Dr Kerrie Stevenson provide evidence that supports better maternity care for women or birthing people with lived experience of migration in the UK.

1 in 3 people giving birth in the UK was born abroad.
Join @drkstevenson.bsky.social on 13 Nov, as she shares findings from the UK Migration & Maternal Health Study – supporting fairer, more inclusive maternity care.
bit.ly/47ncF9i
#UCL #MaternityCare #Migration
@sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

Visualising Migration: Art, Resistance & Wellbeing An interdisciplinary panel event with voices from journalism, arts, and research exploring migration, resistance and wellbeing.

How can art and storytelling help us make sense of migration, displacement & belonging?
Join panellists @ismaileinashe.bsky.social, Manal Massalha, Christie Swallow & Jessie Sullivan on 11 Nov, 4.30pm, for Visualising Migration: Art, Resistance & Wellbeing.
bit.ly/479Qe6d
#Migration #Art #Wellbeing

Fought Not Taught: (Oct 2025) A publication from The Traveller Movement

Last week, CCLC solicitors Amy Price & Sabrina Simpson attended the Parliament launch of the Traveller Movement report Fought Not Taught on coercive exclusions.

Read: travellermovement.org.uk/policy-and-p...

Behind the scenes of Glow in the Dark: co-produced with Coram’s Voices in Action, centring hope and the real ambitions of young people facing homelessness. Shortlisted as a Charity Finalist at Big Syn International Film Festival. Watch: www.coram.org.uk/glowinthedark

#GlowInTheDark

Join us online to discuss how public policy can better respond to the long-term, intergenerational impacts of childhood adversity & trauma — with Benjamin Perks (Trauma Proof) and Coram International.

📅 Wed 29 Oct | 🕒 12–1pm GMT | 💻 Online
🔗 Register and Learn More: lnkd.in/eKWjH6vQ

As part of National Adoption Week, Coram is calling for people to share their own stories of adoption, as part of our 2026 programme of activities marking the centenary of The Adoption of Children Act.

Find out more and share your story: adoptionstory.org.uk

On @bbc5live.bsky.social, Coram CEO Dr Carol Homden spoke with Naga Munchetty about National Adoption week and the Adoption Act centenary—why children are waiting, why early attachment matters, and how more people can come forward.

Stories: adoptionstory.org.uk | coramadoption.org.uk

Books Together - Coram Family and Childcare Discover the joy of reading with your child through the Books Together programme – a series of fun, interactive sessions offering tips, resources, and ideas to help families read together regularly.

We’re welcoming families to our Books Together session at Benton’s Lane Children’s Centre, Lambeth today. Reading with children builds bonds and supports the brain and language skills from as early as two weeks old. Find out more: www.coramfamilyandchildcare.org.uk/books-togeth...

The walls speak for themselves: Muslim women's belonging and safety in London universities Join this event to hear Dr Amena Amer discuss the intersecting experiences of Muslim women at universities.

The walls speak for themselves
Join TCRU's Amena Amer on 23 Oct, 12:00–13:00, where she'll explore the lived realities of Muslim women in London’s universities, through the contexts of safety, identity and belonging.
bit.ly/4hdWkad
#UCL #MuslimWomen #Diversity
@sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

National Adoption Week: Children & Families Minister Josh MacAlister OBE visited Coram with our CEO Dr Carol Homden to call for more adopters and invite people with lived experience to share their stories.

Share your story: adoptionstory.org.uk
#NationalAdoptionWeek #Adoption #ChildrenFirst

Turning insight into impact: Coram opens the home of the Coram Institute for Children — the UK’s first think tank solely dedicated to advancing children and young people’s life chances. Grounded in youth voice; research shaping policy & practice. 🌍

More: www.coram.org.uk/institute/

Kinship Care Mediation - Foundations

For #KinshipCareWeek (6–12 Oct), research by Coram, commissioned by Foundations, finds mediation can help kinship families improve communication, reduce conflict & create more stable, child-focused arrangements.

🔗 foundations.org.uk/our-work/publications/kinship-care-mediation-a-feasability-study