On Wednesday 15 January 2025, voluntary adoption agencies across the UK will be opening their doors simultaneously to mark Big Adoption Day. We are running two events - a collaboration with the National Theatre and an extended adoption information meeting.

Come and experience Coram’s new immersive, audio-visual installation, exploring the past and present of the British care system. Using a blend of media, the artwork explores pertinent, timeless questions about the care system, mixing snippets of life from the Foundling Hospital with those of young people in care today.

For National Adoption Week 2024, join us for an in-person screening of a new short film documenting photographer Philip Sinden's search for his birth family. Through this unfiltered and personal lens, Philip invites the audience to join him on a transformative journey.

This two hour training is aimed at local authority professionals – both social workers and lawyers - who are involved in the placement of children currently living in the UK to kinship carers overseas on a Special Guardianship Order. It will provide an overview of the legal and practice issues regarding special guardianship for children being placed abroad. There will then be ample time to discuss issues in overseas cases during the case study and group discussion.

This talk will present findings from the ADaPT project – an active implementation study spanning 28 mental health teams across England.