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Coram @wearecoram.bsky.social · 17h

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

Kinship Care Mediation - Foundations

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Coram @wearecoram.bsky.social · 1d

A Token Speaks a Thousand Words
Opening today, the @nationaltrust.org.uk × Coram competition invites children aged 4–11 to design fabric tokens honouring the 469 children of the Westerham Foundling Hospital.

Learn more: www.coram.org.uk/national-tru...

#Coram #NationalTrust #SCARF #WeAreCoram

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TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 9d

UPDATE: The first TCRU seminar this Thurs 2 Oct has been CANCELLED. Our Autumn Series will now start on 9 Oct. Join us for talks on migration, childhood, motherhood, and more: tinyurl.com/33putb5f
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social

Thomas Coram Research Unit – Events

Browse our upcoming events.

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TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 13d

Our Seminar Series runs 2 Oct – 11 Dec

From migration & citizenship to early childhood, motherhood, sanctuary cities, Muslim women’s belonging, mixed-heritage families & more. Explore new work across TCRU’s themes.

A space to share ideas & build connections across disciplines.
tinyurl.com/33putb5f

Thomas Coram Research Unit – Events

Browse our upcoming events.

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Coram @wearecoram.bsky.social · 12d

Voices in Action is Coram’s youth-led ambassador programme for 16–25 yr olds with experience of homelessness or school exclusion:
➡ Campaign for change
➡ Lead peer workshops
➡ Share rights & empower youth

👉 Apply by 12 Oct: www.coram.org.uk/what-we-do/o...
#VoicesInAction #WeAreCoram

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Coram @wearecoram.bsky.social · 12d

Coram at #LabourPartyConference: Head of Policy & Practice Change (Coram Children’s Legal Centre), Anita Hurrell, joins the panel “Victims in their own right?” chaired by SafeLives CEO Ellen Miller

Sun 28 Sept, 17:45, Theatre 2 (Youth Zone & Skills Hub).

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Coram @wearecoram.bsky.social · 13d

Education Policy Institute highlights decline in London’s primary school population,

Coram's CEO Dr Carol Homden warns closures, costs & housing pressures risk making London “not a child-friendly city" : 🔗https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-child-friendly-city-coram-charity-b1145676.html

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Coram @wearecoram.bsky.social · 14d

Coram hosted a ‘Tea and Talk’ with @hallierubenhold.bsky.social hosted by @maddypelling.bsky.social
to celebrate the publication of her new book Story of a Murder: The Wives, The Mistress and Dr Crippen.

Catch the full recording on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/wXSM2P6Q4cM?...

#WeAreCoram

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Coram Family and Childcare @coramfam.bsky.social · 14d

Members of the National Association of Family Information Services (NAFIS) enjoy regular free webinars, sharing ideas and learning through a secure email network, a monthly newsletter and an annual conference. Open to all local authorities. More info:

www.coramfamilyandchildcare.org.uk/nafis/

National Association of Family Information Services - Coram Family and Childcare

Discover the National Association of Family Information Services (NAFIS) — the UK’s only national membership body supporting local authorities with high-quality family information and advice. Learn ab...

www.coramfamilyandchildcare.org.uk

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Coram @wearecoram.bsky.social · 15d

Coram's third Future of Youth Forum, Digital Futures: From Risk to Response, will take place on Wednesday 8 October, 1.45–7.00pm at Coram, 41 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ.

🔗 Book your free place here: www.coram.org.uk/training-and...

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TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 19

Missed our #TCRU_Coram_AnnualLecture? Watch the recording here tinyurl.com/52hnhtta. Prof Elaine Chase shared insights on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Essential viewing for anyone in rights-based policy.
#YoungRefugeeVoices
@wearecoram.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social

TCRU | Supporting the lives and aspirations of children and young people migrating to the UK alone

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Jan Dubiel @jandubiel.bsky.social · Aug 26

Its really important that we understand the GLD in context
My blog for @wearecoram.bsky.social
www.coramhempsalls.org.uk/news/2025-08...

August 2025 - A small (but nevertheless Important) part of the whole: understanding the role of the GLD | Hempsalls

www.coramhempsalls.org.uk

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Coram @wearecoram.bsky.social · Aug 1

Leap Confronting Conflict has joined the Coram Group of children’s charities.

Read more about Coram Leap Confronting Conflict on our website: coram.org.uk/news/leap-co...

#WeAreCoram

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · Jul 31

Impacts on children has also been the subject of the child-centred interviews @wearecoram.bsky.social conducted on our behalf as part of our 3-year research project into the impacts of the rules generously supported by @phf-uk.bsky.social
Read more here: www.coram.org.uk/news/coram-i...

Coram interviews find damaging impact of UK spouse visa rules on children - Coram

Interviews with children published today (23 June) by Coram reveal that many children living in families subject to the minimum income requirement could be experiencing negative impacts on their…

www.coram.org.uk

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CVAA UK @cvaauk.bsky.social · Jul 22

Today CVAA & @adoptionuk.bsky.social @wearecoram.bsky.social @kinshipcharity.bsky.social @barnardos.org.uk @familyrightsgp.bsky.social wrote to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social calling for an urgent review of the April #ASGSF changes, confirmation of funding in 2026 & full consultation on future reforms

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Coram Family and Childcare @coramfam.bsky.social · Jul 17

Summer holiday childcare costs in Great Britain have risen by 4% in the last year. Working parents now face an average bill of £179 per child per week, a total of £1,075 for the six-week break. Full Holiday Childcare Survey: www.coramfamilyandchildcare.org.uk/research/hol...

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Coram @wearecoram.bsky.social · Jul 10

We welcome today's Education Committee report on children's social care.

We now call upon the government to take immediate action to address these recommendations and achieve positive outcomes in children’s lives.

Read the full report and our response: committees.parliament.uk/committee/20...

How to fix children’s social care and restore care leavers’ life chances – report - Committees - UK Parliament

Overstretched children’s social care services, in the face of rising need, has led to an alarming number of children leaving the care system and becoming homeless, not in employment or not in ed...

committees.parliament.uk

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Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation @cssf-uk.bsky.social · Jun 12

What if every child found their voice? 🎤

Presented by Alfie Enoch, a Patron here at CSSF.

www.ticketsource.co.uk/coram-shakes...

#playfulspaces25

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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · Jun 17

What does the asylum system feel like when you’re the child inside it? @tcru-ucl.bsky.social and @wearecoram.bsky.social are calling for reforms to better protect children seeking asylum. #IOEBlog

blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2025/06/...

Reimagining protection for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

IOE’s Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU) and Coram have called for a fundamental shift in how asylum-seeking children and young people in the UK are supported... (read more)

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Coram @wearecoram.bsky.social · Jun 16

Young men worry about Britain's 'epidemic of fatherlessness'.

With comment from Coram CEO Dr Carol Homden CBE in last weekend's Express.

www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

Young men worry about Britain's 'epidemic of fatherlessness'

A top think tank warns that fathers have a vital role to play in stopping young men ending up in prison

www.express.co.uk

Coram @wearecoram.bsky.social · Jun 10

Today with @cvaauk.bsky.social & other voluntary #adoption agencies we have launched a new guide to raise awareness of the need for more adoptive parents for children of Black & other diverse ethnicities who are waiting for a family.

Download the free guide: www.coramadoption.org.uk/who-can-adop...

Black children and families - Coram Adoption

www.coramadoption.org.uk

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Coram @wearecoram.bsky.social · Jun 10

The review, supported by The Hadley Trust, concludes that more robust studies are needed in this space, and makes a number of important policy, practice and research recommendations.

Coram @wearecoram.bsky.social · Jun 10

Our new evidence review published today finds that increased confidence, self-esteem and social skills are some of the identified positive outcomes of creative programmes including art, music and theatre, with children and young people experiencing disadvantage.

www.coram.org.uk/resource/eff...

The efficacy of creative interventions with children and young people experiencing disadvantage - Coram

www.coram.org.uk

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · Jun 10

We also want to thank @wearecoram.bsky.social for the child-centred interviews they conducted on our behalf which were submitted to the MAC and we hope informed their findings related to the negative impacts on them, often the biggest (and most hidden) victims of this policy. youtu.be/y6WGZ4jOdxE

RFUK Impacts on children due to the family migration rules

YouTube video by Reunite Families UK

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TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · Jun 5

A powerful evening of insight, lived experience & partnership!
Our annual TCRU & @wearecoram.bsky.social lecture spotlighted unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK and the urgent need for change.

Read key takeaways here: bit.ly/3HtjXxB
@ucl.ac.uk #YoungRefugeeVoices

Reimagining protection for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

IOE’s Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU) and Coram have called for a fundamental shift in how asylum-seeking children and young people in the UK are supported... (read more)

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