Coram Voice has announced its panel of judges for Voices 2025, the national creative writing competition for care-experienced children and young people, which is sponsored by UK management consultancy Cadence Innova, part of Transform, and open for entries until 23 March.

Local authorities are routinely failing in their legal duties to children aged between 16-17 years old who become homeless, leaving them without the support they are entitled to, according to new research published today by the Coram Institute for Children.

‘Voices’, the only national creative writing competition for children in care and young care leavers run by Coram Voice, is now open for entries from 11 December 2024 to 23 March 2025.

Care leavers in England are at risk of missing out on essential items when setting up their first homes due to the lack of clear national guidelines on the Setting Up Home Allowance (SUHA), according to new research by A National Voice* and Coram Voice, published today to coincide with National Care Leavers' Week 2024 (28 October - 3 November).

Many children in care and care leavers with disabilities could be missing out on vital support according to data published today obtained under a Freedom of Information (FOI) request sent to all local authorities by Coram Voice.

A group of care-experienced young people delivered a powerful performance of a new play, Echoes Through Time: The Story of Care, to a sold-out audience at Hoxton Hall on Thursday 4 April 2024.

On Saturday 17 February, Coram Voice announced the winners of Voices 2024, its national writing competition for children in care and young care leavers, at a ceremony hosted in London by actor Peter Capaldi alongside former Voices competition winner, Claire Wilden.

The actor Peter Capaldi will return to host the eighth edition of Voices, the national creative writing competition for children in care and young care leavers run by Coram Voice.

Student Anthony Lynch, one of the organisers of the In-Between Lines project at Coram, explains what it is setting out to achieve.

The Story of New Belongings report follows the recent publication of Department for Education’s implementation strategy for children’s social care.