The Books Together programme, delivered jointly by children's charities Coram Beanstalk and Coram Family and Childcare, is celebrating the joy of families reading together this week in support of World Book Day.

A new Allergy School programme has been launched by The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, the UK’s food allergy charity, supported by Coram Life Education.

Today (4 February), Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation (CSSF) launches the spring leg of its 2024-25 Theatre Festival, the world’s largest annual youth drama programme featuring thousands of children performing Shakespeare plays live in professional theatres across the UK.

Coram today announces an exciting new partnership with Nickelodeon, launching a competition for families to win tickets to the exclusive UK launch of the brand-new Nickelodeon series, The Thundermans: Undercover on Saturday 15 February 2025.

Approaching its 25th year in 2025, CSSF aims to raise £80,000 towards its Theatre and Film Festivals, using the unique power of Shakespeare to transform lives and give young people across the UK the confidence and skills they need to succeed in life.

On Wednesday 20 November, to celebrate World Children’s Day, St Giles Hotels, the hotels’ foundation, ‘Hotels with Heart’, and renowned illustrator Eleanor Tomlinson visited Gateway Academy, a primary school located in Westminster, for an art competition to support Coram.

A range of barriers are preventing disadvantaged children in England from taking up their entitlement to 15-hours of funded early education, but national and local action could change this. That is the conclusion of a major study published today, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and undertaken by the Centre for Evidence and Implementation, UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities, Coram Family and Childcare, and early years expert Ivana La Valle. 

One in ten children aged three to ten never choose to read at home without parental input, according to a new survey published today by the national children’s reading charity Coram Beanstalk, conducted in partnership with Mumsnet.

Holiday childcare costs in Great Britain have risen by 6% since last summer, with working parents now facing an average bill of £175 per child per week – over £1,000 for the six-week break – according to Coram Family and Childcare’s 19th annual Holiday Childcare Survey, published today.

Ahead of the start of the school summer holidays, national children’s reading charity Coram Beanstalk has today published tips for parents to help children choose reading throughout the summer and beyond. The campaign is supported by parenting expert and coach Sue Atkins, who also volunteers as a Coram Beanstalk reading helper.