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The Pears Foundation helps children’s charity’s dream of new centre for Creative Therapies and Adoption Support come true with £700,000 donation

Children’s charity and leading adoption agency, Coram, yesterday celebrated the official opening of its new centre for adoption support and creative therapies located at its Kings Cross headquarters.Named the Pears Pavilion after its lead donor, the Hampstead-based Pears Foundation, the purpose built centre will be the new base for Coram’s renowned art and music therapies and adoption support.  Coram offers these services to children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties in Camden schools and throughout London to children who have been adopted through Coram and their families.

Minister for Children and Families, Edward Timpson, visits adoption information service to launch online resources

On Tuesday 24 February, the Minister for Children and Families, Edward Timpson, visited national adoption information service First4Adoption.  As well as meeting the team who answer telephone enquiries, the Minister also met a group of young adopted people who have created a new area of First4Adoption’s website aimed at people thinking about adoption.The young people are ambassadors of The Adoptables initiative developed by children’s charity Coram.  A peer network, The Adoptables is helping young people to express their experiences as adopted children at home, in school and in social care.

Coram secures grant from The Queen’s Trust to give young adopted people the opportunity to speak out and shape future services

Children’s charity Coram is delighted to have secured a grant of £300,000 from The Queen’s Trust to create a peer network of adopted young people, giving them a platform to express their views about the adoption process and their experiences as adopted children in school and in post-adoption support.The programme builds upon the work by young people in Coram’s established participation groups for children and also young people adopted through Coram. It uses their own working title of “The Adoptables”, and their passion to address the issues so many of them have overcome - in school, in

Richard E Grant, Jacqueline Wilson and Lisa Faulkner pledge support for UK’s first children’s charity

The nation’s leading actors, singers and authors are helping Coram children’s charity celebrate its 275th anniversary year.Celebrities have paid tribute to the charity’s pioneering work creating better chances for children by writing personal pledges for its new online supporter wall. They sit alongside messages from families helped by the charity and its supporters.  The celebrity line-up includes Lisa Faulkner, who adopted her daughter through Coram, whose pledge reads: “My sister and I had what I'd describe as a pretty amazing childhood… I feel blessed I was able to adopt my beautiful

Richard E Grant, Jacqueline Wilson and Lisa Faulkner pledge support for UK’s first children’s charity

The nation’s leading actors, singers and authors are helping Coram children’s charity celebrate its 275th anniversary year.Celebrities have paid tribute to the charity’s pioneering work creating better chances for children by writing personal pledges for its new online supporter wall. They sit alongside messages from families helped by the charity and its supporters.  The celebrity line-up includes Lisa Faulkner, who adopted her daughter through Coram, whose pledge reads: “My sister and I had what I'd describe as a pretty amazing childhood… I feel blessed I was able to adopt my beautiful

Disadvantaged youngsters given grant to research history of residential care

The story of a London institution that has cared for vulnerable young people for more than two centuries will be explored and re-told by young beneficiaries in Brent, thanks to a grant of £46,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Coram, the UK’s first children’s charity which was founded in 1739, was awarded the funding for young people from its Supported Housing service to work alongside professional archivists to explore its historic Camden roots. The grant will go towards a 12-month project training 50 young people living in Coram’s Supported Housing accommodation in London in

Coram's response to government adoption statement

Coram is the only dedicated project for Concurrent Planning, which it was pioneered for 13 years in London.  New research on it's impact attachedCarol Homden, Chief Executive of Coram said: "Where the history of a birth family gives cause for great concern and the chances are that a child is likely to need adoption, or the birth mother chooses this course, we have surely a duty to place a child early with those prepared to care for them for a lifetime.  "The question for the system is how this is done in ways that recognise and address the interests of all parties but which place

LOCAL GRANNY AND NIECE TO TAKE ON LONDON MARATHON

Local granny Gloria Benson, 64, and her niece, Sam Coultrip, 25, both from Woking, will race for 26 miles in the London Marathon this April to raise vital funds and awareness for the adoption and family support charity, Coram. Coram, the UK’s first children charity, provides intensive support for more than 15,000 children, young people and families each year. It reaches a further 800,000 children through its health and social education programmes in schools nationwide. Coram’s expert services include adoption, creative therapies, supported housing for care leavers and family and

LOCAL STUDENT TO TAKE ON LONDON MARATHON

Caitlin McNamara, 23, will represent Hay-on-Wye when she races 26 miles in the London Marathon this April to raise vital funds and awareness for the adoption and family support charity, Coram. Coram, founded in 1739 as the UK’s first children charity, provides intensive support for more than 15,000 children, young people and families each year. It reaches a further 800,000 children through its health and social education programmes in schools nationwide. Coram’s expert services include adoption, creative therapies, supported housing for care leavers and family and parenting support.

Design the winning screen saver in Coram Children’s Legal Centre’s competition for young people

Young people with an artistic streak are being invited to enter a national competition to design a screen saver promoting a free legal service which helps children and young people. Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC), a charity which specialises in law and policy affecting children and young people, is holding the contest to raise awareness  of its new Child Law Advice online service add website address. The service, funded by the Department of Education, offers free advice on family, child and education law for every parent, carer and young person in England. Those aged 16 to 24

Family Drug and Alcohol Court project wins Guardian Public Service Award 2011

MEDIA RELEASE 24 November 2011 For immediate releaseCoram and the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust are delighted that the Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) has won the Children and Young People’s Service Delivery award, in this year’s Guardian Public Services Awards. FDAC is run in partnership by Coram and the Tavistock and Portman NHS foundation trust, and supports parents who are facing substance misuse issues. Substance abuse is the main issue in up to two thirds of all care proceedings and outcomes are often poor for the children concerned. FDAC Team manager Sophie

DUKE OF GLOUCESTER OPENS THE NEW CORAM CHILDREN’S LEGAL CENTRE

His Royal Highness was greeted by Coram Chief Executive Carol Homden, CCLC patron and barrister, Cherie Blair QC, CCLC’s Interim Director, Carolyn Regan and the Mayor of Camden Abdul Quadir, as he opened the new Coram Children's Legal Centre in Bloomsbury, North London.His Royal Highness, the Duke of Gloucester has officially opened the Coram Children’s Legal Centre. Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC) was recently formed, following the amalgamation between specialist legal charity, The Children’s Legal Centre, and Coram. The Duke was greeted by Coram Chief Executive Carol Homden,

Coram Children’s Legal Centre welcomes publication of Family Justice Review.

Coram Children’s Legal Centre is welcoming the publication of the Final Report of the Family Justice Review, released today. Along with many of the other 600 respondents to the Review, Coram Children’s Legal Centre shares the “deep concern with the way the system currently operates”, and welcomes the findings and recommendations made by the Review to address these concerns. We welcome the clear commitment to improving the family justice system as a whole, and doing so in a way that confirms that the welfare of the child is paramount. Delays in the family justice system, in which the

Coram Chief Executive, Carol Homden, statement on Family Justice Review

Carol Homden, Coram Chief Executive, said: “Time is of the essence for a child in care who doesn’t know whether they are going home or not. That is why Coram welcomes the Family Justice Review’s recommendation that decisions on their future will need to be made in six months, though we believe more resources will be needed to ensure this can be achieved. “We are also delighted to see the Review recommends the further roll out of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC), run by Coram and The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Evidence shows that parents who have been through the

Coram Head of Adoption, Jeanne Kaniuk OBE, statement on revised school admissions for adopted children.

“Coram is delighted with the Government’s move to give adopted children special priority in school admissions. “Children in care are currently given special priority so they can attend the school that best meets their need. “However, some families have had to delay adopting their children for fear they would miss out on the right school place, because the same privilege was not extended to them. “We have already spoken to families who’ve adopted through Coram who can now put in their formal application to adopt immediately instead of having to wait until they have secured a school

Re the Government adoption league tables:

Carol Homden, Coram Chief Executive said: “Anything that helps us to gain new insight into the blockages in the adoption process is to be welcomed.Carol Homden, Coram Chief Executive said: “Anything that helps us to gain new insight into the blockages in the adoption process is to be welcomed.“Coram’s work shows that adoption delays are not inevitable.“If this information helps to show where improvements may lie and encourages local authorities to partner voluntary adoption agencies like Coram, together we can ensure delays in adoption become a thing of the past.“Evidence of this is

Statement from Coram on Department of Education statistical release on adoption: 60 children under 1 formally adopted in year ending 31 March 2011.*

For immediate release 29 September 2011:Carol Homden, Chief Executive of Coram children’s charity, said: “While these figures are extremely concerning, this is not inevitable and action is being taken. “Coram pioneers concurrent planning, ensuring there is no delay in placing babies with suitable carers who are ready and willing to adopt them later, if the courts decide adoption is best in the long-term. “This approach was highlighted in the Education Minister’s adoption guidance in February urging local authorities to improve adoption services and work with voluntary agencies like

CHILDREN’S CHARITY, CORAM LIFE EDUCATION, AND HEART RADIO BRING UK’S LARGEST MOBILE CLASSROOM SCHEME TO ESSEX

NEWS RELEASE AND PHOTO CALL 15 September 2011- 11.30AM, Mountnessing CfE Primary School, Brentwood, CM15 0UH, Contact- Rachel Jasper 020 7520 0427 or 07949 561891 Embargoed until 00.01 Thursday 15 July 2011 Heart Breakfast presenters Martin and Su will get a lesson in healthy living, as they join school children in Brentwood for the launch of Coram Life Education (CLE) in Essex. Youngsters at Mountnessing CfE Primary School will be stepping into a brand new mobile classroom with a difference donated by Heart’s charity Have a Heart. Once on board, children can

Olswang chooses children’s charity Coram as Partner for the second year running

Olswang, one of Europe's leading law firms, is delighted to announce its continued support for the UK's first children's charity, Coram. After a tremendous year of innovative collaboration, the firm will be continuing its relationship with Coram having selected it as Olswang's charity partner for the second year running. As a business that forges close ties with the communities it operates within, Olswang has committed to supporting 70 vulnerable children in the local London community, who have each experienced difficult beginnings in life. Through fundraising in partnership, Coram

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