We’re pleased to confirm Duncan Fisher, a donor conceived person connected to the Donor Conception Network, as the final panellist for our 2026 #TCRU_Coram_AnnualLecture. We look forward to him bringing his lived experience to the discussion. Book now: bit.ly/4cGgpE9
#FamilyPolicy #DonorConception
The UK’s oldest children’s charity has absorbed a series of smaller organisations in recent years.
@emilyharle.bsky.social hears from its chief on the realities of building collective resilience
@wearecoram.bsky.social
How do people navigate identity and belonging across families, cultures and countries?
Zoe Lambert joins our 2026 #TCRU_Coram_AnnualLecture panel sharing her personal & professional insights on complex identity and adoption practice.
Register here: bit.ly/47lBG42
#FamilyPolicy #DonorConception
At our 2026 #TCRU_Coram_AnnualLecture, Naomi Angell brings a legal and policy perspective on adoption, surrogacy and fertility.
Book your place: tinyurl.com/49bwb4ez
#FamilyPolicy #DonorConception
We're looking for Adoption Ambassadors Are you an adopted person aged 18-25? Do you want to join a group of other adoptees and use your voice to change how people think about adoption? Image shows a diverse group of young people sitting around a table in a park on a sunny day, they are smiling and engaging in conversation.
Are you an adopted person aged 18-25? Do you want to join a group of other adoptees and use your voice to change how people think about adoption?
Find out more, including how to apply, on our website: www.coram.org.uk/adoption-amb...
#Adoptee #Ambassador #WeAreCoram
“There are more than 12,000 children in the care system than a decade ago and our care system is in crisis. Yet despite the evidence on the benefits of family group conferences, this groundbreaking research has highlighted that the vast majority of children in need or at risk are not being offered a family group conference, and that those who are disabled, older or from ethnic minorities may be even less likely to be offered one than other children. The findings highlight the urgent need for local and national leaders to address this, in the interests of children and their families, and to the benefit of society and the public purse.”
Today, important new research funded by @foundationsww.bsky.social & conducted by @wearecoram.bsky.social, in partnership with Family Rights Group & Cardiff University, reveals striking variations in access to family group conferences (FGCs) for families across England.
Learn more: ow.ly/u2uy50YxtZ7
A card showing an photo of Max Stanford, Managing Director of Research at Coram and author of the report, and his quote: “This is an incredibly timely and important piece of research that points to the need to ensure better access to FGCs for families through improved referrer knowledge and processes, as well as capacity within FGC services to support families throughout the FGC process. It also highlights the need for the collection of national data on FGC access and take up and more research into the barriers and enablers for older children, those with a disability and those from ethnic minority groups.”
Family Group Conferences can divert children from entering care, but our research shows significant barriers in access. Max Stanford (@wearecoram.bsky.social) highlights what we need to ensure the FGC offer is improved for all families and children.
Full story 👉 foundations.org.uk/press-releas...
Pleased to partner with @familyrightsgp.bsky.social and @lornastabler.bsky.social on this timely and important research on Family Group Conferences, funded by @foundationsww.bsky.social.
Read the full report below.
Our Childcare Survey 2026 shows that less than half (44%) of local authorities in England report having enough childcare for at least 75% of early years children with SEND in their area, and this falls to 23% for school aged children with SEND: www.coramfamilyandchildcare.org.uk/research/chi...
Gaps in availability of childcare for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is one of the most concerning and consistent findings of our Childcare Survey over the last 25 years: www.coramfamilyandchildcare.org.uk/research/chi...
Disadvantaged children are being priced out of early years education. Families not eligible for childcare entitlements pay an average of £189 per week for a part-time nursery place for a child under two. #ChildcareSurvey2026 www.coramfamilyandchildcare.org.uk/research/chi...
For families eligible for the funded childcare entitlement (now 30 hours), a part-time place may now be free during term-time. But costs have risen in England for parents not eligible for the funded entitlement. Childcare Survey 2026: www.coramfamilyandchildcare.org.uk/research/chi...
Our Childcare Survey 2026 shows year-on-year rise in childcare costs for under-twos in England over 25 years, until expansion of funded entitlements in 2024-25 brought the cost of p/t childcare for eligible working parents back to 2005 level: www.coramfamilyandchildcare.org.uk/research/chi...
Huge congratulations to Dr Carol Homden of @wearecoram.bsky.social on being made a Dame Commander of the British Empire!
A much deserved award for a tireless champion of children and families, in particular adopted families.
We're delighted that Kirsty & Stephanie in our Adoption Activity Days team have been recognised in The British Association of Social Workers' Amazing Social Worker campaign 2026!
Our Activity Days bring together approved adopters with children waiting to be adopted.
basw.co.uk/about-basw/a...
We welcome the government's announcement today of investment in support for #kinshipcarers, who play a vital role in providing loving, safe homes for children in their family whose parents are unable to care for them full-time.
Read our @corambaaf.bsky.social response: www.gov.uk/government/n...
We are delighted that the Coram Voices in Action school exclusion ambassadors have been named today as one of the @bigissue.com 100 Changemakers of 2026!
The ambassadors turn personal experience of #schoolexclusion into policy influence, hope & support for others.
www.bigissue.com/news/activis...
It’s #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek 💛 — and we’re centring the voices that are often overlooked: children growing up under the UK spouse/partner visa rules. These impacts were laid bare in the @wearecoram.bsky.social Centre for Impact research commissioned by Reunite Families UK. 🧵
The plans have been broadly welcomed by @corambaaf.bsky.social who will "work alongside government, partners and our members to make this vision a reality."
Read more at www.gov.uk/government/n...
Children’s minister @joshmacalistermp.bsky.social was at Coram yesterday to unveil government plans to increase the number of foster carers in England and improve support. The minister was joined by Judy and her adopted daughter Roxy - who starred in the recent series of hit TV show #TheTraitors.
Group photo at Sobell Leisure Centre of Carol Homden, CEO of Coram, Caroline Keane, Head of Adoption, Coram adoption agency, Andy Bindon, Chief Officer at GLL and Joseph Rham, Customer and Communities Director at GLL
Today, to celebrate #BigAdoptionDay2026, we are delighted to announce a new partnership with social enterprise and leisure operator GLL, who have offered 500 free three-month memberships to Better leisure centres for adoptive families in London and across the country.
Yesterday our CEO, Dame Carol Homden joined a discussion on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, alongside Professor Harriet Ward and adoptee Zoe Lambert, on the centenary of the Adoption Act 1926, how far adoption has come and what still needs to change.
Listen at 27.02: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Please note:
Our offices will be closed from 5pm on 23 December 2025 and reopen at 9am on 2 January 2026.
Thank you for your support in 2025 ❤️
Wishing you a joyful festive season!
Our Christmas appeal: coram.org.uk/christmas/
Over 82,000 children in care in England are waiting to be fostered or adopted.
Not every child has a safe beginning. Help us create a new start and loving home by donating to our Christmas appeal: coram.org.uk/christmas
Home is where the start is ❤️
#WeAreCoram #Charity
These proposals will exponentially increase the number of children growing up only seeing a parent through a screen.
Our research with @wearecoram.bsky.social shows how the UK’s spouse migration policy forces long separations, harming children’s mental health reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/families-bel...
New stats show more young care leavers (18–20) facing or at risk of homelessness: 4,310 → 4,610 (10%+). 600 became homeless immediately after leaving care. “This must be addressed in pathway plans.” Read our response: www.coram.org.uk/news/homeles...
#CareLeaversMonth #EndYouthHomelessness
World Children’s Day is a moment to ask how seriously the UK takes children’s rights.
Join Coram Children’s Legal Centre online on Fri 21 Nov, 12.00–1.15pm for “World Children’s Day: What next for children’s rights in the UK?”
Register here: buytickets.at/coram/1940843
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On #WorldChildrensDay, Coram is delighted to announce that the charity’s application to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for recognition as an independent research organisation (IRO) has been successful:
coram.org.uk/news/coram-g...
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Not all children have a safe beginning or loving home.
Help Coram change that this Christmas.
Learn more about our Christmas appeal on our website:
www.coram.org.uk/christmas/
#HomeisWheretheStartIs #WeAreCoram
