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Coram changes lives, laws and systems to create better chances for children, now and forever.
Coram X SKETCH competition
Coram have partnered up with the new release SKETCH, a film about a young girl whose imagination and exploration through art helps her to cope with grief.
Vital that care-experienced children and young people have access to physical activity
A new report commissioned by the Local Government Association and written by Coram and Stormbreak, is calling for care-experienced children and young people to have better access to physical activity.
New report warns disadvantaged children at risk of missing out on early education as expanded entitlements roll out
Disadvantaged children are at risk of missing out on the same early education as their more affluent peers due to the eligibility criteria of government-funded childcare entitlements, a new report published today by Coram Family and Childcare warns.
Coram welcomes Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) funding announcement
Coram has welcomed today’s announcement from the Department for Education (DfE) that the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme will receive continued funding from April 2026. £600 million is being invested to extend the programme by another three years, which supports children receiving free school meals by providing food and enriching activities during school holidays.
Research and innovation
Coram produces pioneering children’s sector research and innovation tools which are used around the world. Find out more about our work below.
The Coram Innovation Collective: From Insight to Impact 2025
This report, the third to be produced by Coram’s Innovation Incubator, seeks to collate projects and approaches developed from across the sector in a bid to tackle key challenges faced by children’s services by thinking in new ways. It offers a space for lessons to be shared, products and approaches to be known about and the opportunity to celebrate the people effecting change across the country as a collective force for positive change.
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The Coram Institute will be the UK’s leading centre for research, innovation and policy development dedicated to the future of children.
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The Coram Impact and Evaluation team works with public sector, commercial and third-sector organisations as well as children, parents and academics to evaluate and improve services for families and children.
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Coram International works with governments, UN bodies, IGOs and NGOs around the world to protect and promote children and young people’s human rights.
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We champion children’s rights and wellbeing, making lives better through legal support, expert advocacy, adoption services and therapeutic, educational and cultural programmes.
