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National Trust Quebec House collaborates with Coram for new Foundling Hospital history tours
The National Trust property Quebec House is collaborating with Coram to offer a special new tour this spring, exploring the unique story of the hundreds of children who were raised at the Foundling Hospital in Westerham, Kent. The tours, led by National Trust volunteers, run at midday every Friday from 7 March until 30 May 2025.
“Ballet Shoes is, above all, a love letter to ambition and chosen family”
As the new production of Ballet Shoes, the tale of three adopted sisters and their found family, comes to the end of its current run at the National Theatre, Zoe Lambert, an adopted young person, shares her reflections on the show.
Coram Shakespeare Schools Theatre Festival returns for 25th anniversary year
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 Shakespeare Schools Foundation launches Big Give Christmas Challenge Appeal with donations doubled from 3 to 10 December
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.
100,000 pages of records from Coram’s Foundling Hospital Archive made available online to public for first time
Almost 100,000 pages of records from the Foundling Hospital, England’s first home for babies who were unable to be cared for by their parents, have today been made available online for the first time.
Coram publishes play script about the past and present of the care system for schools and youth groups to perform
Coram has published the script of the play Echoes Through Time: The Story of Care, created in collaboration with care-experienced young people. The script is published alongside a digital resource pack to support schools and youth groups to stage their own performances of the play and learn about the past and present of the care system.