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Real Families: Stories of Change

Featuring works by artists such as Grayson Perry, Joshua Reynolds, Tracey Emin, Chantal Joffe, Paula Rego, Lucian Freud and Alice Neel, the exhibition explores our changing understanding of ‘family’ in the last 50 years and considers what it means today.

Image credit: Sir Joshua Reynolds portrait, ‘The Braddyll Family’ (detail), 1789. Photograph © The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge.
Until 7 January 2024 The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Free Find out more and book here

“His Innocent Subjects”: A Historical Exploration of the ‘Deserving’ and ‘Undeserving Poor’

Join us and our speakers (Polly Toynbee and Professor Harriet Ward) to examine how our understanding of poverty and need has evolved, or not, since the time of Thomas Coram, and the impact this has on the contemporary world.
29 January 2024 - 6 - 7.30pm Online via Zoom Free Find out more & book Add to calendar

Edinburgh Marathon

Come and be part of Scotland's BIGGEST running festival! This marathon is a must do along a flat course, perfect if you are aiming for a PB.
25 May 2025 Edinburgh, Scotland £500 £30 Sign up today! Add to calendar

Forgotten Foundlings? Voicelessness and invisibility in the story of care

Coram Society and In Between Lines are pleased to present this free online event marking the close of Black History Month 2023. This year's event centres on the voices of those that have been missing from the historical record, as well as the experience of our speakers and care experienced young people in the Voices through Time: The Story of Care programme.
30 October 2023 - 6 - 7.15pm Online via Zoom Free Find out more and book here Add to calendar

Relinquished babies

We will look at the relevant statutory frameworks and recent case law, the challenges of working with relinquished babies and their parents, some of the complexities of the background histories of relinquished babies, the importance of counselling for relinquishing parents, care planning and the support needs of relinquished children and their adopters.
20 November 2023 - 10am - 4pm Online via Zoom From £126 Book on the CoramBAAF website Add to calendar

Assertive advocacy

Equipping social workers to challenge their child’s school to ensure better outcomes, particularly in professional PEP meetings. Uphold a child or young person’s legal rights and ensure that they are fairly treated.
14 November 2023 - 10am - 12.30pm Online via Zoom From £43.20 Book on the CoramBAAF website Add to calendar